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More Fun Comics 73

MORE FUN COMICS #73

Cover Date: November 1941
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Howard Sherman


Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHoward Sherman
LetteringHoward Sherman
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Fate

Villain(s):

Mister Who (first appearance; a deformed scientist who uses Solution Z to be able to change shapes and size; also in flashbacks to his youth and discovering Solution Z)

Story Reprinted in:

Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Villains #8/2 (June-July 1973)
Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (January 2001)
Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives #1 (2007)


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Second Story: "The Green Arrow" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMort Weisinger
ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringGeorge Papp
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (Oliver Queen; first appearance; a rich crimefighting playboy; last in flashback in issue #89)
Speedy (Roy Harper; first appearance; Queen's ward and his crimefighting partner; last in flashback in issue #89)

Villain(s):

The Masked Man (Ezra Samson; first appearance; kills off members of a history club to hide his embezzlement)

Comment(s):

This is the first appearance of the Earth-2 Green Arrow and Speedy.
Green Arrow and Speedy's superspeed vehicle is called the Arrowplane.

Story Reprinted in:

Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (January 2001)

Solicitation:

Meet the costumed adventurer Green Arrow and his sidekick Speedy. Together, these expert archers use an array of trick arrows to defend the helpless!


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Third Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsEd Moore
InksChad Grothkopf
LetteringEd Moore
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Sandy Kean
Larry Trent

Supporting Character(s):

Lorna Drake

Villain(s):

Jasper Rawdon (first appearance; tries to take over a rodeo)

Story Reprinted in:

Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (January 2001)


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Fourth Story: "The Black Knight" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMort Weisinger
ArtChad Grothkopf
LetteringChad Grothkopf
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Quick

Supporting Character(s):

Tubby Watts

Villain(s):

Black Knight (first appearance; a robot controlled by Sam Kirby; a seller of counterfeit statues)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Story Reprinted in:

Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (January 2001)


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Spectre (last in DC 2000 #2)

Supporting Character(s):

Clarice Winston (between #71 and #75/6

Villain(s):

Nat Rhodes (first appearance; uses Kirk's machine to blackmail the city; dies)

Other Character(s):

Morton Kirk (first appearance; invents a space-folding ray machine; dies)

Location(s):

Cliffland

Story Reprinted in:

Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (January 2001)


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Sixth Story: "Aquaman" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMort Weisinger
ArtPaul Norris
LetteringHoward Sherman
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (first appearance; protector of the seven seas; also in flashback to his youth)

Villain(s):

Nazi U-Boat commander (first appearance for all; most die)

Location(s):

Atlantic Ocean

Comment(s):

This is the first appearance of the Earth-Two Aquaman, who is not named.

Story Reprinted in:

Secret Origins #7 (October-November 1974)
Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics 73 (January 2001)

Solicitation:

The King of the Seven Seas, Aquaman, showcases his amazing powers!


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