More Fun Comics
#89
(March 1943)
DC,
1936 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-01-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Birth of the Battling Bowmen!
Green Arrow / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Cliff Young (signed)
- Inks
- Cliff Young (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow; Speedy
- Reprints
-
in Green Arrow: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2016 series) ([August] 2016) -
in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #99 - Justice League - Rise and Fall ([Januar 2017]) - in Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2017 [February 2018])
-
- Keywords
- arrows; bows
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Piang, the Moro Chieftain
Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Includes a Junior Justice Society of America message.
The Birth of the Battling Bowmen
Green Arrow / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Joe Samachson ?
- Pencils
- Cliff Young (signed as Cliff)
- Inks
- Steve Brodie (signed as Steve)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Quoag
- Synopsis
- Archaeologist Oliver Queen is marooned on Lost Mesa where he meets Roy Harper, a young boy raised by Indians. There they are beset upon by thugs searching for a gold mine, and only Oliver and Roy's skills with archery and knowledge of Indian lore save them.
- Reprints
- in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishers, 1976 series) (1976)
- in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Warner Books, 1976 series) (August 1976)
- in Green Arrow: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2016 series) ([August] 2016)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #99 - Justice League - Rise and Fall ([Januar 2017])
- in Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2017 [February 2018])
-
Indexer Notes
Origin of Green Arrow and Speedy.
[no title indexed]
Silly Willy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now I'm all set! Take home a balloon to the kiddies...
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
All-Star Comics / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Another meeting of the Justice Society!
[no title indexed]
Lenny / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I slipped on a banana peel outside your store and now I'm going to sue you!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lenny
The Case of the Crystal Crimes
Doctor Fate / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Krishna Das (villain); Inza Carmer
- Synopsis
- Against the advice of Kent, Inza visits a crooked fortune teller and nearly is run down in the road, as he had predicted. However, when Dr. Fate begins an investigation into this fraud's activities, he nearly loses his own life in the process.
- Reprints
- in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- magic; occult
Indexer Notes
Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
Gags / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, wouldn't he make a swell carpet for my den!?
- Genre
- humor
The Streamlined Buccaneers!
Aquaman / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman; Black Jack (villain); Ark the seal
- Synopsis
- Aquaman faces Black Jack and his gang of pirates who have adopted modern methods to raid ships.
- Reprints
- in Aquaman: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2016 series) ([December] 2016)
-
Prescription for Plunder
Johnny Quick / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Don C. Cameron ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Jr.)
- Inks
- Charles Paris (signed as Charley)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Dr. Clever (Villain); Tubby Watts
Indexer Notes
Writer identification by Bob Hughes.
[no title indexed]
Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 0.44 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Me heap big man with lasso!
- Genre
- humor
Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc.
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Jack Liebowitz
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Printed in New York, NY.
Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY.
Editor: F. W. Ellsworth
Business Manager Jack Liebwitz
Owners: Harry Donenfeld, Paul Sampliner
Attempted Assassination
Stamps / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Sidney Elias
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
The Underworld Goes Overweight
The Spectre with Percival Popp the Super Cop! / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox ?
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Inks
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Grabby Gus Nelson (villain)
- Synopsis
- Grabby Gus accidentally steals a machine that can make people super-heavy, then uses it to institute a crime-wave.
- Keywords
- magic; occult
Indexer Notes
Writer identification by Bob Hughes.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be sure to get these top favorites...
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Birth of the Battling Bowmen!
Green Arrow -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
Piang, the Moro Chieftain
Good Books Worth Reading -
3.
The Birth of the Battling Bowmen
Green Arrow -
4.
["Now I'm all set! Take home a balloon to the kiddies..."]
Silly Willy -
5.
["Another meeting of the Justice Society!"]
All-Star Comics -
6.
["I slipped on a banana peel outside your store and now I'm going to sue you!"]
Lenny -
7.
The Case of the Crystal Crimes
Doctor Fate -
8.
["Gee, wouldn't he make a swell carpet for my den!?"]
Gags -
9.
Whoosh!
Prize Comics; Headline Comics -
10.
Energy for Victory!
Baby Ruth -
11.
The Streamlined Buccaneers!
Aquaman -
12.
The Battle
-
13.
Prescription for Plunder
Johnny Quick -
14.
["Me heap big man with lasso!"]
Chief Hot Foot -
15.
[no title indexed]
-
16.
Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc.
-
17.
Attempted Assassination
Stamps -
18.
The Junior Justice Society of America
-
19.
The Underworld Goes Overweight
The Spectre with Percival Popp the Super Cop! -
20.
["Be sure to get these top favorites..."]
-
21.
[no title indexed]
Webster's Complete Reference Dictionary and Encyclopedia -
22.
[no title indexed]
American Seed Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Bob Hughes
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Adam Spector
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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