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Issue Details

Issue #82
Published August 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)

Cover Details - "Robin Hood's Revenge"

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

13 page Green Arrow story "Robin Hood's Revenge"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Professor Wurm; Robin Hood; Maid Marian; Sir Guy; Friar Tuck
Synopsis Thanks to Professor Wurm's time pills, GA and Speedy end up in Robin Hood's time.
Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp (signed)
Inks George Papp (signed)

10 page Doctor Fate story "Luck for Sale"

Characters Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Red Sage (Villain); Al Quigg; Inza Kramer
Synopsis The Red Sage holds people in his power by threatening to manipulate the stock market in such a way as for them to lose their fortunes unless they do his bidding.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Letters Howard Sherman
Notes Letterer credit and modified synposis added by Craig Delich 12-08-07.
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

6 page Radio Squad story "Puzzle of the Devil Deaths"

Characters Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Keene]; Satan (Villain)
Genre detective
Script Joe Samachson?
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Arturo Cazeneuve
Notes Writer id by Bob Hughes 6/06.

10 page Aquaman story "King of the Convict Island"

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Leef; Yascom; Larue; Adams
Synopsis Prisoners on Convict Island use the war as an opportunity to take the place over.
Genre superhero
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve

2 page text story "Small Town Stuff"

Genre adventure
Script Art Kimball (signed)
Letters typeset

Half 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 "Letters in the Sky"

Characters Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Boss Quash (Villain); Michael Blair
Synopsis Johnny gets involved in straightening out a crooked election.
Genre superhero
Pencils Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Morton]
Inks Cliff Young (signed)

Half page Hen Pecked Harry story

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

Half page statement of ownership

Genre fact
Script Jack Liebowitz
Letters typeset
Notes publisher:Detective Comics Inc 480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY Editor Whitney F. Ellsworth Owners: Harry Donenfeld; Paul Sampliner

10 page Spectre story "The Truth Hurts"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Henry Barton; Tacks Taggert (Villain); the Van Ryalts
Synopsis Henry Barton invents a pill that makes everybody tell the truth and it immediately falls into the hands of Tacks Taggert.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes Takes place in Gotham Town.