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Issue: Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1
Publication Date: September 2007
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Archive EditionsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 07/05/2007
Volume: none
Pages: 404
ISBN: 9781401213480
UPC/EAN: 978140121348057500
Price: $92.00 CAD
$75.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 57 (44 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Although the book credits all stories to Gardner Fox, most of the later ones are actually by Joe Samachson. Doctor Fate's girlfriend Inza has several different last names throughout the series. Each record depicts what she is called in the story.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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reprinted 55 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 4
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The Menace of Wotan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wotan (villain, introduction); Inza; Thomas Frawley
Synopsis: Wotan kidnaps Inza to get at Dr. Fate, so Fate goes after him in order to rescue her.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #55 published May 1940
was The Menace of Wotan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Dr. Fate has no gloves, appears w/o a cape in many panels and appears w/o origin. Cover to this issue not reprinted in the archive edition.
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More Fun #56

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza; Wotan (villain)
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #56 published June 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Search for Wotan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wotan (villain); Inza
Synopsis: Taking Inza with him to the region of the Styx, Dr. Fate is seeking Wotan, but is informed he is still alive and threatening to blow up the world!
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #56 published June 1940
was The Search for Wotan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Dr. Fate has no gloves.
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The Fire Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza; Magno the Mighty (villain); Legions of the Styx (villains)
Synopsis: Dr. Fate follows up a lead when several men are discovered burned to death [with no outward sign] by the "Flame of Lambent".
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #57 published July 1940
was The Fire Murders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Dr. Fate has no gloves.
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Theft of the Book of Thoth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza; unnamed Wizard (villain, dies)
Synopsis: Dr. Fate searches for the lost book of Toth at the bottom of the River Koptos only to find it stolen by an evil wizard, who not only tries to kill Inza, but Fate in the process.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #58 published August 1940
was Theft of the Book of Thoth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Fate has a red cape in the original.
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The Globe Men from Outer Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza
Synopsis: A cruise ship is attacked by aliens from outer space. Fate discovers the aliens depend on power contained in glass globes that they always carry.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #59 [10¢ Cover Price] published September 1940
was The Globe Men from Outer Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Fate's cape is red in the original.
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The Menace of the Little Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza; The Norns (villains)
Synopsis: The discovery of foot high Gnomes or dwarves spurs Inza to contact Fate to look into the situation, and finds them attacking New York City!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #60 published October 1940
was The Menace of the Little Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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More Fun #61

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #61 published November 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Menace of the Nebula

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza; The Globe Men (villains)
Synopsis: A mysterious space globe threatens to rip Earth out of its orbit, so Dr. Fate journeys to the planet of the Globe Men to take out their menace forever. Then he spends the last page defeating a mad scientist in South America.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #61 published November 1940
was Menace of the Nebula [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Dr. Fate wears no gloves.
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Menace of the Metal Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza; Raymond Rall (Villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: A mad scientist Raymond Rall, builds robots to make war on Earth in order to eventually obtain a vast treasure that rightfully belongs to others.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #62 published December 1940
was Menace of the Metal Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Fate still has no gloves.
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The Sorcerer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza; Haldane the Sorcerer (villain); John Jerome Jr. (villain); John Jerome Sr. (villain)
Synopsis: Doctor Fate responds to Inza's thoughts after a sorceror tries to kill a millionaire with black magic and turns Inza to stone.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #63 [Without Canadian Price] published January 1941
was The Sorcerer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Dr. Fate wears gloves for the first time.

