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Issue Details

Issue #63
Published January 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters The Spectre
Genre superhero; occult
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Reprinted in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1

10 page Spectre story "Trigger Daniel's Death Curse"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Chief; Trigger Daniels (Villain); Bugs O'Leary (Villain)
Synopsis The murder of a famed philanthroptist lands Trigger Daniels to prison and the death sentence, leading the Spectre to have to fight his ghost that comes to Earth to exact revenge on those responsible for his arrest and death.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes Letterer credit and synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-11-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1

4 page Detective Sergeant Carey story "The Panama Plot"

Characters Sergeant Carey; Sleepy
Synopsis Sleepy and the Sergeant thwart a plot to blow up the Panama Canal using a stolen plane.
Genre detective
Script Joe Donohoe (signed)
Pencils Joe Donohoe (signed)
Inks Joe Donohoe (signed)

6 page Congo Bill story "The Jungle Scientist"

Characters Congo Bill; Prof. Kent
Synopsis Congo Bill and the Professor encounter a mad scientist and his beautiful daughter in the middle of the jungle. The scientist is creating flesh-eating plants.
Genre jungle
Script Whitney Ellsworth?
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

Half page Silly Situations filler

Genre gags
Script Hal Sherman (signed)
Pencils Hal Sherman (signed)
Inks Hal Sherman (signed)

6 page Captain Desmo story "Heading for the South Seas"

Characters Captain Desmo; Gabby McGuire; Jean Black; Blackie Mason
Genre adventure; aviation
Pencils Ed Winiarski [signed as Win]
Inks Ed Winiarski [signed as Win]

6 page Radio Squad story "The Man Who Was Dead"

Characters Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Kean]
Genre detective
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray

2 page text story "Cold Theory"

Genre adventure
Script Alec Leighton (signed)
Letters typeset

6 page Lt. Bob Neal story "The Besieged City"

Characters Bob Neal; Tubby; Steve Wright.
Synopsis Bob and Tubby help refugees escape from Moravia.
Genre war
Script Robert Hirsch
Pencils Rusty Lehman
Inks Rusty Lehman

6 page Biff Bronson story "The Poison Deaths"

Characters Biff Bronzon; Rupert Hayes; Dan Druff; Joe Pagelli
Genre adventure
Script Albert Sulman (signed)
Pencils Joe Sulman (signed)
Inks Joe Sulman (signed)

Half page Gags filler

Genre gags
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

Half page Statement of Ownership text article

Genre fact
Script Jack Liebowitz
Letters typeset
Notes Publisher:Detective Comics Inc. 480 lexington Ave, NY, NY Editor: W. F. Ellsworth Owners: Harry Donenfeld; P. H. Sampliner

6 page Red Coat Patrol story "The Gold Bandit"

Characters Sgt. O'Malley; Black Hawk
Genre adventure
Pencils Jack Lehti (signed)
Inks Jack Lehti (signed)

6 page Doctor Fate story "The Sorcerer"

Characters Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza Kramer; Haldane the Sorcerer (Villain); John Jerome Jr. (Villain); John Jerome Sr. (Villain)
Synopsis Doctor Fate responds to Inza's thoughts after a sorceror tries to kill a millionaire with black magic and turns Inza to stone.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Letters Howard Sherman
Notes Dr. Fate wears gloves for the first time. Letterer credit and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-11-07. Oddity: Jerome Kern Jr. comes up to Inza in the 2nd panel and tells her that he has read about her in More Fun Comics!
Reprinted in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1