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86December 1942
$0.10

More Fun Comics #86

DC · December 1942 · on sale 1942-10-13

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Identification plate

Series
More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue
#86
Publication date
December 1942
Key date
1942-12-00
On-sale date
1942-10-13
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0400 Years in a Daycover1pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort MeskinJohnny Quick; Tubby Watts
2The Man Who Purchased Livescomic story13script: Joseph Greene; pencils: Cliff Young; inks: Steve BrodieGreen Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Mephisto (villain); Bimbo Barnes; Clancy; Wurst; John Doe
3Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.12letters: typeset
5All-Star Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.44
7The Man Who Wanted No Medalscomic story10script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Howard ShermanDoctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Dr. Roland; Dr. Paul Lawrence; Inza Carmer; The Gas Gun Gang (villain); The Streak; Dr. Canning
9Hook, Lion and Thinker!comic story6pencils: Cliff Young; inks: Cliff YoungSandy Kean, Larry Trent
11Race around the Worldcomic story10script: Joseph Greene; pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveAquaman; Black Jack (villain)
12Back in Harnesstext story2script: Ed Selby
13Four Hundred Years in a Day!comic story8pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Cliff YoungJohnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Timothy Tapp; Gustave Small
14Pulling a Bonertext article0.5script: Sidney M. Elias
16The Man Who Knew All the Angles!comic story10script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyThe Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Percival Popp; Smokey Storey (villain)
18Don't Miss Your Favorites!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5.94 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-1348-0
2007On eBay ›
Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-7720-8
2018On eBay ›

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