Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-08-15
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)
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Green Arrow / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
George Papp (signed)
Inks:
George Papp (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Green Arrow; Speedy
Reprints (2)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Snow Treasure
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Good Books Worth Reading / in-house column / 0.67 page

Hunting Headlines!
(Table of Contents: 3)

Green Arrow / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Lamont Morgan
Synopsis:
Millionaire Lamont Morgan offers $10,000 to prove Green Arrow is a fake: he has to make headlines without using his arrows. So he goes west to Boomtown where he gets involved trying to stop a stage coach robbery and a Japanese invasion of California.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm tired of the boys showing off their tattoos!
Characters:
Shorty

Biggest and Best!
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World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Crime's Hobby House!
(Table of Contents: 6)

Doctor Fate / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza; Mordaunt Grimm (villain)
Synopsis:
Mordaunt Grimm, while working on a movie production that features people and their hobbies, get the idea to use those people's hobbies to commit crimes.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Story takes place in Gotham City. With this issue, the golden epaulets on Fate's shoulders disappear for good.

Letterer credit & modified synopsis added by Craig Delich.

Energy to Get There!
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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

Crimes in Camouflage!
(Table of Contents: 8)

Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
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Letters:
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  • Genre:detective-mystery; crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The thump of a drum and the grunt of a tuba make marching music for a predatory parade of plunderers... but before the echoes have faded, those battling aces of the Radio Squad, Larry Trent and Sandy Keene, write words and music of a rogue's march...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Radio Squad George Scroggs

Indexer Notes

A box after the final panel on the last page promotes the recurring feature: "With or without music, our Radio Squad aces gather thrills galore as they strip the camouflage from criminal schemes every month in More Fun Comics!!"

Raid on Atlantis
(Table of Contents: 9)

Aquaman / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Aquaman; Dr. Coburn; Captain Jerrod; Ark the seal (introduction); Skol
Synopsis:
Greedy fortune hunters want to capture Aquaman and exhibit him in a carnival.

Fair Exchange
(Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Eric Carter (credited)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Would you be interested in a book...

[no title indexed]
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All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

The Adventure of the One Man Movie
(Table of Contents: 13)

Johnny Quick / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Cliff Young (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Mort Morton, Jr; Cliff Young; Torchy Trasker; Shadow Shank
Synopsis:
Gangsters try to get a cartoon studio to pay extortion.

Indexer Notes

Artists Meskin and Young draw themselves into this story.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Scoopy / cartoon / 0.22 page

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Scoopy, dash over to High and Hanover...

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

advertisement / 0.28 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

Prize Comics / advertisement / 0.5 page

The Cry-Baby Crimes!
(Table of Contents: 17)

The Spectre / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; The Cry-Baby (villain)
Synopsis:
The Cry-Baby makes everyone so sad they can't stop his crimes.

Now on Sale
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 19)

Muscle Power Equipment / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 20)

Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [Traps for Japs]
    Green Arrow
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. Snow Treasure
    Good Books Worth Reading
  4. Hunting Headlines!
    Green Arrow
  5. ["I'm tired of the boys showing off their tattoos!"]
    Shorty
  6. Biggest and Best!
    World's Finest Comics
  7. Crime's Hobby House!
    Doctor Fate
  8. Energy to Get There!
    Baby Ruth
  9. Crimes in Camouflage!
    Radio Squad
  10. Raid on Atlantis
    Aquaman
  11. Fair Exchange
  12. ["Would you be interested in a book..."]
    Laffs
  13. ["Here it is again!"]
    All-Star Comics
  14. The Adventure of the One Man Movie
    Johnny Quick
  15. ["Scoopy, dash over to High and Hanover..."]
    Scoopy
  16. [no title indexed]
  17. [no title indexed]
    Prize Comics
  18. The Cry-Baby Crimes!
    The Spectre
  19. Now on Sale
  20. [no title indexed]
    Muscle Power Equipment
  21. [no title indexed]
    Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary
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  • David Banuelos
  • Michael Bradley
  • Craig Delich
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Adam Spector
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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