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Issue: More Fun Comics #83
Publication Date: September 1942
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Issues: #83 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: 07/14/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow; Speedy
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Ghost Town Adventure

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Five Arrows

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; John Hunt (villain, dies)
Synopsis: A former big game hunter lures Green Arrow and Speedy to his estate, where he plans to hunt them and then write up the adventure as the final chapter of his book.
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Pages: 13
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Don & Nancy ...Come to the Rescue of the Sunday School Picnic ...And They All Have a Wonderful Time!

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Feature(s): Kool-Aid
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Pages: 1
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The Two Fates

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson] (half-mask, with cape); 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.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 published September 2007
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Dr. Fate's tower called "Castle Destiny".
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: This is nothing Mister - Wait until you come to the next hole!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: 3 gags.
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Feature(s): Wonder Woman
First Line: Here it is, boys and girls!
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Pages: 0.5
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The Case of the Talking Ghost!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Curly the dog; the Ghost (death); Old Jim; Ted
First Line: Reader, what is your verdict? --- Must Curly, the fox terrier, die? Shall he pay with his life for what he did? Or -- should he be commended? It is for you to judge him, to declare him innocent or guilty! We present his case to you, in which you sit as...
Synopsis: The Ghost thinks up silent ways to commit crimes.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Readers are asked to decide whether the dog, Curly, should be put to death for killing the Ghost. A box after the final panel on the last page promotes the recurring feature: "Radio Squad patrols the streets of the metropolis... ride behind their screaming sirens to the most daring robberies and murders in town -- every month in More Fun Comics!!"
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Thomas Jefferson's Treasure

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman; Black Jack (villain); Vera Hannay; Drew Carson
Synopsis: Black Jack gets a rich man to finance a treasure hunting expedition, after which he plans to kill him.
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Pages: 10
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Strange Posse

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Silly Willy
First Line: I'm always having trouble - But this paint ought to fix it!
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Pages: 0.5
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Another Big Issue of All-Star

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Feature(s): All-Star Comics
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Mickey Murphy; The Twist (villain); Sparky; Mope
First Line: Mercury Messenger Service
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Pages: 8
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Assorted Gags
First Line: Hey stop! There's the fire!
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Pages: 0.44
Disclose Notes: 6 gags.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Prize Comics
First Line: Meet Yank and Doodle!
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Pages: 0.22
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Leatherpusher Law

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Blackie Barrow (villain); Kid Morris; Hammerin' Hank Morris
Synopsis: Popp gets into the fight business and accidentally uncovers a smuggling racket.
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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): Wonders of Science Simplified
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Modern Concise Encyclopedia
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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