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