Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-03-17
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)
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Green Arrow / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
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Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Adventures in Steel
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Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 1 page

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typeset

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Page includes Superman's Secret Message, the Editorial Advisory Board, the list of DC titles, and the indicia.

The Boomerang!
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Green Arrow / comic story / 13 pages

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George Papp (signed)
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George Papp (signed)
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Boomerang (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
The Boomerang is adept at getting revenge, and sells his services, usually against judges.
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Indexer Notes

Speedy wears red hat. Both have blond hair. Oliver Queen lives in an apartment.

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Silly Willy / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm boxing tonight at the lodge.

Your 5 Favorite Features "Go to Town" Again!
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Leading Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[The Deadly Designs of Mr. Who]
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Doctor Fate / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza Kramer; Mr. Who (Villain); P. J. Moggan
Synopsis:
Using Solution Z, Mr. Who can grow, shrink and walk through walls and safes, but uses the solution to also impersonate one P. J. Moggan in order to obtain his vast wealth.
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Indexer Notes

Letterer credit and modified synopsis from Craig Delich. First line: "You have read of Dr. Fate's conquest of the diabolical Mr. Who..."

Grand-Dad Has a Victory Program!
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Morrow Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Come back, John, that weather report you heard...

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3 gags.

The Case of the Storm Raiders
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Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery; crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There's a-saying that lightning never strikes twice in the same place -- but you'll know better when you've raced through this mile-a-minute adventure of Larry Trent and Sandy Keene, Radio Squad aces! For flaming death and destruction from storm-filled...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Radio Squad Joe; Twisty
Synopsis:
Two crooks use lightning to cover up their crimes.

Indexer Notes

A box overlapping the final two panel on the last page promotes the recurring feature: "Roar through another Radio Squad adventure with Larry Trent and Sandy Keene in next month's More Fun Comics!!!"

Aquaman Rules the Waves!
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Aquaman / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Krutz (Villain)
Synopsis:
The Nazis have a battleship disguised as an iceberg.

Passed by Censor
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Edgar Weston (credited)
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typeset
  • Genre:adventure

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Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You stay home me go out to hunt!

500 Years Into the Future with the Justice Society of America!
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All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Mr. Meek Makes Haste!
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Johnny Quick / comic story / 8 pages

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Mort Meskin (signed)
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Mort Meskin (signed)
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Mr. Meek (Villain)
Synopsis:
Mr. Meek steals a newsreel of Johnny Quick so he can lip read Johnny's secret formula.

Indexer Notes

Johnny uses the formula Z25Y(2AB)6 to slow down again. Writer id by Bob Hughes.

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Catnip / Katnip / comic story / 0.44 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh boy!! Milk

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Prize Comics / advertisement / 0.22 page

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Bookman Stamps; Brown Stamps; Eureka Stamps; Federal Coin Exchange; Globus Stamps; Kent Stamps; X-acto Knives / advertisement / 0.25 page

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.08 page

Money to Burn
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The Spectre / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
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Bernard Baily (signed)
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Mr. Chizzeler (villain)
Synopsis:
Chizzeler puts an ad in the paper offering $1000 a day for someone to do absolutely nothing.

Now on Sale
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Green Arrow
  2. Adventures in Steel
    Good Books Worth Reading
  3. The Boomerang!
    Green Arrow
  4. ["I'm boxing tonight at the lodge."]
    Silly Willy
  5. Your 5 Favorite Features "Go to Town" Again!
    Leading Comics
  6. [The Deadly Designs of Mr. Who]
    Doctor Fate
  7. Grand-Dad Has a Victory Program!
    Morrow Coaster Brake
  8. ["Come back, John, that weather report you heard..."]
    Laffs
  9. The Case of the Storm Raiders
    Radio Squad
  10. Aquaman Rules the Waves!
    Aquaman
  11. Passed by Censor
  12. ["You stay home me go out to hunt!"]
    Chief Hot Foot
  13. 500 Years Into the Future with the Justice Society of America!
    All-Star Comics
  14. Mr. Meek Makes Haste!
    Johnny Quick
  15. ["Oh boy!! Milk"]
    Catnip / Katnip
  16. ["If you like he-man heroes in hundred-mile-per-hour adventure stories..."]
    Prize Comics
  17. [no title indexed]
    Bookman Stamps; Brown Stamps; Eureka Stamps; Federal Coin Exchange; Globus Stamps; Kent Stamps; X-acto Knives
  18. [no title indexed]
  19. Money to Burn
    The Spectre
  20. Now on Sale
  21. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  22. [no title indexed]
    Baby Ruth
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Michael Bradley
  • Craig Delich
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Adam Spector
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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