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Issue Details

Issue #89
Published March 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)

Cover Details - "Birth of the Battling Bowmen!"

Characters Green Arrow; Speedy
Genre superhero
Pencils Cliff Young (signed)
Inks Cliff Young (signed)

13 page Green Arrow story "Birth of the Battling Bowman"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Quoag (Villain)
Synopsis Archaelogist Oliver Queen is marooned on Lost Mesa where he meets Roy Harper, a young boy raised by Indians. There they are beset upon by thugs searching for a gold mine, and only Oliver and Roy's skills with archery and knowledge of Indian lore save them.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson?
Pencils Cliff Young (signed)
Inks Steve Brodie (signed)
Notes Origin of Green Arrow and Speedy.
Reprinted in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1976 series) #nn

Half page Silly Willy filler

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Lenny filler

Characters Lenny
Genre humor

10 page Doctor Fate story "Case of the Crystal Crimes"

Characters Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Krishna Das (Villain); Inza Carmer
Synopsis Against the advice of Kent, Inza visits a crooked fortune teller and nearly is run down in the road as he had predicted. However, when Dr. Fate begins an investigation into this fraud's activities, he nearly loses his own life in the process.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Notes Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-19-07.
Reprinted in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1

Half page filler

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

10 page Aquaman story "The Streamlined Buccaneers"

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Black Jack (Villain); Ark the seal
Genre superhero
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve

2 page text story "The Battle"

Genre adventure
Script Warner Wilson (signed)
Letters typeset

11 page Johnny Quick story "Prescription for Plunder"

Characters Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Dr. Clever (Villain); Tubby Watts
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron?
Pencils Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Jr.]
Inks Charles Paris [signed as Charlie]
Notes Writer id by Bob Hughes 06/06.

Half page Chief Hot Foot filler

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

Half page statement of ownership

Genre fact
Script Jack Liebowitz
Letters typeset
Notes Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc. 480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY. Editor: F. W. Ellsworth Owners: Harry Donenfeld, Paul Sampliner

10 page Spectre story "The Underworld Goes Overweight"

Characters The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Grabby Gus Nelson (Villain)
Synopsis Grabby Gus accidentally steals a machine that can make people super-heavy, then uses it to institute a crime-wave.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Gardner F. Fox?
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes Writer id by Bob Hughes 06/06.