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More Fun Comics 87

MORE FUN COMICS #87

Cover Date: January 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Mort Meskin


Story: "The Case of the Confident Crooks" (13 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsCliff Young
InksSteve Brody
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (uses Flare-Arrows and a Tracker Arrow; next in Leading Comics #5)
Speedy (next in Leading Comics #5)

Villain(s):

Jagin (first appearance; kills off and double crosses his captured thugs)

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are the Earth-2 Green Arrow and Speedy.


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Second Story: "The Man Who Wanted No Medals" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtHoward Sherman
LetteringHoward Sherman
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Fate (last in All-Star Comics #14/Young All-Stars #27)

Villain(s):

The Frog (first appearance; runs a kidnap scheme out of the Weatherby Clinic)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 (2007)


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Third Story: "The Case of Little Sir Echo" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtCliff Young
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Sandy Kean
Larry Trent

Villain(s):

A radio sound effects engineer (first appearance; creates fake radio calls to lure the police to the wrong locations)

Comment(s):

This is the final appearance of the Radio Squad strip.


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Fourth Story: "Ark of the Ancients" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoseph Greene
ArtLouis Cazeneuve
LetteringLouis Cazeneuve
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman

Villain(s):

Three criminal sailors (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Citizens of "Atlantis" (first appearance for all; live in a large domed city)

Location(s):

Atlantis (of Earth-Two; air breathers who live at the bottom of the ocean; also in flashback to the sinking of the original city)

Comment(s):

The Aquaman seen here is the Earth-Two version.


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Fifth Story: "The Luck of Jabez Riker!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsMort Meskin
InksCliff Young
LetteringMort Meskin
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Quick

Supporting Character(s):

Tubby Watts

Villain(s):

James Margin(first appearance; a crooked banker)

Other Character(s):

Jabez Riker and his wife Martha (first appearance for both)

Comment(s):

Mort Meskin credited as Mort Morton, Jr..
This story takes place in the early fall.


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Sixth Story: "The Crimes That Bloom in the Spring, Tra La!!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtBernard Baily
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Spectre (last in All-Star Comics #14/Young All-Stars #27)

Supporting Character(s):

Percival Popp

Villain(s):

Bullfrog Ames (first appearance; a crime boss)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in the summer.


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