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More Fun Comics 97

MORE FUN COMICS #97

Cover Date: May-June 1944
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Cliff Young (signed)


Story: "When Archers Meet!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
PencilsCliff Young
InksSteve Brody
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (last in World's Finest Comics #13/4; next in Leading Comics #11)
Speedy (last in World's Finest Comics #13/4; next in Leading Comics #11)

Villain(s):

Professor Million (uses bows and arrows to aid his crimes to fund scholarships at his college; in between issues #88 and #103)

Comment(s):

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


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Second Story: "Trouble At Forty Below!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsMort Meskin
InksJoe Kubert
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Quick

Supporting Character(s):

Tubby Watts

Villain(s):

Zero Hawkes (first appearance; a crook who uses the meteorological methods in the North to aid him in his crimes)

Location(s):

North Woods


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Third Story: "Pharoah's Lamp!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtJon Chester Kozlak
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Fate (between All-Star Comics #20 and #21)

Villain(s):

Hairless Harry (first appearance; uses the fear of bad luck to steal a lamp used by the Pharaohs)

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 (2007)


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Fourth Story: "Penguin Island!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtLouis Cazeneuve
LetteringLouis Cazeneuve
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman

Villain(s):

Thomas, Alicia and Phillip (first appearance for all; Uncle Archibald's crooked nephews and niece)

Other Character(s):

Uncle Archibald (first appearance; a rich man who leaves civilization)

Location(s):

A small deserted island in the South Atlantic

Comment(s):

The Aquaman seen here is the Earth-Two version.


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Fifth Story: "Nerves Take A Holiday!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtBernard Baily
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Spectre Force (next in flashback in JSA #18; see Comments for the Spectre story in #90/6)

Supporting Character(s):

Percival Popp

Villain(s):

Hjalmar Dane (first appearance; a neurologist who invents a raygun that causes paralysis)
Tack Lawson (first appearance; uses the raygun to rob for Dane)


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