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Issue Details

Issue #65
Published March 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters The Spectre
Genre superhero; occult
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Reprinted in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1

10 page Spectre story "Dr. Mephisto"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; the Chief; The Blue Flame [Dr. Mephisto] (Villain; Intro)
Synopsis While the Spectre is being blamed for a rash of weird robberies involving the mysterior "Blue Flame," Jim Corrigan gets on the track of the real perpetrator, one Dr. Mephisto, magacian extraordinaire!
Genre superhero; occult
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes The Spectre and Jim Corrigan appear simultaneously for the first time. Writer Id by Martin O'Hearn. Letterer credit and synopsis added by Craig Delich 11017-07.
Reprinted In Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #443 (October-November 1974); in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1

4 page Detective Sergeant Carey story "Undersea Espionage"

Characters Sergeant Carey
Genre detective
Script Joe Donohoe
Pencils Joe Donohoe
Inks Joe Donohoe

6 page Congo Bill story "The Diamond Curse"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

6 page Captain Desmo story "The Information Leak"

Characters Captain Desmo
Genre adventure
Pencils Ed Winiarski
Inks Ed Winiarski

6 page Radio Squad story "The Melting Pot"

Characters Radio Squad
Genre detective
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray

6 page Lance Larkin story "Cult of the Assassins"

Characters Lance Larkin
Genre fantasy
Pencils Harold Sharp
Inks Harold Sharp

6 page Biff Bronson story "Piracy on the Atlantic"

Characters Biff Bronson
Genre adventure
Script Albert Sulman
Pencils Joe Sulman
Inks Joe Sulman

6 page Red Coat Patrol story "Blackjack Barns' Revenge"

Characters Sgt. O'Malley
Genre adventure
Pencils John Lehti
Inks John Lehti

6 page Doctor Fate story "The Fish-Men of Nyarl-Amen"

Characters Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Nyarl-Amen (first appearance; villains; death)
Synopsis Dr. Fate spots one of the Fish-Men of Nyarl-Amen in his crystal ball, from a dynasty of 50,000 years before, and sets out to stop them from over-running the globe.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Letters Howard Sherman
Notes Letterer credit and synopsis modification added by Craig Delich 11-17-07.
Reprinted in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #3 (November 1972); in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1