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Issue Details

Issue #69
Published July 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 "The Shadow Killers"

Characters Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza Kramer; Ian Karkull (Villain; Intro); Everett Dahlen (Villain)
Synopsis Following up the strange sighting of men who appear only as shadows, Doctor Fate must track down Karkull, who has invented the machine making this possible, turning him into a shadow for all eternity.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Letters Howard Sherman
Notes Lettering credit & synopsis modification made by Craig Delich 11-20-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1

4 page Detective Sergeant Carey story "The Aqueduct Case"

Characters Sergeant Carey; Sleepy
Genre detective
Script Joe Donohoe (signed)
Pencils Joe Donohoe (signed)
Inks Joe Donohoe (signed)

6 page Clip Carson story "The Swamp of Pestilence"

Characters Clip Carson; George Harvard; Doris Lovett
Synopsis Carson appears to battle Seminoles in the Everglades but actually it's white men trying to hide a pitchblend mine.
Genre adventure
Pencils George Papp (signed)
Inks George Papp (signed)

Half page Take My Word filler

Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Laffs filler

Genre gags
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page Captain Desmo story "The Count"

Characters Captain Dessmo; Gabby; Enid Banks; Count Parla; Eddie
Synopsis A spoiled rich girl hires "fake" crooks to liven up a party, and ends up being kidnapped.
Genre adventure
Pencils Ed Winiarski [signed as Win]
Inks Ed Winiarski [signed as Win]

Half page Fish Facts filler

Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page Radio Squad story "The Priceless Art Treasures"

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

6 page Lance Larkin story "Mystery in Jungletown"

Characters Lance Larkin; Nadya Wallace; Satan (Lance's horse)
Synopsis Lance returns to Sumatra.
Genre adventure
Pencils Harold Sharp (signed)
Inks Harold Sharp (signed)

2 page text story "Fatal Mistake"

Genre adventure
Script Henry Baller (signed)
Pencils Cliff Young (signed)
Inks Cliff Young (signed)
Letters typeset

6 page Red Coat Patrol story "Bailey's Nugget"

Characters Sgt. O'Malley; Black Hawk; Talley; Bailey
Synopsis Crooks try to steal the biggest gold nugget ever found in the territory.
Genre adventure
Pencils Jack Lehti (signed)
Inks Jack Lehti (signed)

10 page Spectre story "The Strangler"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; the Chief; unnamed horticulturist (Intro; Death)
Synopsis A strange horticulturist creates devilish plant-killers that he sells to wealthy clients, then threatens to kill them unless they pay him blackmail.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes Letterer credit and synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-20-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1