Issue | #73 |
Published | November 1941 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual) |
Characters | Dr. Fate |
Genre | occult; superhero |
Pencils | Howard Sherman |
Inks | Howard Sherman |
Reprinted | in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1; in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #nn |
Characters | Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; intro & origin Mr. Who. |
Synopsis | Dr. Fate faces the threat of a new criminal who has created "Solution Z", with which he can grow to a tremendous size and become invisible. |
Genre | superhero; occult |
Script | Gardner F. Fox |
Pencils | Howard Sherman |
Inks | Howard Sherman |
Letters | Howard Sherman |
Notes | Fate wears half-mask. The series takes a pretty strong change in direction at this point, as Dr. Fate acts as a traditional super-hero, punching and wisecracking, rather than spouting on about matter and energy and astral planes and such. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-29-07. |
Reprinted | in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #8 (June-July 1973); in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #nn; in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 |
Characters | Green Arrow (intro-has brown hair)[Oliver Queen], Speedy (intro) [Roy Harper], Arrowplane (Arrowcar-intro). |
Synopsis | Someone is killing off members of the History Club. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Mort Weisinger |
Pencils | George Papp [as Geo. Papp](signed) |
Inks | George Papp [as Geo. Papp](signed) |
Reprinted | in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #nn |
Characters | Radio Squad: Larry Trent & Sandy Keene; Lorna Drake; Sparky Sanders; Emmy Sanders; Jasper Rawdon. |
Genre | detective |
Pencils | Chad Grothkopf |
Inks | Chad Grothkopf |
Letters | Chad Grothkopf |
Reprinted | in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #nn |
Characters | Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Vs. Black Knight, Tubby Watts. |
Synopsis | Johnny must battle against an armored foe that seeks out and destroys rare statue art. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Mort Weisinger |
Pencils | Ed Moore |
Inks | Chad Grothkopf |
Reprinted | in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #nn |
Characters | Ed Gale; Stephen Drake |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Wilton Weston (signed) |
Pencils | Stan Kaye (signed as Stanley Kaye) |
Inks | Stan Kaye (signed as Stanley Kaye) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | The second page's illustration is a flopped blow up from the one on the first page to create a close up of the character depicted. The signature is left off. |
Reprinted | in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #nn |
Characters | Clip Carson |
Genre | adventure |
Pencils | George Papp [as Geo. Papp](signed) |
Inks | George Papp [as Geo. Papp](signed) |
Reprinted | in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #nn |
Characters | The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Intro-Rhodes; the Chief, Clarice Winston; Matt Tyler; Morton Kirk; Percival Popp (one panel cameo-next issue promo). |
Genre | superhero; occult |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Bernard Baily |
Inks | Bernard Baily |
Letters | Bernard Baily |
Notes | Takes place in Cliffland. Percival Popp appearance noted by Ted Watson. |
Reprinted | in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #nn |
Characters | Aquaman (intro, origin). |
Synopsis | An unnamed scientist and explorer uses the science of ancient Atlantis to give his son the power to breathe underwater. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Mort Weisinger |
Pencils | Paul Norris |
Inks | Paul Norris |
Notes | Neither Aquaman or his father are given names in this story. |
Reprinted | in Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #7 (October-November 1974); in Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (DC, 2001 series) #nn |