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Issue: More Fun Comics #65
Publication Date: March 1941
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Issues: #65 of 119 Issues (121 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/24/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color, Duotone, and Black and White (#9-47); Full Color (#48 onwards)
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
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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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Spectre Archives #1 published May 2003
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Spectre Archives #1 published May 2003
as Back Cover [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]reduced cover
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Dr. Mephisto

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): Bernard Baily
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): The Spectre
Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; the Chief; The Blue Flame [Dr. Mephisto] (villain; introduction)
Synopsis: While the Spectre is being blamed for a rash of weird robberies involving the mysterior "Blue Flame," Jim Corrigan gets on the track of the real perpetrator, one Dr. Mephisto, magacian extraordinaire!
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In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #443 published October 1974
as Dr. Mephisto [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Spectre Archives #1 published May 2003
as Dr. Mephisto [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The Spectre and Jim Corrigan appear simultaneously for the first time.
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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): Baby Ruth
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Undersea Espionage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Donohoe
Penciller(s): Joe Donohoe
Inker(s): Joe Donohoe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Detective Sergeant Carey
Character(s): Sergeant Carey
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Papp (signed)
Inker(s): George Papp (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Congo Bill
Character(s): Congo Bill; James Kent; Winston Darrow; Aladi Shami; Tori Sabu; Todd; Randu
First Line: We find Congo Bill, adventurer, and his friend, Professor Kent, staying at a hotel in a large South African city...
Synopsis: Bill assists a gem collector in securing a cursed diamond.
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Pages: 6
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): More Fun Stamp Page
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Winiarski [as Win] (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Winiarski [as Win] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Desmo
Character(s): Captain Desmo
First Line: Captain Desmo and Gabby are adventuring in India...
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Pages: 6
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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): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): It's a Fact!
First Line: In Tibet there are no cemeteries...
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Pages: 0.5
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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): Model Airplane Club
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Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel (signed)
Penciller(s): Fred Ray
Inker(s): Fred Ray
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Radio Squad
Character(s): Radio Squad
First Line: The Melting Pot, a crowded, seething tenament [sic] district...
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Pages: 6
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Colossal! Terrific! Stupendous!

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 Best Comics
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gags
First Line: I've been robbed!
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Pages: 0.33
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.67
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harold Sharp (signed)
Inker(s): Harold Sharp (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Lance Larkin
Character(s): Lance Larkin
First Line: In the unrest that characterizes Arabia in these troubled times...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert Sulman
Penciller(s): Joe Sulman
Inker(s): Joe Sulman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Biff Bronson
Character(s): Biff Bronson
First Line: Biff Bronson and his pal, Dan Druff, are cruising in the Atlantic...
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Pages: 6
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Retriever

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Cooper
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Split over two pages.
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Superman Is on the Radio

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of the first page of the text story.
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remington Rand
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of the second page of the text story.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Lehti
Inker(s): Jack Lehti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol
Character(s): Sgt. O'Malley
First Line: On a cold winter night, a desperate figure looks down with hateful eyes...
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Pages: 6
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The Fish-Men of Nyarl-Amen

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]; 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains #3 published November 1972
as The Fish-Men of Nyarl-Amen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 published September 2007
as The Fish-Men of Nyarl-Amen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Here's What You've Been Waiting For - All-Star No. 4!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Comics
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Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chem. Co.
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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): Fred Harman (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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