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Issue: More Fun Comics #77
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #77 of 119 Issues (121 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/16/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color, duotone, and black and white interior (#9-47); color interior (#48 onwards)
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint interior, paper covers (#9-11); glossy covers (#12 onwards)
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lancaster County Seed Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Doom over Gayland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Weisinger
Penciller(s): George Papp (signed)
Inker(s): George Papp (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Harold Sloan; The Red Devils (villain); Faber (villain)
Synopsis: Green Arrow investigates the murders of the owners of an amusement park.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Green Arrow's Arrowplane (car) actually drives up the tracks of a roller coaster.
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Superman Is in the Movies!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Pages: 0.5
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Nothing Like It!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Art for Crime's Sake

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Sherman
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Doctor Fate
Character(s): Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza Sanders; Loo Tung; Betsy Brown; Bill Brown; Uhlan (villain)
Synopsis: Uhlan tries to steal a mystic painting that is a portal to another dimension, and Doctor Fate enters its portals to rescue Inza, Betsy and Bill.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 published September 2007
as Art for Crime's Sake [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Inza's last name given as "Sanders".
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): "Super" Duper; Canada Dry Ginger Ale
First Line: Gosh that 'Hono-Lulu' tasted good!
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Pages: 1
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The Blackout Burglary!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Cliff Young
Inker(s): Cliff Young
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Radio Squad
Character(s): Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Keene]; the Leopardess (Villain)
Synopsis: The Leopardess tries to smuggle stolen diamonds out of the country.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman
Penciller(s): Paul Norris
Inker(s): Paul Norris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Dawn Burton; Senator Burton; Black Jack (villain)
First Line: Freedom of the seas! That is what Aquaman fights for...
Synopsis: Aquaman discovers that his foe, Black Jack, is running a gambling ship, and the villain soon kidnaps the daughter of a senator and holds her for ransom. Aquaman overcomes his foe, and Black Jack is arrested.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Writer from Bails' Who's Who. Confirmed by excessive use of passive voice and run on sentences held together by ellipses.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Clancy the Cop
First Line: Clancy, my boy, this is very silly!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Blind Colt

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Josette Frank
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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The Wizard of Weapons!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton] (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Quick
Character(s): Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tom Mason; Dixie Gorgan; Dude Laraby; Mr. Douglas [The Wizard of Weapons] (villain)
Synopsis: A young boy is being blackmailed for accidentally killing Dixie Gorgan in a fencing accident.
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Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Penciller(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Inker(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ray McGill
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Gee Man
First Line: Now Rover- If you're going to be a G-Dog...
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Pages: 0.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Comics; Leading Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Revenge

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Norman Goss (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 0.33
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Death Rules the Elements!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel (signed)
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): The Spectre
Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Professor Hunt; Louise Turner; Marvin Joyce; Maligno (villain)
Synopsis: A man who has mastered the elements blackmails the city of Cliffland.
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Pages: 10
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Now on Sale

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Muscle Power Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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