Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-03-29
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)
Cover Thumbnail for More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #55 Edit Cover
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The Spectre / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Spectre [Jim Corrigan] (also inset)
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

The Spectre's skin is still grey and colored incorrectly in reprints.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 451429.

Money and Big Prizes
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Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines / advertisement / 1 page

[Zor]
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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]; Wayne Grant; Zor (villain); Clarice Winston (villain)
Synopsis:
The Spectre meets a foe who is as powerful as himself and works feverishly to overpower him before he can harm Clarice.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis modified by Craig Delich.

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Fantastic Facts / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:These giant bee hives are only to be found in far off India...

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Biff Bronson / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mammy!
Characters:
Biff Bronson; Dan Druff; Mrs. Druff (his mother)
Synopsis:
Crooks disguised as police detectives try to pull a scam on Dan.

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Lieutenant Bob Neal / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The 662 is based at the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal...
Characters:
Lt. Bob Neal; Tubby
Synopsis:
Enemy spies, sailing in a disguised British freighter, try to blow up the Panama Canal.

Indexer Notes

Lieut. Bob Neal of Sub 662

Brand New Gun
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text story / 1.33 pages

Script:
Brittin Quigley (credited)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure

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advertisement / 0.67 page

[The Menace of Wotan]
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Doctor Fate / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson] (introduction); Inza Cramer (Fate's confidant); Wotan (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Wotan kidnaps Inza to get at Dr. Fate, so Fate goes after him in order to rescue her and seemingly kills him in the end.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Dr. Fate has no gloves, appears without a cape in many panels and appears without an origin.

Cover to this issue not reprinted in the archive edition.

Synopsis modified by Craig Delich.

No. 2 -- Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Raspe
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More Fun Comics Monthly Book Review / in-house column / 1 page

How a Brand-New Bike Came to "Newsy" Mike
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Morrow Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page

Superman Is on the Radio!
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The Adventures of Superman Radio Show / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Captain Desmo / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Winiarski (signed)
Inks:
Ed Winiarski (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Desmo and Gabby have been battling the 'Society of Assassins'...
Characters:
Captain Desmo; Gabby; Joyce Allen; Society of Assassins (villains)
Synopsis:
Gabby disguises himself as Joyce's father as part of a trap for the assassins.

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More Fun Comics Stamp Page / in-house column / 1 page

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Rex / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gosh - A grass hopper!

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Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (misspelled as Jerry Seigel)
Pencils:
Chad Grothkopf (credited as Chad-) (signed as Chad-)
Inks:
Chad Grothkopf (credited as Chad-) (signed as Chad-)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; crime
Characters:
Radio Squad Benjamin Lamont; Derek Morley (villain); Luella Morley (death)
Synopsis:
Derek Morely taunts the Squad with a list of murders he intends to carry out.

Death Stalks the Campus
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Detective Sergeant Carey / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Detective Sgt. Carey; Sleepy
Synopsis:
Carey investigates deaths caused by vampire bats.

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Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Lehti (signed)
Inks:
Jack Lehti (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:adventure; war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Through the cold winter snow, a dog sled ...
Characters:
Sgt. O'Malley; Black Hawk; the Wolf Man (villain)

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Bulldog Martin / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:adventure; superhero; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey! What's your hurry?
Characters:
Bulldog Martin
Synopsis:
Bulldog Martin uses his invisibility powers to uncover the culprit behind the murder of Joe Morgan's uncle.

The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!
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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

Now...Toughness Plus Grip!
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U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal] / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    The Spectre
  2. Money and Big Prizes
    Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines
  3. [Zor]
    The Spectre
  4. ["These giant bee hives are only to be found in far off India..."]
    Fantastic Facts
  5. ["Mammy!"]
    Biff Bronson
  6. ["The 662 is based at the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal..."]
    Lieutenant Bob Neal
  7. Brand New Gun
  8. [no title indexed]
  9. [The Menace of Wotan]
    Doctor Fate
  10. No. 2 -- Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Raspe
    More Fun Comics Monthly Book Review
  11. How a Brand-New Bike Came to "Newsy" Mike
    Morrow Coaster Brake
  12. Superman Is on the Radio!
    The Adventures of Superman Radio Show
  13. ["Desmo and Gabby have been battling the 'Society of Assassins'..."]
    Captain Desmo
  14. [no title indexed]
    More Fun Comics Stamp Page
  15. ["Gosh - A grass hopper!"]
    Rex
  16. ["Calling car K-7!!... Go to corner of Winston and Hayworth Avenue... meet a man....."]
    Radio Squad
  17. Death Stalks the Campus
    Detective Sergeant Carey
  18. ["Through the cold winter snow, a dog sled ..."]
    Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol
  19. ["Hey! What's your hurry?"]
    Bulldog Martin
  20. The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!
  21. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  22. Now...Toughness Plus Grip!
    U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal]
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Michael Bradley
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Matthew Head
  • Bob Hughes
  • Arthur Lortie
  • Lou Mazzella
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  • Per Sandell
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