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More Fun Comics 88

MORE FUN COMICS #88

Cover Date: February 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Cliff Young (signed)


Story: "Mystery of the Mathematical Master" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
PencilsCliff Young
InksSteve Brody
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (last in World's Finest Comics #8/5)
Speedy (last in World's Finest Comics #8/5)

Villain(s):

Professor Million (first appearance; a mathematics professor who commits crime to benefit his college; next in issue #97)

Comment(s):

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


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Second Story: "The Victim of Doctor Fate!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtHoward Sherman
LetteringHoward Sherman
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Fate (next in All-Star Comics #15/flashback in Starman Vol. 2 #69)

Villain(s):

Mad Dog McBain (first appearance; kills a patient to keep him from testifying against him)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 (2007)


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Third Story: "The Man Who Chased The Rainbow!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryManly Wade Wellman
ArtLouis Cazeneuve
LetteringLouis Cazeneuve
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman

Villain(s):

Rocky Logan (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

John Teach (first appearance; a descendant of Blackbeard who returns looted monies to their rightful owners)

Comment(s):

The Aquaman seen here is the Earth-Two version.


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Fourth Story: "Tubby Watts, Hero!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsMort Meskin
InksCliff Young
LetteringMort Meskin
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Quick (in flashback only)

Supporting Character(s):

Tubby Watts (also in flashback)

Villain(s):

James Margin(first appearance; a crooked banker)

Other Character(s):

Mort Morton, Jr. (as artist of the "Johnny Quick" series in More Fun Comics)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

Mort Morton, Jr. is working on the story for issue #86 when Tubby visits him.
This story takes place in the early fall.


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

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtBernard Baily
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Spectre (next in All-Star Comics #15/flashback in Starman Vol. 2 #69)

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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