More Fun Comics #64 - First Appearance of Congo Bill, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue: #64
Publication date: February 1941
Key date: February 1941
On-sale date: December 27, 1940
Indicia publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Congo Bill - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Inza Cramer-Nelson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Lorna Drake - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Detective Sergeant Carey - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Captain Desmo - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Lance Larkin - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily	Jim Corrigan, The Spectre
2	The Ghost of Elmer Watson	comic story	10	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard Baily	Jim Corrigan, The Spectre
4	The Blasting Gang	comic story	4	script: Joe Donohoe; pencils: Joe Donohoe; inks: Joe Donohoe	Detective Sergeant Carey First
5	-	comic story	6	pencils: Geo Papp; inks: Geo Papp	Congo Bill First
6	-	cartoon	1	script: Bolty; pencils: Bolty; inks: Bolty
8	-	comic story	6	pencils: Win; inks: Win	Captain Desmo First
9	-	comic story	6	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray	Lorna Drake First, Sandy Kean, Larry Trent
10	The Wildcat Strikes	text story	1.2	script: Rex Gilbert; pencils: Cliff Young; inks: Cliff Young
15	The Arab Avalanche	comic story	6	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Harold Sharp; inks: Harold Sharp	Lance Larkin First
16	-	comic story	6	script: Albert Sulman; pencils: Joseph Sulman; inks: Joseph Sulman	Biff Bronson
17	Our Flag	cartoon	0.5	script: Bolty; pencils: Bolty; inks: Bolty
18	Adventure Comics; The Hourman	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
19	Approvals	text article	0.1	letters: typeset
21	-	comic story	6	pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack Lehti	Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol First
22	The Menace of Mayoor	comic story	6	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Howard Sherman	Doctor Fate, Inza Cramer-Nelson First, Kent Nelson
23	At the Top of the Field!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Plus 6.64 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Golden Age Spectre Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-955-8	2003	On eBay ›
Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1348-0	2007	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #6356 of 119#65 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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