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Issue Details

Issue #88
Published February 1943
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

Characters Green Arrow; Speedy.
Genre superhero
Pencils Cliff Young (signed)
Inks Cliff Young (signed)

13 page Green Arrow story "Mystery of the Mechanical Master"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; V: Prof. Million (intro); Arrowplane (car).
Synopsis Prof. Million hires criminals to commit crimes he plans in order to make money for his college.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson?
Pencils Cliff Young (signed)
Inks Steve Brodie (signed)
Notes Writer id by Bob Hughes 10/05.

Half page Clancy the Cop filler

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

10 page Doctor Fate story "The Victim of Dr. Fate"

Characters Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; V: Mad Dog McBain.
Synopsis Dr. Nelson believes his negligence has lead to a witnesse's death and the freeing of Mad Dog McBain from his murder of twelve innocent people.
Genre occult; superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Notes Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-18-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1

2 page John L. Jr. filler "A War Stamp Please"

Genre children; humor

10 page Aquaman story "The Man Who Chased the Rainbow"

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; John Wilson.
Genre superhero
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve

2 page text story "Enemy Advance"

Genre adventure
Script Cary Glenn (signed)
Letters typeset

Half page Laffs filler

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

11 page Johnny Quick story "Tubby Watts, Hero"

Characters Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers[; Tubby Watts; Mort Morton, Jr. [Mort Meskin].
Synopsis Tubby breaks into Mort Morton's office to complain about how he's treated in the stories.
Genre superhero
Pencils Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Morton, Jr.]
Inks Cliff Young (signed)

10 page Spectre story "Crime Makes a Movie"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; V: Dollar Dan.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Gardner F. Fox?
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters Howard Ferguson
Notes Letterer id by Craig Delich 10/05. Story takes place in Gotham City.