More Fun Comics #73 for Sale - First Appearance of Oliver Queen - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue: #73
Publication date: November 1941
Key date: 1941-11-00
On-sale date: 1941-09-19
Indicia publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Oliver Queen - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Green Arrow - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Roy Harper - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Johnny Quick - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Johnny Chambers - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Tubby Watts - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Percival Popp - 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: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Doctor Fate, Kent Nelson
1	Another Message to Our Readers	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
2	Mr. Who	comic story	10	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Howard Sherman	Doctor Fate, Kent Nelson
4	Case of the Namesake Murders	comic story	8	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Green Arrow First, Oliver Queen First, Roy Harper First, Speedy First
5	Action! Thrills!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
7	Murder Takes the Spotlight	comic story	6	pencils: Chad Grothkopf; inks: Chad Grothkopf; letters: Chad Grothkopf	Lorna Drake, Sandy Kean, Larry Trent
9	The Submarine Strikes	comic story	8	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Paul Norris; inks: Paul Norris	Aquaman First
10	The Justice Society of America Proudly Presents All-Star No. 7!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
11	Here It Is!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5		Green Lantern, Alan Scott
12	The Black Knight	comic story	8	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Ed Moore; inks: Chad Grothkopf; letters: Chad Grothkopf	Johnny Chambers First, Johnny Quick First, Tubby Watts First
13	Call It Courage	in-house column	0.33	script: Josette Frank
15	Jerry Siegel Does It Again!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset	Pat Dugan, Sylvester Pemberton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
16	Who Did It?	text story	1.67	script: Wilton Weston; pencils: Stanley Kaye; inks: Stanley Kaye	Ed Gale; Jethro Drake (financier, death); Norma Blair (ward of Jethro Drake); Percy (Jethro's cat); Mr. Woods (Jethro's lawyer); Stephen Drake (villain, nephew of Jethro Drake)
18	Secret Mission in Honduras	comic story	6	pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Clip Carson [as Mr. Jones]; Mavilla (an importer); President Camapo; Captain Pardi (villain, Policeman); The Avenger [General Alomoz] (villain, death)
19	The Vanishing Menaces	comic story	10	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard Baily	Jim Corrigan, Percival Popp First, The Spectre, Clarice Winston

Plus 5.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains #8	1973	On eBay ›
Secret Origins #7	1974	On eBay ›
Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 #[nn]	2001	On eBay ›
Headline Comics [ashcan] #[nn]	1942	On eBay ›
Superwoman [ashcan] #[nn]	1942	On eBay ›
Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1348-0	2007	On eBay ›
Green Arrow: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-6386-7	2016	On eBay ›
Aquaman: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-6446-8	2016	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

‹ #7265 of 119#74 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q19866576 (Oliver Queen), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q91367231 (Roy Harper), first-appearance property (CC0)

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