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Issue: More Fun Comics #88
Publication Date: February 1943
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Issues: #88 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: 12/12/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (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: 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): 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)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Josette Frank
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 Mystery of the Mathematical Master

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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]; Prof. Million (introduction, villain)
Synopsis: Prof. Million hires criminals to commit crimes he plans in order to make money for his college.
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Pages: 13
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Comic Cavalcade
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Pages: 0.5
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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: 0.5
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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): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Clancy the Cop
First Line: The Sarge told us to be very tough on parking violators!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Victim of Dr. Fate!

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]; 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.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 published September 2007
as The Victim of Dr. Fate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): John L Jr.
First Line: A war stamp, please...
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Pages: 2
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The Man Who Chased the Rainbow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman
Penciller(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman
Character(s): Aquaman; John Wilson
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Pages: 10
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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Enemy Advance

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Glenn (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Headline Comics; Prize Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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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: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: Say, Oscar, your check bounced!
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Pages: 0.5
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Tubby Watts, Hero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton] (signed)
Inker(s): Cliff Young [as Cliff] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Quick
Character(s): Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Mort Morton, Jr. [Mort Meskin]
Synopsis: Tubby breaks into Mort Morton's office to complain about how he's treated in the stories.
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Pages: 11
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Greece

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sidney M. Elias
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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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Recognition at Last!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0.44
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 0.22
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Victory Picture Frames
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Pages: 0.33
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Crime Makes a Movie!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): The Spectre with Percival Popp the Super Cop!
Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Dollar Dan (villain)
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story takes place in Gotham City. Fox script verified from his notes in Alter Ego #21 (Feb 2003).
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Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
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First Line: Be sure to get these top favorites...
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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High in Energy

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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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