More Fun Comics #88

(February 1943)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Josette Frank

Letters

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Includes a Junior Justice Society of America message.

The Mystery of the Mathematical Master (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Joe Samachson ?

Pencils

Cliff Young (signed as Cliff)

Inks

Steve Brodie (signed as Steve)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Prof. Million (introduction, villain)

Synopsis

Prof. Million hires criminals to commit crimes he plans in order to make money for his college.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Arrowplane (car)

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Bob Hughes.

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

Comic Cavalcade / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Clancy the Cop / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Sarge told us to be very tough on parking violators!

Genre

humor

The Victim of Doctor Fate! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Doctor Roland; Mad Dog McBain (villain)

Synopsis

Dr. Nelson believes his negligence has lead to a witness's death and the freeing of Mad Dog McBain from his murder of twelve innocent people.

Reprints

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

Keywords

magic; occult

Indexer Notes

Modified synopsis and story title added by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

John L Jr. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Pencils

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

A war stamp, please...

Genre

humor; children

The Man Who Chased the Rainbow! (Table of Contents: 9)

Aquaman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Manly Wade Wellman

Pencils

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Aquaman; John Wilson

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Bob Hughes via textual analysis: excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses.

Enemy Advance (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Cary Glenn (credited) (house name)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

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

Headline Comics; Prize Comics / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say, Oscar, your check bounced!

Genre

humor

Tubby Watts, Hero! (Table of Contents: 13)

Johnny Quick / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks

Cliff Young (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Mort Morton, Jr. [Mort Meskin]

Synopsis

Tubby breaks into Mort Morton's office to complain about how he's treated in the stories.

Greece (Table of Contents: 14)

Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Sidney Elias

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.

Recognition at Last! (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 0.44 page (report information)

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Pencils

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor

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

advertisement / 0.22 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Victory Picture Frames / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Crime Makes a Movie! (Table of Contents: 18)

The Spectre with Percival Popp the Super Cop! / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors

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Letters

Howard Ferguson

Genre

superhero; humor; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Dollar Dan (villain)

Keywords

magic; occult

Indexer Notes

Story takes place in Gotham City.

Letterer identification by Craig Delich. Fox script verified from his notes in Alter Ego #21 (February 2003).

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

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

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

National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

High in Energy (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)