More Fun Comics
#67
(May 1941)
DC,
1936 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-03-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics, Inc.
- Brand
-
A DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
The Spectre / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Inks
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spectre [Jim Corrigan] (also inset)
- Reprints
-
in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([May] 2003)
-
[The Incredible Robberies]
The Spectre / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Inks
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bernard Baily
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Chief; Deeja Kathoon (villain)
- Synopsis
- A series of baffling crimes in Cliffland leads the Chief to suspect the Spectre is behind them, but Corrigan knows better, discovering a man so adept in black magic that he can materialize spirits to accomplish his crimes.
- Reprints
- in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([May] 2003)
-
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit and synopsis added by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
Facts / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- $33,267 a minute will be spent by the U. S. Government in 1942!
- Genre
- non-fiction
The Sky Hijackers
Detective Sergeant Carey / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sergeant Carey
[no title indexed]
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gordon Slade steals $100,000 worth of uncut diamonds in a daring daylight robbery...
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Congo Bill
Indexer Notes
Last appearance in this title; continues in Action Comics #37.
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
[no title indexed]
Yes, It's True / cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The pawnbroker's symbols of 3 balls...
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
Captain Desmo / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ed Winiarski (signed)
- Inks
- Ed Winiarski (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Adventurer of the air, Captain Desmo, fearless and famed flyer....
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Desmo
[no title indexed]
It's a Fact / cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bands on men's hats are a hangover from the custom...
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Larry Trent and Sandy Keene are patrolling their beat when suddenly a speeding sedan roars past!
- Genre
- detective-mystery; crime
- Characters
- Radio Squad
[no title indexed]
Lance Larkin / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- From the depths of the jungles of hot Sumatra...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Lance Larkin
[no title indexed]
Biff Bronson / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Biff Bronson and his pal, Dan Druff, emerge from a neighborhood theatre...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Biff Bronson
[no title indexed]
Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It is pay day, far up in the north timber lands...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Sgt. O'Malley
[The Origin of Dr. Fate]
Doctor Fate / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson] (origin); Inza Cramer; Nabu (introduction); Sven Nelson (archaeologist, Kent's father, death); a "haunted" man; Nergal, Lord of the Underworld (villain)
- Synopsis
- In 1920, young Kent Nelson and his father explore the mysteries of the pyramids, there Kent meets Nabu the Wise, an exile from the planet Cilia, who helped build the pyramids. Nabu trains Kent in the mysteries of the universe until Kent assumes the role of Dr. Fate.
- Reprints
-
in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #86 - in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #95 (December 1971)
- in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #9 (May 1981)
- in Weird Secret Origins (DC, 2004 series) (October 2004)
- in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
- in DC Universe Secret Origins (DC, 2013 series) ([June] 2013)
-
in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #66 - JLA / JSA - Tugend und Sünde ([Mai 2016]) which is reprinted
-
- Keywords
- Egypt; Planet Cilia
Indexer Notes
Lettering credit by Craig Delich.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Spectre -
1.
[no title indexed]
Lancaster County Seed Co. -
2.
[The Incredible Robberies]
The Spectre -
3.
["$33,267 a minute will be spent by the U. S. Government in 1942!"]
Facts -
4.
[no title indexed]
Junior Auto Club -
5.
The Sky Hijackers
Detective Sergeant Carey -
6.
["Gordon Slade steals $100,000 worth of uncut diamonds in a daring daylight robbery..."]
Congo Bill -
7.
["The pawnbroker's symbols of 3 balls..."]
Yes, It's True -
8.
[no title indexed]
Adventure Comics; Starman -
9.
["Adventurer of the air, Captain Desmo, fearless and famed flyer...."]
Captain Desmo -
10.
["Bands on men's hats are a hangover from the custom..."]
It's a Fact -
11.
[no title indexed]
Spencer Fireworks Co. -
12.
["Larry Trent and Sandy Keene are patrolling their beat when suddenly a speeding sedan roars past!"]
Radio Squad -
13.
[no title indexed]
More Fun Stamp Page -
14.
["From the depths of the jungles of hot Sumatra..."]
Lance Larkin -
15.
[no title indexed]
All-Star Comics -
16.
["Biff Bronson and his pal, Dan Druff, emerge from a neighborhood theatre..."]
Biff Bronson -
17.
Daredevil
-
18.
Superman Is on the Radio
The Adventures of Superman -
19.
["It is pay day, far up in the north timber lands..."]
Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol -
20.
[The Origin of Dr. Fate]
Doctor Fate -
21.
The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!
-
22.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles -
23.
[no title indexed]
Baby Ruth
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