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More Fun Comics 89

MORE FUN COMICS #89

Cover Date: March 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Cliff Young (signed)


Story: "The Birth of the Battling Bowmen" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
PencilsCliff Young
InksSteve Brody
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (also in flashback to earliest chronological appearance preceding issue #73/2)
Speedy (also in flashback to earliest chronological appearance preceding issue #73/2)

Villain(s):

Robbers (first appearance for all)
Gold Mine robbers (in flashback only; kill Quoag searching for gold on Lost Mesa)

Other Character(s):

Quoag (first appearance; Mr. Harper's American Indian servant; teaches Roy how to shoot a bow; dies in flashback)

Location(s):

Lost Mesa (first appearance; an isolated mesa in the American Southwest; in flashback only)

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are the Earth-2 Green Arrow and Speedy.
Queen had been collecting Indian artifacts for 10 years before the beginning of this story's flashback.

Story Reprinted in:

Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (1976)


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Second Story: "The Case of The Crystal Crimes" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtHoward Sherman
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Fate (last in Action Comics #663)

Supporting Character(s):

Inza (mistakenly called "Inza Carmer" in this story; last in All-Star Comics #15/flashback in Starman Vol. 2 #69)

Villain(s):

Krishna Das (first appearance; a phony swami)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 (2007)


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Third Story: "The Streamlined Buccaneers!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoseph Greene
ArtLouis Cazeneuve
LetteringLouis Cazeneuve
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman

Supporting Character(s):

Ark the Seal

Villain(s):

Black Jack

Location(s):

Pacific Ocean

Comment(s):

The Aquaman seen here is the Earth-Two version.


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Fourth Story: "Prescription for Plunder!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsMort Meskin
InksCharles Paris
LetteringMort Meskin
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Quick

Supporting Character(s):

Tubby Watts

Villain(s):

Doctor Clever (last in issue #78/4; final appearance; attempts to steal an Army Base's payroll)


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Fifth Story: "The Underworld Goes Overweight!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtBernard Baily
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Spectre (last in Action Comics #663; next in flashback in Son of Vulcan #5)

Supporting Character(s):

Percival Popp

Villain(s):

Grabby Gus Nelson (first appearance; steals a machine that alters density; dies)


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