Oddity: John Jerome Jr. comes up to Inza in the 2nd panel and tells her that he has read about her in More Fun Comics!
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The Menace of Mayoor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza; Mayoor (villain)
Synopsis: Dr. Fate and Inza visit an ancient temple and run smack into Mayoor, the ancient evil Mayan god, who puts Inza under his evil spell.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #64 published February 1941
was The Menace of Mayoor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Fish-Men of Nyarl-Amen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Nyarl-Amen (first appearance, villains, death)
Synopsis: Dr. Fate spots one of the Fish-Men of Nyarl-Amen in his crystal ball, from a dynasty of 50,000 years before, and sets out to stop them from over-running the globe.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #65 published March 1941
was The Fish-Men of Nyarl-Amen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Leopard Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza; Leopard Girl [Helen]; Ray Knight; Sarkiss (villain)
Synopsis: Doctor Fate exposes a supernatural fraud that is drugging a woman, giving her mottled skin like that of a leopard, then reveals his identity to Inza.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #66 published April 1941
was The Leopard Girl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Origin of Dr. Fate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Nabu (introduction); Sven Nelson; Inza; Nergal, Lord of the Underworld (Villain)
Synopsis: In 1920 young Kent Nelson and his father explore the mysteries of the pyramids, there Kent meets Nabu the Wise, an exile from the planet Cilia, who helped build the pyramids. Nabu trains Kent in the mysteries of the universe until Kent assumes the role of Dr. Fate.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #67 published May 1941
was The Origin of Dr. Fate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Weird Secret Origins incorrectly credits this story to More Fun 55. Name Kent Nelson used for the first time.
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More Fun #68

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #68 published June 1941
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Murder in Baranga Marsh

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza; Serge Roltavich; The Master (villain, introduction, death); Nasha (villain)
Synopsis: A mad man invents a sound system that kills people at a distance and Dr. Fate sets out to halt the senseless murders that have already occurred.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #68 published June 1941
was Murder in Baranga Marsh [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Oddity: in the first few panels, Kent Nelson wears the golden cape of Dr. Fate.
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More Fun # 69

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #69 published July 1941
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Shadow Killers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza; Ian Karkull (villain, introduction); Everett Dahlen (villain)
Synopsis: Following up the strange sighting of men who appear only as shadows, Doctor Fate must track down Karkull, who has invented the machine making this possible, turning him into a shadow for all eternity.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #69 published July 1941
was The Shadow Killers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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More Fun #70

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #70 published August 1941
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Wotan and Karkull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wotan (villain); Ian Karkull (villain); Inza; Bob Walker
Synopsis: Ken Nelson and Inza investigate the strange "wind that laughs" that apparently killed every member of the ill-fated Arundel Expedition, but it's Dr. Fate who discovers the evil behind it: Wotan and Karkull, who team up to destroy Dr. Fate.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #70 published August 1941
was Wotan and Karkull [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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More Fun #71

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #71 published September 1941
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Great Drought

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza; Adam Igorovich (villain, introduction, death); Nickolai (villain)
Synopsis: Dr. Fate investigates a weird villain who can stop the Earth's rotation and even draw it into the Sun!
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #71 published September 1941
was The Great Drought [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The last issue featuring Dr. Fate's full helmet.
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More Fun #72

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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #72 published October 1941
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Forger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza Cramer; Inza's Grandmother Cramer; Inza's Grandfather Cramer; Fingers Beaumont (villain); Ricki
Synopsis: Inza visits her grandparents' farm and discovers a gang of criminals has been stealing money from farmers' bank accounts.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #72 published October 1941
was The Forger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Fate wears half mask for the first time and is overcome by gas vapors. Inza's last name revealed for the first time?
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More Fun #73

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #73 published November 1941
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Mr. Who

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Butch; Mr. Hadow (billionaire); Mr. Who (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: Dr. Fate faces the threat of a new criminal called Dr. Who, who has created "Solution Z", with which he can grow to a tremendous size and become invisible. Fate must stop him from seizing the famed Almond Diamond.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #73 published November 1941
was Mr. Who [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Fate wears half-mask. The series takes a pretty strong change in direction at this point,at the hands of new editor Weisinger, as Dr. Fate acts as a traditional super-hero, punching and wisecracking, rather than spouting on about matter and energy and astral planes and such. An interesting note is that Mr. Who's "Solution Z" cures all ills, can grow back lost limbs and even protect the user from death.
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More Fun #74

