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55May 1940
$0.10

More Fun Comics #55

DC · May 1940 · on sale 1940-03-29

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Identification plate

Series
More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue
#55
Publication date
May 1940
Key date
1940-05-00
On-sale date
1940-03-29
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyThe Spectre [Jim Corrigan] (also inset)
2Zorcomic story10script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyThe Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Wayne Grant; Zor (villain); Clarice Winston (villain)
3-comic story1pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp
4-comic story6script: Alan Sulman; pencils: Joe Sulman; inks: Joe SulmanBiff Bronson; Dan Druff; Mrs. Druff (his mother)
5-comic story6script: Bob Hirsch; pencils: Rusty Lehman; inks: Rusty LehmanLt. Bob Neal; Tubby
6Brand New Guntext story1.33script: Brittin Quigley
8The Menace of Wotancomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Howard ShermanDoctor Fate [Kent Nelson] (introduction); Inza Cramer (Fate's confidant); Wotan (villain, introduction)
9No. 2 -- Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Raspetext article1letters: typesetBaron Munchausen
12-comic story6pencils: Win; inks: WinCaptain Desmo; Gabby; Joyce Allen; Society of Assassins (villains)
13-text article1letters: typeset
14-comic story1
15-comic story6script: Jerry Seigel; pencils: Chad-; inks: Chad-Sandy Kean, Captain John Henry Toth, Larry Trent
16Death Stalks the Campuscomic story4script: Joe Donohoe; pencils: Joe Donohoe; inks: Joe DonohoeDetective Sgt. Carey; Sleepy
17-comic story6pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack LehtiSgt. O'Malley; Black Hawk; the Wolf Man (villain)
18-comic story6pencils: Bart Tumey; inks: Bart TumeyBulldog Martin
19The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 4.67 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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