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Issue: More Fun Comics #89
Publication Date: March 1943
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Issues: #89 of 119 Issues (121 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/12/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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
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Birth of the Battling Bowmen!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Cliff Young (signed)
Inker(s): Cliff Young (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow; Speedy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Piang, the Moro Chieftain

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Josette Frank; James Ross Smith
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Includes a Junior Justice Society of America message.
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The Birth of the Battling Bowmen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Joe Samachson ?
Penciller(s): Cliff Young [as Cliff] (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Brodie [as Steve] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): 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.
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In Content Item: FlagSecret Origins of the Super DC Heroes #[nn] published January 1976
as The Birth of the Battling Bowmen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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[untitled]

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): Silly Willy
First Line: Now I'm all set! Take home a balloon to the kiddies...
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Pages: 0.5
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Comics
First Line: Another meeting of the Justice Society!
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Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lenny
Character(s): Lenny
First Line: I slipped on a banana peel outside your store and now I'm going to sue you!
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Pages: 1
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The Case of the Crystal Crimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson ?
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Doctor Fate
Character(s): 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.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 published September 2007
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Cartoon  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): Gags
First Line: Gee, wouldn't he make a swell carpet for my den!?
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Pages: 0.5
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Whoosh!

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Prize Comics; Headline Comics
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Energy for Victory!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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The Streamlined Buccaneers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joseph Greene ?
Penciller(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman
Character(s): 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.
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Pages: 10
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The Battle

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Warner Wilson (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Prescription for Plunder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort Jr.] (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Paris [as Charley] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Quick
Character(s): Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Dr. Clever (Villain); Tubby Watts
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Pages: 11
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[untitled]

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): Chief Hot Foot
First Line: Me heap big man with lasso!
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Pages: 0.44
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Pages: 0.22
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Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc.

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Liebowitz
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose 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
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Attempted Assassination

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sidney M. Elias
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stamps
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
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The Junior Justice Society of America

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Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
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The Underworld Goes Overweight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): The Spectre with Percival Popp the Super Cop!
Character(s): 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.
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

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First Line: Be sure to get these top favorites...
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Webster's Complete Reference Dictionary and Encyclopedia
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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): American Seed Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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