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MORE FUN COMICS #56
Cover Date: June 1940
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Howard Sherman
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Bentley (first appearance; a wholesaler who runs a protection racket)
- Bentley's thugs (first appearance; many die)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Comment(s):
- The radio dispatcher calls for car "K-7", which is the car used by Sandy Kean and Larry Trent of the Radio Squad.
Story Reprinted in:
- Golden Age Spectre Archives #1 (2003)
Credits:
| Story | Albert Sulman |
| Art | Joseph Sulman |
| Lettering | Joseph Sulman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Hawkins (first appearance; a butler for a wealthy furrier; hires gang to steal shipment)
Other Character(s):
- Sam Lee (first appearance; Biff's laundry man; dies)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Credits:
| Story | Ed Winiarski |
| Art | Ed Winiarski |
| Lettering | Ed Winiarski |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Gabby
Villain(s):
- Society of Assassins (many die, including the Grand Assassin)
Location(s):
- Algiers, Algeria
Comment(s):
- Winiarski credited as "Win".
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Chad Grothkopf |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Sandy Kean (goes into plainclothes for this assignment)
- Larry Trent
Villain(s):
- Jake Cantrel (first appearance; selling bad furs)
Credits:
| Story | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Art | George Papp |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (Bill Glenmorgan; first appearance; a big-game hunter and guide)
Supporting Character(s):
- Professor Kent (first appearance; an archaeologist and anthropologist; hires Bill to help him in the jungles)
Villain(s):
- The Skull (first appearance; a pillager of anitquities)
Other Character(s):
- One-Eye and Slats (first appearance; The Skull's head thugs)
Location(s):
- Central Africa
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Howard Sherman |
| Lettering | Howard Sherman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson; next in flashback in All-Star Comics #3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Inza Cramer (next in flashback in All-Star Comics #3)
Villain(s):
Other Character(s):
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story is also retold in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #24/2 with new details.
- This story probably happens in the spring.
Story Reprinted in:
- The Immortal Doctor Fate #1 (January 1985)
- Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 (2007)