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Issue Details

Issue #80
Published June 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 "The Script Calls for Murder"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Laura Dells
Synopsis Green Arrow agrees to be a stunt double on a motion picture, but someone seems to be sabotaging the whole operation.
Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp (signed)
Inks George Papp (signed)
Notes Green Arrow lives in "a great metropolis on the Eastern Seaboard".

10 page Doctor Fate story "The Octopus"

Characters Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza Kramer; The Octopus (Villain)
Synopsis The Octopus uses his amazing spray gun to condense the gases in the air to form dark clouds. He creates a phony amusement park run by crooks to use that ability to obtain signatures of wealthy people in order to forge their names.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Letters Howard Sherman
Notes Fate wears half-helmet. Letterer credit & synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-07-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1

6 page Radio Squad story "Case of the Bearded Bandits"

Characters Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Keene]
Genre detective
Pencils Cliff Young
Inks Cliff Young

10 page Aquaman story "Scourge of the Seven Seas"

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Black Jack (Villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Paul Norris
Inks Paul Norris

2 page text story "Something Heavy"

Genre adventure
Script Eric Carter (signed)
Letters typeset

8 page Johnny Quick story "Adventure of the Vanished Voice"

Characters Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; The Adder (Villain)
Synopsis Johnny gets laryngitis and can't say his magic formula.
Genre superhero
Pencils Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Morton Jr.]
Inks Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Morton Jr.]

10 page Spectre story "The King of Color"

Characters Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Spectrum (Villain); Percival Popp; Clarice Winston; Bubbles Twinkletoes
Genre superhero; occult
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.