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #74 published December 1941
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Mr. Who Lives Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Who (Villain)
Synopsis: Mr. Who uses his "Solution Z" to adapt himself to any danger, including taking over, in disguise, as the city Mayor.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #74 published December 1941
was Mr. Who Lives Again [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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More Fun #75

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #75 published January 1942
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Battle Against Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza Sanders; The Dude (villain, introduction); Bert Wescott (Villain)
Synopsis: Inza asks Dr. Fate to help clear a convicted murderer before his scheduled execution time at midnight.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #75 published January 1942
was The Battle Against Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Inza's last name given as "Sanders".
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More Fun #76

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Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Michael Krugor
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #76 published February 1942
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The King of Crime

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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza Carmer; Michael Krugor (villain); Cardwell Bates (villain)
Synopsis: Cardwell Bates tries to steal his wife's gem, "The Sultan of Singapore" in order to pay off his debts. Michael Krugor, who instigated the robbery, plays murderous chess with Dr. Fate.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #76 published February 1942
was The King of Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Inza's last name given as "Carmer".
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Art for Crime's Sake

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza Sanders; Loo Tung; Uhlan (Villain); Betsy Brown; Bill Brown
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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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #77 published March 1942
was Art for Crime's Sake [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Inza's last name given as "Sanders".
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The Wax Museum Killers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Goliath (villain); Jesse James; Nero; Captain Kidd; Inza Cramer
Synopsis: Doctor Fate must face the prospect of battling wax figures of history's greatest villains that have come to life.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #78 published April 1942
was The Wax Museum Killers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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The Deadly Designs of Mr. Who

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza; Mr. Who (villain); P. J. Moggan
Synopsis: Using Solution Z, Mr. Who can grow, shrink and walk through walls and safes, but uses the solution to also impersonate one P. J. Moggan in order to obtain his vast wealth.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #79 published May 1942
was The Deadly Designs of Mr. Who [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Octopus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza Cramer; The Octopus (Villain)
Synopsis: The Octopus uses his amazing spray gun to condense the gases in the air to form dark clouds. He creates a phony amusement park run by crooks to use that ability to obtain signatures of wealthy people in order to forge their names.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #80 published June 1942
was The Octopus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Fate wears half-helmet. Inza's last name given as Cramer.
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Hall of Lost Heirs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Clock (Villain); Inza; Stanley Kovacks; Erna Hanley; Hector Borne; Taggart
Synopsis: The Clock supplies phoney lost heirs to collect millions in legacies and kidnaps the real heirs so they can't interfere.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #81 published July 1942
was Hall of Lost Heirs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Fate wears half-helmet.
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Luck for Sale

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Red Sage (villain); Al Quigg; Inza
Synopsis: The Red Sage holds people in his power by threatening to manipulate the stock market in such a way as for them to lose their fortunes unless they do his bidding.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #82 published August 1942
was Luck for Sale! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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The Two Fates

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Two Fates [Jagor; Mario] (villain); Inza; Lucky Lewis
Synopsis: Two former Gypsy carnival workers set themselves up in opposition to Dr. Fate, as the Two Fates, who offer to sell amateur tapestries to individuals for a large sum, with the guarantee that the fate shown in it will come true.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #83 published September 1942
was The Two Fates [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Dr. Fate's tower called "Castle Destiny".
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Crime's Hobby House

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza; Mordaunt Grimm (villain)
Synopsis: Mordaunt Grimm, while working on a movie production that features people and their hobbies, get the idea to use those people's hobbies to commit crimes.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #84 published October 1942
was Crime's Hobby House! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story takes place in Gotham City; with this issue, the golden epaulettes on Fate's shoulders disappear for good.
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The Man Who Changed Faces

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza; Carl Grubber (villain); Dr. Brennen
Synopsis: Kent tells Inza he's been studying medicine and becomes an intern at the Wetherby Free Clinic. Meanwhile Fate discovers Carl Grubber is forcing Dr. Brennen to perform plastic surgery on dangerous criminals.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #85 published November 1942
was The Man Who Changed Faces!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Kent Nelson becomes a medical doctor and drops his cape from his costume. Change in direction instigated by new editor, Jack Schiff?
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The Man Who Wanted No Medals

