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88February 1943
$0.10

More Fun Comics #88

DC · February 1943 · on sale 1942-12-12

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Identification plate

Series
More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue
#88
Publication date
February 1943
Key date
1943-02-00
On-sale date
1942-12-12
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Cliff Young; inks: Cliff YoungGreen Arrow; Speedy
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2-in-house column0.67script: Josette Frank
3The Mystery of the Mathematical Mastercomic story13script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Cliff Young; inks: Steve BrodieGreen Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Prof. Million (introduction, villain)
4Comic Cavalcadepromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
5All-Star Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
6-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
7The Victim of Doctor Fate!comic story10script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard ShermanDoctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Doctor Roland; Mad Dog McBain (villain)
8John L Jr.comic story2
9The Man Who Chased the Rainbow!comic story10script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveAquaman; John Wilson
10Enemy Advancetext story2script: Cary Glenn
12Laffscartoon0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
13Tubby Watts, Hero!comic story11pencils: Mort Morton; inks: CliffJohnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Mort Morton, Jr. [Mort Meskin]
14Greecetext article1script: Sidney M. Elias
15Recognition at Last!comic story0.44
18Crime Makes a Movie!comic story10script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Howard FergusonThe Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Dollar Dan (villain)
19-promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 3.05 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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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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