Issue Details

Issue	#78
Published	April 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger, (actual)

Cover Details

Characters	Green Arrow; Speedy.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	George Papp (signed)
Inks	George Papp (signed)

13 page Green Arrow story "The Black Raider"

Characters	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Black Raider (boat); V: Captain Kilgore; Johnny James; Arrowcraft (boat).
Synopsis	Green Arrow battles pirates on the high seas.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	George Papp (signed)
Inks	George Papp (signed)

Half page Shorty filler

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

10 page Doctor Fate story "The Wax Museum Killers"

Characters	Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; V: Goliath; Jesse James; Nero; Captain Kidd; Inza Carmer.
Synopsis	Doctor Fate must face the prospect of battling wax figures of history's greatest villains that have come to life.
Genre	occult; superhero
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman
Letters	Howard Sherman
Notes	Letterer credit and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-05-07.
Reprinted	in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1

6 page Radio Squad story "Case of the Phantom Fugitive"

Characters	Radio Squad: Larry Trent & Sandy Keene; Lois Hart; Joe Leeds.
Synopsis	A banker's daughter is kidnapped and her boyfriend is the prime suspect.
Genre	detective
Pencils	Cliff Young
Inks	Cliff Young
Notes	Credits by Craig Delich.

10 page Aquaman story "The Sargasso Sea"

Characters	Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; V: Master Sargasso.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Paul Norris
Inks	Paul Norris

2 page text story "Strange Acquaintance"

Genre	adventure
Script	Norman Goss (signed)
Letters	typeset

1 page Clancy the Cop filler

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

8 page Johnny Quick story "Death's Dividends"

Characters	Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; V: Dr. Clever; Tubby Watts; A.V. Keith; Silky Smith; Cannonball Carter.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Morton, Jr.]
Inks	Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Morton, Jr.]

1 page Chief Hot Foot filler

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

Half page Private Pete filler

Genre	military humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

10 page Spectre story "The Magic Crimes"

Characters	The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; V: The Glowing One; Percival Popp; Kati Lugi.
Synopsis	Kati Lugi hires Popp to help with his magic act, but a spook called the Glowing One keeps interupting and robbing the audience.....or is it Popp that's doing the robbing?
Genre	superhero; occult
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks	Bernard Baily (signed)