More Fun Comics #65 for Sale - First Appearance of The Spectre - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue: #65
Publication date: March 1941
Key date: 1941-03-00
On-sale date: 1941-01-24
Indicia publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Spectre - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Joe Kent - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily	Jim Corrigan, The Spectre
1	The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
2	Dr. Mephisto	comic story	10	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard Baily	Jim Corrigan, The Spectre First
4	Undersea Espionage	comic story	4	script: Joe Donohoe; pencils: Joe Donohoe; inks: Joe Donohoe	Detective Sergeant Carey
5	-	comic story	6	pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Congo Bill, Joe Kent First
7	-	comic story	6	pencils: Win; inks: Win	Captain Desmo
8	-	cartoon	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
10	-	comic story	6	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray	Lorna Drake, Sandy Kean, Larry Trent
11	Colossal! Terrific! Stupendous!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
12	-	cartoon	0.33
14	-	comic story	6	pencils: Harold Sharp; inks: Harold Sharp	Lance Larkin
15	-	comic story	6	script: Albert Sulman; pencils: Joe Sulman; inks: Joe Sulman	Biff Bronson, Dan Druff
16	Retriever	text story	1	script: Frank Cooper
19	-	comic story	6	pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack Lehti	Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol
20	The Fish-Men of Nyarl-Amen	comic story	6	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Howard Sherman	Doctor Fate, Kent Nelson
21	Here's What You've Been Waiting For - All-Star No. 4!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 6.17 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains #3	1972	On eBay ›
Detective Comics #443	1974	On eBay ›
The Golden Age Spectre Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-955-8	2003	On eBay ›
Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1348-0	2007	On eBay ›
DC's Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Super-Villains #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-173-8	2020	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #6457 of 119#66 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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