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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 hLawrence didn't accept the medal is because the discoveries that brought him fame were actually made by another doctor.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #86 published December 1942
was The Man Who Wanted No Medals [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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The Mystery of Room 406

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dr. Marsh; John Cornelius; The Frog (villain)
Synopsis: When every patient housed in Room 406 of the hospital dies, Dr. Kent Nelson decides the only way to find out what has happened is to be admitted as a patient in that room himself!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #87 published January 1943
was The Mystery of Room 406 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: With Siegel drafted, Fox switches to the Spectre and Joe Samachson takes over Doctor Fate.
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The Victim of Dr. Fate

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #88 published February 1943
was The Victim of Doctor Fate! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Case of the Crystal Crimes

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Krishna Das (villain); Inza Cramer
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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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #89 published March 1943
was The Case of the Crystal Crimes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Case of the Healthy Patient

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inza Cramer; Mr. Campbell; Dr. Wright; Din Din the movie dog
Synopsis: Dr. Fate, believing that a Dr. Wright has committed a perfectly healthy patient to the hospital, investigates and discovers that someone is after something of importance in the doctor's home: a book on animal diseases.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #90 published April 1943
was Case of the Healthy Patient! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Last appearance of Inza.
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The Man Who Belittled Dr. Fate

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Who (villain)
Synopsis: Mr. Who, after getting some his Solution Z smuggled into prison, escapes from his cell and is able to shrink Doctor Fate down to miniature size and imprison him in a bird cage.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #91 published May 1943
was The Man Who Belittled Fate! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Fate Turns Back the Clock

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Clock (villain); Aloysius Googe
Synopsis: When Kent Nelson investigates the attempted murder of Dr. Fate by a mummy donated to a local museum by a millionaire, he discovers the true perpetrator of the plot: the Clock!
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #92 published July 1943
was Fate Turns Back the Clock! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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The Legend of Lucky Lane

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lucky Lane (villain, introduction, death); Chicago Charlie
Synopsis: Lucky Lane, who has a record of a very murderous career, believes his lucky ring will protect him from justice, and Dr. Fate.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #93 published September 1943
was The Legend of Lucky Lane [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Writer ID confirmed by use of typical Samachson words such as "EEEAAH" and "Unexpectedly..."
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The Destiny of Mr. Coffin

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Charles Coffin; Thomas Coffin (villain); Herbie the Horse (villain)
Synopsis: One evening Doctor Fate runs into a man who takes the wildest of chances, fully believing that he was born a victim of fate because his name contains 13 letters!
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #94 published November 1943
was The Destiny of Mr. Coffin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.66
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Flame in the Night

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martin Main; Packy (villain); Deadpan (villain)
Synopsis: Martin Main has a hobby: collecting matchboxes. However, when he picks one up at the scene of a murder, he doesn't realize the secret that it contains MAY cost him his life!
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #95 published January 1944
was Flame in the Night! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.66
Disclose Notes: Contains Samachson catchphrase "EEEEHHH".
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Forgotten Magic

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Nabu ?; Haney (villain)
Synopsis: The Wizard responsible for Dr. Fate's powers loses his own temporarily, so Fate does too --- but he still has to rescue a bunch of miners trapped in a cave-in.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #96 published March 1944
was Forgotten Magic! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.66
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Pharoah's Lamp

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hairless Harry (villain); Tupper; Dane
Synopsis: A Mr. Tupper gains control over a valuable lamp that supposedly carries the curse of a Pharaoh, leading one Hairless Harry to attempt to get it and Fate out to prove the curse is phony!
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #97 published May 1944
was Pharoah's Lamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.66
Disclose Notes: Contains Samachson's trademark "EEEHHH"
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The Bashful King of Crime

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Stumpy Small (Villain); Henry Halfpint
Synopsis: Dr. Fate thinks he is seeing double when a young kid, found at the scene of a crime, is instead an exact double for a wanted criminal.
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From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #98 published July 1944
was The Bashful King of Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.66
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.

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