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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.