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Issue Details

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

Cover Details

Characters Doctor Fate
Genre occult; superhero
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Reprinted in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1; in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1

10 page Doctor Fate story "Murder in Baranga Marsh"

Characters Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza Kramer; Serge Roltavich; The Master (Villain; Intro; Death); Nasha (Villain)
Synopsis A mad man invents a sound system that kills people at a distance and Dr. Fate sets out to halt the senseless murders that have already occurred.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Letters Howard Sherman
Notes Oddity: in the first few panels, Kent Nelson wears the golden cape of Dr. Fate. Letterer credit and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-18-07.
Reprinted In Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #442 (August-September 1974); in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1

4 page Detective Sergeant Carey story "The Night of Terror"

Characters Sergeant Carey; The Skarpis Gang (Villain); Sleepy (Villain); Mickey the Newsboy (Villain)
Genre detective
Script Joe Donohoe (signed)
Pencils Joe Donohoe (signed)
Inks Joe Donohoe (signed)

6 page Clip Carson story "The Killer Plant"

Characters Clip Carson; Major Denning; Capt. Payne; Mr. K; Nomina; Terru; Black Jack; Wiley
Genre adventure
Pencils George Papp (signed)
Inks George Papp (signed)

1 page Kidding filler

Genre gags
Script Ray McGill (signed)
Pencils Ray McGill (signed)
Inks Ray McGill (signed)

6 page Captain Desmo story "The Hunt for Dr. Mause"

Characters Captain Desmo; Gabby; Dr. Mause (Villain); Jim Sherwood (Villain)
Genre adventure
Pencils Ed Winiarski [as Win] (signed)
Inks Ed Winiarski [as Win] (signed)

6 page Radio Squad story "Murder Plunge"

Characters Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Keene]; Teddy; Lorna
Genre detective
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray

Half page Gags filler

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff

6 page Lance Larkin story "Menace of the Sea Khan"

Characters Lance Larkin; Sea Khan (Villain); Sului (Villain)
Synopsis Lance battles pirates in the China Sea.
Genre adventure
Pencils Harold Sharp
Inks Harold Sharp

2 page text story "Trick Play"

Genre adventure
Script Adam Sanford (signed)
Letters typeset

6 page Red Coat Patrol story "The Temple in the North"

Characters Sgt. O'Malley; Black Hawk; Sako
Synopsis O'Malley finds a temple of gold at the bottom of a Canadian lake.
Genre adventure
Pencils Jack Lehti (signed)
Inks Jack Lehti (signed)

Half page Laff Lines filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

10 page Spectre story "Menace of the Dark Planet"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; the Chief
Synopsis The Spectre battles strange green men from space who succeed in wiping out the entire populations of city after city.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes Letterer credit and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-18-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1