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Issue Details

Issue #86
Published December 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)
Notes Last issue before Weisinger is drafted.

Cover Details - "400 Years In A Day"

Characters Johnny Quick; Tubby Watts
Genre superhero
Pencils Mort Meskin
Inks Mort Meskin

13 page Green Arrow story "The Man Who Purchased Lives"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Mephisto (Villain); Bimbo Barnes; Clancy; Wurst; John Doe; Arrowplane (car)
Synopsis Mephisto gives a group of down and out men great wealth, then tells them they have to commit a crime a month to keep it.
Genre superhero
Pencils Cliff Young (signed)
Inks Steve Brodie (signed)

10 page Doctor Fate story "The Man Who Wanted No Medals"

Characters Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Dr. Roland; Dr. Paul Lawrence; Inza Kramer; The Gas Gun Gang (Villain); The Streak; Dr. Canning
Synopsis Dr. Lawrence refuses to take a medal for his accomplishments, and instead goes to a small town to become a consultant. When Dr. Fate investigates, he discovers that the reason hLawrence didn't accept the medal is because the discoveries that brought him fame were actually made by another doctor.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Letters Howard Sherman
Notes Letterer credit and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-10-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1

6 page Radio Squad story "Hook, Lion and Thinker"

Characters Radio Squad [Larry Trent; Sandy Keene]; Hook (Villain); Lion (Villain); Thinker (Villain)
Genre detective
Pencils Cliff Young
Inks Cliff Young
Notes Credits by Craig Delich.

10 page Aquaman story "Race around the World"

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Black Jack (Villain)
Synopsis Aquaman plans to swim around the world in seven days for Navy Relief.
Genre superhero
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve

2 page text story "Back In Harness"

Genre adventure
Script Ed Selby (signed)
Letters typeset

8 page Johnny Quick story "400 Years in a Day"

Characters Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Timothy Tapp; Gustave Small
Synopsis Hobby Haven is an old folks home where people are allowed to pursue their hobbies in peace.
Genre superhero
Pencils Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Morton Jr.]
Inks Cliff Young (signed)

10 page Spectre story "The Man Who Knew All the Angles"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Smokey Storey (Villain)
Genre superhero; occult
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes Last Jerry Siegel story.