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MORE FUN COMICS #73
Cover Date: November 1941
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Howard Sherman
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Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Howard Sherman |
| Lettering | Howard Sherman |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Mister Who (first appearance; a deformed scientist who uses Solution Z to be able to change shapes and size; also in flashbacks to his youth and discovering Solution Z)
Story Reprinted in:
- Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Villains #8/2 (June-July 1973)
- Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (January 2001)
- Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 (2007)
Credits:
| Story | Mort Weisinger |
| Art | George Papp |
| Lettering | George Papp |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Green Arrow (Oliver Queen; first appearance; a rich crimefighting playboy; last in flashback in issue #89)
- Speedy (Roy Harper; first appearance; Queen's ward and his crimefighting partner; last in flashback in issue #89)
Villain(s):
- The Masked Man (Ezra Samson; first appearance; kills off members of a history club to hide his embezzlement)
Comment(s):
- This is the first appearance of the Earth-2 Green Arrow and Speedy.
- Green Arrow and Speedy's superspeed vehicle is called the Arrowplane.
Story Reprinted in:
- Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (January 2001)
Solicitation:
- Meet the costumed adventurer Green Arrow and his sidekick Speedy. Together, these expert archers use an array of trick arrows to defend the helpless!
Credits:
| Pencils | Ed Moore |
| Inks | Chad Grothkopf |
| Lettering | Ed Moore |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Lorna Drake
Villain(s):
- Jasper Rawdon (first appearance; tries to take over a rodeo)
Story Reprinted in:
- Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (January 2001)
Credits:
| Story | Mort Weisinger |
| Art | Chad Grothkopf |
| Lettering | Chad Grothkopf |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Black Knight (first appearance; a robot controlled by Sam Kirby; a seller of counterfeit statues)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Story Reprinted in:
- Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (January 2001)
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Spectre (last in DC 2000 #2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Clarice Winston (between #71 and #75/6
Villain(s):
- Nat Rhodes (first appearance; uses Kirk's machine to blackmail the city; dies)
Other Character(s):
- Morton Kirk (first appearance; invents a space-folding ray machine; dies)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (January 2001)
Credits:
| Story | Mort Weisinger |
| Art | Paul Norris |
| Lettering | Howard Sherman |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Aquaman (first appearance; protector of the seven seas; also in flashback to his youth)
Villain(s):
- Nazi U-Boat commander (first appearance for all; most die)
Location(s):
- Atlantic Ocean
Comment(s):
- This is the first appearance of the Earth-Two Aquaman, who is not named.
Story Reprinted in:
- Secret Origins #7 (October-November 1974)
- Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (January 2001)
Solicitation:
- The King of the Seven Seas, Aquaman, showcases his amazing powers!