Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1943-01-12
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
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Birth of the Battling Bowmen!
(Table of Contents)

Green Arrow / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Cliff Young (signed)
Inks:
Cliff Young (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Green Arrow; Speedy
Reprints (3)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Editorial Advisory Board
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Piang, the Moro Chieftain
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Good Books Worth Reading / in-house column / 0.67 page

The Birth of the Battling Bowmen
(Table of Contents: 3)

Green Arrow / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Cliff Young (signed as Cliff)
Inks:
Steve Brodie (signed as Steve)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Quoag
Synopsis:
Archaeologist Oliver Queen is marooned on Lost Mesa where he meets Roy Harper, a young boy raised by Indians. There they are beset upon by thugs searching for a gold mine, and only Oliver and Roy's skills with archery and knowledge of Indian lore save them.
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

Origin of Green Arrow and Speedy.

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

Silly Willy / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Now I'm all set! Take home a balloon to the kiddies...

[no title indexed]
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All-Star Comics / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Lenny / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
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?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I slipped on a banana peel outside your store and now I'm going to sue you!
Characters:
Lenny

The Case of the Crystal Crimes
(Table of Contents: 7)

Doctor Fate / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Krishna Das (villain); Inza Carmer
Synopsis:
Against the advice of Kent, Inza visits a crooked fortune teller and nearly is run down in the road, as he had predicted. However, when Dr. Fate begins an investigation into this fraud's activities, he nearly loses his own life in the process.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Gags / cartoon / 0.5 page

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?
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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gee, wouldn't he make a swell carpet for my den!?

Whoosh!
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Prize Comics; Headline Comics / advertisement / 0.5 page

Energy for Victory!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

The Streamlined Buccaneers!
(Table of Contents: 11)

Aquaman / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Aquaman; Black Jack (villain); Ark the seal
Synopsis:
Aquaman faces Black Jack and his gang of pirates who have adopted modern methods to raid ships.
Reprints (1)

The Battle
(Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Warner Wilson (credited)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure

Prescription for Plunder
(Table of Contents: 13)

Johnny Quick / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Jr.)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Dr. Clever (Villain); Tubby Watts

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Bob Hughes.

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

Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 0.44 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Me heap big man with lasso!

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

advertisement / 0.22 page

Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc.
(Table of Contents: 16)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page

Script:
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Printed in New York, NY.
Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY.
Editor: F. W. Ellsworth
Business Manager Jack Liebwitz
Owners: Harry Donenfeld, Paul Sampliner

Attempted Assassination
(Table of Contents: 17)

Stamps / text article / 1 page

Script:
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.

The Junior Justice Society of America
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Underworld Goes Overweight
(Table of Contents: 19)

The Spectre with Percival Popp the Super Cop! / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Grabby Gus Nelson (villain)
Synopsis:
Grabby Gus accidentally steals a machine that can make people super-heavy, then uses it to institute a crime-wave.

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Bob Hughes.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 21)

Webster's Complete Reference Dictionary and Encyclopedia / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 22)

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Birth of the Battling Bowmen!
    Green Arrow
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. Piang, the Moro Chieftain
    Good Books Worth Reading
  4. The Birth of the Battling Bowmen
    Green Arrow
  5. ["Now I'm all set! Take home a balloon to the kiddies..."]
    Silly Willy
  6. ["Another meeting of the Justice Society!"]
    All-Star Comics
  7. ["I slipped on a banana peel outside your store and now I'm going to sue you!"]
    Lenny
  8. The Case of the Crystal Crimes
    Doctor Fate
  9. ["Gee, wouldn't he make a swell carpet for my den!?"]
    Gags
  10. Whoosh!
    Prize Comics; Headline Comics
  11. Energy for Victory!
    Baby Ruth
  12. The Streamlined Buccaneers!
    Aquaman
  13. The Battle
  14. Prescription for Plunder
    Johnny Quick
  15. ["Me heap big man with lasso!"]
    Chief Hot Foot
  16. [no title indexed]
  17. Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc.
  18. Attempted Assassination
    Stamps
  19. The Junior Justice Society of America
  20. The Underworld Goes Overweight
    The Spectre with Percival Popp the Super Cop!
  21. ["Be sure to get these top favorites..."]
  22. [no title indexed]
    Webster's Complete Reference Dictionary and Encyclopedia
  23. [no title indexed]
    American Seeds
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  • Katie
  • mcomics
  • David Banuelos
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Bob Hughes
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Adam Spector
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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