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Issue Details

Issue #77
Published March 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)

Cover Details

Characters Green Arrow; Speedy
Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

13 page Green Arrow story "Doom Over Gayland"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Harold Sloan; The Red Devils (Villain); Faber (Villain)
Synopsis Green Arrow investigates murders of the owners of an amusement park.
Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp (signed)
Inks George Papp (signed)
Notes Green Arrow's Arrowplane (car) actually drives up the tracks of a roller coaster.

10 page Doctor Fate story "Art for Crime's Sake"

Characters Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza Kramer; Loo Tung; Uhlan (Villain); Betsy Brown; Bill Brown
Synopsis Uhlan tries to steal a mystic painting that is a portal to another dimension, and Doctor Fate enters its portals to rescue Inza, Betsy and Bill.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Letters Howard Sherman
Notes Inza's last name given as "Sanders". Letterer credit and synopsis modification added by Craig Delich 12-02-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1

6 page Radio Squad story "The Blackout Burglary"

Characters Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Keene]; the Leopardess (Villain)
Synopsis The Leopardess tries to smuggle stolen diamonds out of the country.
Genre detective
Pencils Cliff Young
Inks Cliff Young
Notes Art credits by Craig Delich.

8 page Aquaman story "Freedom of the Seas"

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Black Jack (Villain); Dawn Burton; Senator Burton
Synopsis Aquaman discovers Black Jack running a gambling ship.
Genre superhero
Pencils Paul Norris
Inks Paul Norris

2 page Clancy the Cop filler

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

8 page Johnny Quick story "The Wizard of Weapons"

Characters Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tom Mason; Mr. Douglas (the Wizard of Weapons; Villain); Dixie Gorgan; Dude Laraby
Synopsis A young boy is being blackmailed for accidentally killing dixie Gorgan in a fencing accident.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson?
Pencils Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Morton]
Inks Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Morton]
Notes Writer id by Bob Hughes 6/06.

Half page Gee Man filler

Genre children; humor
Script Ray McGill (signed)
Pencils Ray McGill (signed)
Inks Ray McGill (signed)
Letters Ray McGill
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 12-02-07.

2 page text story "Revenge"

Genre adventure
Script Norman Goss (signed)
Letters typeset

10 page Spectre story "Death Rules the Elements"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Maligno; Professor Hunt; Louise Turner; Marvin Joyce
Synopsis A man who has mastered the elements blackmails the city of Cliffland.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)