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Issue: More Fun Comics #84
Publication Date: October 1942
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Issues: #84 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: 08/15/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)
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
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Traps for Japs

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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): The Green Arrow; Speedy
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Snow Treasure

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Josette Frank
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
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Hunting Headlines!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jospeh Greene ?
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]; Lamont Morgan
Synopsis: Millionaire Lamont Morgan offers $10,000 to prove Green Arrow is a fake: he has to make headlines without using his arrows. So he goes west to Boomtown where he gets involved trying to stop a stage coach robbery and a Japanese invasion of California.
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Pages: 13
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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, military
Feature(s): Shorty
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: I'm tired of the boys showing off their tattoos!
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Pages: 0.5
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Biggest and Best!

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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Crime's Hobby House!

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; 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.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 published September 2007
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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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Energy to Get There!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Crimes in Camouflage!

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]; George Scroggs
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Pages: 6
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Raid on Atlantis

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; Dr. Coburn; Captain Jerrod; Ark the seal (introduction); Skol
Synopsis: Greedy fortune hunters want to capture Aquaman and exhibit him in a carnival.
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Pages: 10
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Fair Exchange

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eric Carter (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: Would you be interested in a book...
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Comics
First Line: Here it is again!
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Pages: 0.5
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The Adventure of the One Man Movie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton, Jr.] (signed)
Inker(s): Cliff Young (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Quick
Character(s): Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Mort Morton, Jr; Cliff Young; Torchy Trasker; Shadow Shank
Synopsis: Gangsters try to get a cartoon studio to pay extortion.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Artists Meskin and Young draw themselves into this story.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Scoopy
First Line: Scoopy, dash over to High and Hanover...
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Pages: 0.22
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Pages: 0.28
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Prize Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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The Cry-Baby Crimes!

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]; Percival Popp; The Cry-Baby (villain)
Synopsis: The Cry-Baby makes everyone so sad they can't stop his crimes.
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Pages: 10
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Now on Sale

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Muscle Power Co.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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