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More Fun Comics 84

MORE FUN COMICS #84

Cover Date: October 1942
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: George Papp (Signed)


Story: "Hunting Headlines!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoseph Greene
ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringGeorge Papp
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (last, Pre-Crisis, in All-Star Squadron #60; next in World's Finest Comics #7/6)
Speedy (last, Pre-Crisis, in All-Star Squadron #60; next in World's Finest Comics #7/6)

Villain(s):

Japanese Soldiers (first appearance for all; all die)

Other Character(s):

Lamont Morgan (first appearance; a rich man who bets that Green Arrow can't make headlines without arrows)

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are the Earth-2 Green Arrow and Speedy.
Joseph Green credited as writer.


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Second Story: "Crime's Hobby House!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHoward Sherman
LetteringHoward Sherman
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Fate (next in All-Star Squadron #50; costume loses shoulder bands)

Supporting Character(s):

Inza Cramer (next in flashback in All-Star Squadron #50)

Villain(s):

Mordaunt Grimm (first appearance; a down-on-his-luck movie producer who uses his latest film short to commit crimes)

Location(s):

Fate's Tower
Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 (2007)


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Third Story: "The Case of the Talking Ghost!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtCliff Young
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Sandy Kean
Larry Trent

Villain(s):

George Scroggs (first appearance; a jeweler who causes crimes to be committed to drive his competitors out of business)


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Fourth Story: "Raid on Atlantis!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoseph Greene
ArtLouis Cazeneuve
LetteringLouis Cazeneuve
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (last in All-Star Squadron #60)

Supporting Character(s):

Ark the Seal (first appearance; a young seal)

Villain(s):

Dr. Coburn (first appearance; tries to capture Aquaman to exhibit him)

Comment(s):

The Aquaman seen here is the Earth-Two version.
Joseph Greene credited as writer.
Aquaman's home base is shown to be an ancient Atlantean temple, kept water-free. A similar structure is shown in flashback during his origin, so it is probably the same building.


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Fifth Story: "The Adventure of the One Man Movie" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsMort Meskin
InksCliff Young
LetteringMort Meskin
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Quick (also appears in a retelling of this story in Young All-Stars #27; then in flashback in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #29/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Tubby Watts (also appears in a retelling of this story in Young All-Stars #27)

Villain(s):

Torchy Trasker and Shadow Shank (first appearance for both; run a protection racket)

Other Character(s):

Mort Morton, Jr. and Mr. Young (first appeareance for both; two employees of the animation studio)

Comment(s):

Mort Meskin credited as Mort Morton, Jr..
Don Cameron credited as writer.


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Sixth Story: "The Cry-Baby Crimes!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringHoward Ferguson
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Spectre (next in All-Star Comics #13/All-Star Squadron #50)

Supporting Character(s):

Percival Popp

Villain(s):

Cry-Baby (first appearance; a criminal that makes people cry)


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