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MORE FUN COMICS #80

Cover Date: June 1942
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: George Papp

Story: "The Script Calls for Murder!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Art	George Papp
Lettering	George Papp
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow

Speedy

Villain(s):

Casper Cole (first appearance; a studio executive who tried to sabotage a film to hide a gold deposit)

Other Character(s):

I.I. Magnus (first appearance; head of Paradise Studios)

Laura Dells (first appearance; a writer/director)

Location(s):

Paradise Park, CA (first appearance; home of Paradise Pictures)

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are the Earth-2 Green Arrow and Speedy.

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Second Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Howard Sherman
Lettering	Howard Sherman
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Fate (next in Justice League of America #193/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Inza Cramer (next in Justice League of America #193/2)

Villain(s):

Octopus (first appearance; a green faced elderly criminal who uses an "ink-cloud" gun to help forgers at a fake carvinal)

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 (2007)

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Third Story: "The Case of the Bearded Bandits" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Cliff Young
Lettering	Cliff Young
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Sandy Kean

Larry Trent

Villain(s):

Beard (first appearance; a bearded crime boss who uses beards to disguise his gang)

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Fourth Story: "Scourge of the Seven Seas!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Paul Norris
Lettering	Paul Norris
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman

Villain(s):

Black Jack

Comment(s):

The Aquaman seen here is the Earth-Two version.

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Fifth Story: "The Adventure of the Vanished Voice!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Mort Meskin
Lettering	Mort Meskin
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Quick (next in Justice League of America #193/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Tubby Watts

Villain(s):

Adder (first appearance; a crook)

Comment(s):

Mort Morton credited as Mort Morton, Jr.

Johnny Quick begins wearing his regular face mask with this story.

This story takes place in June.

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Sixth Story: "Money To Burn!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Art	Bernard Baily
Lettering	Bernard Baily
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Spectre (next in Justice League of America #193/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Percival Popp

Clarice Winston (last in issue #76/6; next in All-Star Comics #15/Starman Vol. 2 #69)

Villain(s):

Spectrum (Hal Herman; first appearance; uses colors to hypnotize; dies)

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