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81July 1942
$0.10

More Fun Comics #81

DC · July 1942 · on sale 1942-05-16

First appearance: Shorty
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Identification plate

Series
More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue
#81
Publication date
July 1942
Key date
1942-07-00
On-sale date
1942-05-16
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Shorty - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Crime, Incorporatedcover1pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow; Speedy
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Anything Can Happen on the River!text article0.67script: Josette Frank
3The Adventure of the Bankrupt Heroes!comic story13script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Crime, Incorporated (villain)
4-cartoon0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
5All-Star Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
6Hall of Lost Heirscomic story10script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Howard ShermanDoctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Clock (villain); Inza Kramer; Stanley Kovacks; Erna Hanley; Hector Borne; Taggart
8-comic story6script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Arturo CazeneuveSandy Kean, The Leopardess, Larry Trent
9Champ of the Wavescomic story10pencils: Paul Norris; inks: Paul NorrisAquaman; Dotty; George Riggs; Humber; Roder
10Hero's Deathtext story2script: John Hilton
12-comic story0.44script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffPrivate Pete
14Code for Conspiratorscomic story8script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Mort Morton; inks: Cliff YoungJohnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Kloven (villain)
16-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffShorty First
17The Case of the Scholarly Spendthriftcomic story10script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard BailyThe Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Claudius Harmon; Sport O'Dea
18Now on Salepromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 4.05 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-1348-0
2007On eBay ›
Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-7720-8
2018On eBay ›

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Series context

Sources

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