More Fun Comics
#86
(December 1942)
DC,
1936 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-10-13
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)
Issue Notes
Last issue before Weisinger is drafted.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The 97 Pound Weakling
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Man Who Purchased Lives
Green Arrow / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Joseph Greene ?
- Pencils
- Cliff Young (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Brodie (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Mephisto (villain); Bimbo Barnes; Clancy; Wurst; John Doe
- Synopsis
- Mephisto gives a group of down and out men great wealth, then tells them they have to commit a crime a month to keep it.
- Reprints
-
in Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2017 [February 2018])
-
- Keywords
- Arrowplane (car)
[no title indexed]
All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.44 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Justice Society is here again...
Big Prizes and Cash Profits!
Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines / advertisement / 0.33 page
The Man Who Wanted No Medals
Doctor Fate / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Dr. Roland; Dr. Paul Lawrence; Inza Carmer; The Gas Gun Gang (villain); The Streak; Dr. Canning
- Synopsis
- Dr. Lawrence refuses to take a medal for his accomplishments, and instead goes to a small town to become a consultant. When Dr. Fate investigates, he discovers that the reason Lawrence didn't accept the medal is because the discoveries that brought him fame were actually made by another doctor.
- Reprints
- in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- magic; occult
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich.
Hook, Lion and Thinker!
Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; crime
- Characters
- Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Keene]; Hook (villain); Lion (villain); Thinker (villain)
Indexer Notes
Credits by Craig Delich. Last panel is a plug for Yank & Doodle in Prize Comics.
Tom Mix Comics Book Free!
Ralston Instant Wheat Cereal [Ralston Hot Cereal]; Ralston Whole Wheat Cereal; Tom Mix / comics-form advertising / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
Race around the World
Aquaman / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman; Black Jack (villain)
- Synopsis
- Aquaman plans to swim around the world in seven days for Navy Relief.
Four Hundred Years in a Day!
Johnny Quick / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
- Inks
- Cliff Young (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Timothy Tapp; Gustave Small
- Synopsis
- Hobby Haven is an old folks home where people are allowed to pursue their hobbies in peace.
Pulling a Boner
Stamps / text article / 0.5 page
- Script
- Sidney Elias (credited as Sidney M. Elias)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Page includes several ads from stamps dealers.
[no title indexed]
Bedrin Stamps; Bookman Stamps; Brown Stamps; Continental Stamps; Dolin Stamps; Garcelon Stamps; Highland Stamps; John J. Gunther Stamps; Kent Stamps; Kenwood Stamps; Libby Stamps; Lyman Stamps / Reliable Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps; Mystic Stamps; Pladon Stamps; Roberts Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page
The Man Who Knew All the Angles!
The Spectre / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (signed as Jerry Siegel)
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Inks
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Smokey Storey (villain)
- Keywords
- magic; occult
Indexer Notes
Last story signed by Jerry Siegel. Fox script verified from Fox's notes in Alter Ego #21 (February 2003).
[no title indexed]
National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
400 Years in a Day
Johnny Quick -
1.
The 97 Pound Weakling
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
2.
The Man Who Purchased Lives
Green Arrow -
3.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
4.
[no title indexed]
American School Courses; Banner Fireworks -
5.
["The Justice Society is here again..."]
All-Star Comics -
6.
Big Prizes and Cash Profits!
Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines -
7.
The Man Who Wanted No Medals
Doctor Fate -
8.
Energy to Overcome Obstacles!
Baby Ruth -
9.
Hook, Lion and Thinker!
Radio Squad -
10.
Tom Mix Comics Book Free!
Ralston Instant Wheat Cereal [Ralston Hot Cereal]; Ralston Whole Wheat Cereal; Tom Mix -
11.
Race around the World
Aquaman -
12.
Back in Harness
-
13.
Four Hundred Years in a Day!
Johnny Quick -
14.
Pulling a Boner
Stamps -
15.
[no title indexed]
Bedrin Stamps; Bookman Stamps; Brown Stamps; Continental Stamps; Dolin Stamps; Garcelon Stamps; Highland Stamps; John J. Gunther Stamps; Kent Stamps; Kenwood Stamps; Libby Stamps; Lyman Stamps / Reliable Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps; Mystic Stamps; Pladon Stamps; Roberts Stamps -
16.
The Man Who Knew All the Angles!
The Spectre -
17.
[no title indexed]
National Radio Institute Home Study Course -
18.
Don't Miss Your Favorites!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Adam Spector
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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