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Issue Details

Issue #70
Published August 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters Doctor Fate
Genre occult; superhero
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Reprinted in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1; in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1

10 page Doctor Fate story "Wotan and Karkull"

Characters Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Wotan (Villain); Ian Karkull (Villain); Inza Kramer; Bob Walker
Synopsis Ken Nelson and Inza investigate the strange "wind that laughs" that apparently killed every member of the ill-fated Arundel Expedition, but it's Dr. Fate who discovers the eveil behind it: Wotan and Karkull, who team up to destroy Dr. Fate.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Letters Howard Sherman
Notes Lettering credit & modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-20-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1

Half page filler

Genre gags
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

4 page Detective Sergeant Carey story "The Chinatown Case"

Characters Sergeant Carey; Sleepy; Diana Dart; Sin Fu (Villain)
Synopsis The Captain's daughter has disappeared in Chinatown so Carey and Sleepy go looking for her.
Genre detective
Script Joe Donohoe (signed)
Pencils Joe Donohoe (signed)
Inks Joe Donohoe (signed)

6 page Clip Carson story "Adventure in Alaska"

Characters Clip Carson; Flanden
Synopsis Carson is in Alaska investigating missing planes.
Genre adventure
Pencils George Papp (signed)
Inks George Papp (signed)

1 page activity

Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Laffies filler

Genre gags
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page Captain Desmo story "Death Is the Engineer"

Characters Captain Desmo; Gabby; Light Fingered Harry (Villain)
Synopsis Desmo investigates a murder on a train.
Genre adventure
Pencils Ed Winiarski [signed as Win]
Inks Ed Winiarski [signed as Win]

Half page Famous American Words filler "Don't Fire Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes"

Characters William Prescott
Genre fact
Script Fred Ray (signed)
Pencils Fred Ray (signed)
Inks Fred Ray (signed)

6 page Radio Squad story "Case of the D.A.'s Daughter"

Characters Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Keene]; Lorna Drake; Mary Ransom; Foxy Belin; Andre
Synopsis Foxy Belin tries to discredit the D.A. by doping his daughter and staging a car wreck.
Genre detective
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray

6 page Lance Larkin story "The Owl-Men"

Characters Lance Larkin; Eve Norman; the Owl-Men (Villain)
Synopsis Lance finally makes it back to his gold mine in Sumatra, only to find someone's been stealing his gold.
Genre adventure
Pencils Harold Sharp (signed)
Inks Harold Sharp (signed)

2 page text story "Jack of All Trades"

Genre adventure
Script Clem Gordon (signed)
Letters typeset

6 page Red Coat Patrol story "The Murder of Jean Giradoux"

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

1 page Dinky filler

Genre children; humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

Half page It's A Fact filler

Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)

10 page Spectre story "The Crimson Circle Mystic Society"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Ciorrigan]; Bandar, the Chief; Dr. Granger; Carl Munson; Crimson Circle Mystic Society (Villain)
Synopsis The Spectre investigates a secret society that seems to be involved in murder and robbery.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes Letterer credit by Craig Delich 11-20-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1