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More Fun Comics 57

MORE FUN COMICS #57

Cover Date: July 1940
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Bernard Baily


Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Spectre (next in All-Star Comics #1/5)

Supporting Character(s):

Waylon Grant (next in flashback in Spectre Annual Vol. 3 #1)
Clarice Winston (in between issues #55 and #61)
Voice

Villain(s):

Zor (last in issue #55; imprisoned in a coffin of Ectobane wood; next in flashback in All-Star Squadron Annual #3)
Pedro Gonzales (first appearance; a killer recruited by Zor; transformed into a tree by the Spectre)

Other Character(s):

Professor Dale Ericks (first appearance; a scientist who accidentally releases Zor)
Sgt. Dexter (first appearance; a New York City police officer killed by Zor to frame Jim Corrigan)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
Lugania (first appearance; a distant country where the Ectobane tree grows)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #252/6 (June 1972)
The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told (1990)
Golden Age Spectre Archives #1 (2003)


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Second Story: [No Title} (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWhitney Ellsworth
ArtGeorge Papp
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Supporting Character(s):

Professor Kent
O'Toole (first appearance; a chimpanzee who aids and accompanies Congo Bill)

Villain(s):

The Skull

Location(s):

Central Africa


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Third Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Winiarski
ArtEd Winiarski
LetteringEd Winiarski
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Captain Desmo

Supporting Character(s):

Gabby

Villain(s):

League of Assassins (first appearance for all; all probably die)

Location(s):

Algiers, Algeria

Comment(s):

Winiarski credited as "Win".


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsChad Grothkopf
LetteringChad Grothkopf
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Sandy Kean
Larry Trent

Villain(s):

gangsters (first appearance for all; Gertie named; use a baby-buggy to haul stolen loot)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAlbert Sulman
ArtJoseph Sulman
LetteringJoseph Sulman
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Biff Bronson

Supporting Character(s):

Dan Druff (has too much to eat before bedtime and has a nightmare; next in issue #62/5)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHoward Sherman
LetteringHoward Sherman
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson; last in flashback in All-Star Comics #3)

Supporting Character(s):

Inza Cramer (last in flashback in All-Star Comics #3)

Villain(s):

The Master Adept (first appearance; uses the Lambeth Flame to try and extort monies; transformed into a clay statue and placed in an ebony cabinet)
Legion of the Styx (first appearance for all; the wizards henchmen)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #252/3 (June 1972)
Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 (2007)


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