More Fun Comics #84

(October 1942)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Snow Treasure (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Josette Frank

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Hunting Headlines! (Table of Contents: 3)

Green Arrow / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Joseph Greene ?

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lamont Morgan

Synopsis

Millionaire Lamont Morgan offers $10,000 to prove Green Arrow is a fake: he has to make headlines without using his arrows. So he goes west to Boomtown where he gets involved trying to stop a stage coach robbery and a Japanese invasion of California.

Reprints

• in Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2017 [February 2018])

Keywords

Arrowplane (car)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm tired of the boys showing off their tattoos!

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Shorty

Biggest and Best! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Crime's Hobby House! (Table of Contents: 6)

Doctor Fate / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Sherman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza; Mordaunt Grimm (villain)

Synopsis

Mordaunt Grimm, while working on a movie production that features people and their hobbies, get the idea to use those people's hobbies to commit crimes.

Reprints

• in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)

Keywords

magic; occult

Indexer Notes

Story takes place in Gotham City. With this issue, the golden epaulets on Fate's shoulders disappear for good.

Letterer credit & modified synopsis added by Craig Delich.

Energy to Get There! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Crimes in Camouflage! (Table of Contents: 8)

Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Cliff Young

Inks

Cliff Young

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery; crime

Characters

Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Keene]; George Scroggs

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich.

Raid on Atlantis (Table of Contents: 9)

Aquaman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Joseph Greene ?

Pencils

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Aquaman; Dr. Coburn; Captain Jerrod; Ark the seal (introduction); Skol

Synopsis

Greedy fortune hunters want to capture Aquaman and exhibit him in a carnival.

Keywords

Atlantis

Fair Exchange (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Eric Carter (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Would you be interested in a book...

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Adventure of the One Man Movie (Table of Contents: 13)

Johnny Quick / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron ?

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)

Inks

Cliff Young (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Mort Morton, Jr; Cliff Young; Torchy Trasker; Shadow Shank

Synopsis

Gangsters try to get a cartoon studio to pay extortion.

Indexer Notes

Artists Meskin and Young draw themselves into this story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Scoopy / cartoon / 0.22 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Scoopy, dash over to High and Hanover...

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.28 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Prize Comics / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Cry-Baby Crimes! (Table of Contents: 17)

The Spectre / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; The Cry-Baby (villain)

Synopsis

The Cry-Baby makes everyone so sad they can't stop his crimes.

Keywords

magic; occult

Now on Sale (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Muscle Power Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary / advertisement / 1 page (report information)