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78April 1942
$0.10

More Fun Comics #78

DC · April 1942 · on sale 1942-02-17

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Identification plate

Series
More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue
#78
Publication date
April 1942
Key date
1942-04-00
On-sale date
1942-02-17
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow; Speedy
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Liberty of Deathin-house column0.67script: Josette Frank
3The Black Raider!comic story13script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Black Raider (boat); Captain Kilgore (villain); Johnny James
4-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5All-Star Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
6The Wax Museum Killerscomic story10script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Howard ShermanDoctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza Carmer; Goliath (villain); Jesse James; Nero; Captain Kidd
8The Case of the Phantom Fugitivecomic story6pencils: Cliff Young; inks: Cliff YoungSandy Kean, Larry Trent
9-comic story10script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Paul Norris; inks: Paul NorrisAquaman; Master Sargasso (villain)
10Strange Acquaintancetext story1.7script: Norman Goss
12-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
13Death's Dividendscomic story8script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort MeskinJohnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Dr. Clever (villain); Tubby Watts; A. V. Keith; Silky Smith; Cannonball Carter
14-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
15-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
17Adventure Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.25
18The Magic Crimescomic story10script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyThe Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Glowing One (villain); Percival Popp; Kati Lugi
19Now on Salepromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 2.55 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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ISBN 978-1-4012-1348-0		2007On eBay ›
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