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Issue Details

Issue #81
Published July 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)

Cover Details - "Crime, Incoporated"

Characters Green Arrow; Speedy
Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

13 page Green Arrow story "Adventure of the Bankrupt Heroes"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (blond); Speedy [Roy Harper] (red hair); Arrowplane (car); Crime, Incorporated (Villain)
Synopsis Oliver has to take a job in a department store when stock market reverses tie up his fortune.
Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

Half page Laffs filler

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

10 page Doctor Fate story "Hall of Lost Heirs"

Characters Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Clock (Villain); Inza Kramer; Stanley Kovacks; Erna Hanley; Hector Borne; Taggart
Synopsis The Clock supplies phoney lost heirs to collect millions in legacies and kidnaps the real heirs so they can't interfere.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Letters Howard Sherman
Notes Fate wears half-helmet. Letterer credit addded by Craig Delich.
Reprinted in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1

6 page Radio Squad story "Strange Accidents"

Characters Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Keene]; Leopardess (Villain); Irish
Genre detective
Script Joe Samachson?
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Arturo Cazeneuve
Notes Writer id by Bob Hughes 6/06.

10 page Aquaman story "Champ of the Waves"

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Dotty; George Riggs; Humber; Roder
Synopsis Aquaman helps a young man who can't swim win a crooked swimming race.
Genre superhero
Pencils Paul Norris
Inks Paul Norris

2 page text story "Hero's Death"

Genre adventure
Script John Hilton (signed)
Letters typeset

Half page Private Pete filler

Genre gags; military
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)

8 page Johnny Quick story "Code for Conspirators"

Characters Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Kloven (Villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Morton]
Inks Cliff Young (signed)

Half page Shorty story

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

10 page Spectre story "Case of the Scholarly Spendthrift"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Claudius Harmon; Sport O'Dea
Genre superhero; occult
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.