Issue Details

Issue	#96
Published	March-April 1944
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	60
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Weather Prophet"

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

11 page Green Arrow story "The Weather Prophet"

Characters	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; V: Timer; Chaser; Moose; Arrowplane (car).
Synopsis	Timer spends his time in jail studying the weather and then uses it to plot crimes.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Cliff Young (signed)
Inks	Steve Brodie (signed)

1 page Nervy Joe filler

Genre	teen humor
Script	Jerry Robinson (signed)
Pencils	Jerry Robinson (signed)
Inks	Jerry Robinson (signed)

11 page Johnny Quick story "T Watts, Miracle Man!"

Characters	Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Aloysius Patrick Mulvaney.
Synopsis	Johnny and Tubby visit the Yucatan where Tubby is mistaken for the reincarnation of a Mayan god.
Genre	superhero
Script	Don Cameron?
Pencils	Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Morton, Jr.]
Inks	Charles Paris [signed as Charlie]
Notes	Writer id by Bob Hughes 4/06.

5 page Doctor Fate story "Forgotten Magic"

Characters	Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Nabu?; V: Haney.
Synopsis	The Wizard responsible for Dr. Fate's powers loses his own temporarily, so Fate does too --- but he still has to rescue a bunch of miners trapped in a cave-in.
Genre	supernatural; occult
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Jon Chester Kozlak
Inks	Jon Chester Kozlak
Reprinted	in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1

8 page Aquaman story "Champion in War"

Characters	Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Lun Ming; Colonel Matsu.
Synopsis	A former Chinese olympic swimming star uses his prowess to fight the Japanese.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Louis Cazeneuve
Inks	Louis Cazeneuve

4 page Dover and Clover story "The Man Who Had Too Much"

Characters	Dover and Clover
Genre	humor
Script	Whitney Ellsworth
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff

1 page Superman public service announcement "Fight Paper Waste- And Hang One on the Paper Hanger From Berlin"

Characters	Superman
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Schiff?
Pencils	George Roussos
Inks	George Roussos

2 page text story "The Mirror"

Genre	adventure
Script	Ted Loury (signed)
Letters	typeset

8 page Spectre story "Publicity Hound"

Characters	The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; J. Montmorency Pflub; Boots Young.
Synopsis	Percy hires a press agent to puff up his reputation.
Genre	supernatural; occult
Script	Gardner F. Fox?
Pencils	Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks	Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes	Writer id by Bob Hughes 06/06.

Half page Statement of Ownership text article

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