Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1944-11-18
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
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Green Arrow / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Harcourt L. M. Quigg
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Art mis-credited to Cliff Young in the Millennium Edition reprint. Cover blurb indicates Dover and Clover are featured inside, but Superboy is there instead.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

Formula for Doom
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Green Arrow / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Professor Cyrus Gage (chemist); Onions Malloy (villain); Harcourt L. M. Quigg (villain)
Synopsis:
Crooks disguised as policeman steal a secret formula for imitation silk, and the Battling Bowmen must track down the perpetrator before he can sell that formula to obtain the money he needs.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Bob Hughes.

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Orphans of the Sea!
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Aquaman / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Pete (a guard); Mr. Scatterbee; Mr. Bingley (villain)
Synopsis:
Aquaman helps to end the false dealings of a pair of thugs who are selling seaside homes on eroding beaches to unwary investors. Pete formerly a guard at the old Aquarium, still takes care of his sea-going friends, even though they're been released back into the ocean. But the thugs think his sea creature buddies are lowering the value on their beachfront property.
Reprints (1)

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Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[The Origin of Superboy]
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Superboy / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Per-Ry (citizen of Krypton)
Synopsis:
Master scientist Jor-El is convinced that Krypton is about to explode, and when the Supreme Council refuses to believe him, the scientist constructs a spaceship capable of taking his infant son to the Earth, where he'll have tremendous powers.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn. Per Bob Hughes, the script was taken from a story written by Siegel before he entered the service for the Sunday Superman newspaper strip, except for the last two panels which may have been written by Don Cameron.

Possible letters credit from Todd Klein via his blog Kleinletters, posted 23 September 2016 (http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-more-fun-comics/).

Story does not take place in Smallville. Clark Kent does not wear glasses. Superboy only appears in the last panel. No Siegel and Shuster by-line. Ma and Pa are just referred to in the story as the Kents.

A Personal Reason
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Joseph Greene (credited)
Letters:
typeset
    Genre:crime
Characters:
Corporal Jimmy Perone; Pete Perone (Jimmy's brother, death); Mrs. Perone (Jimmy & Pete's mother); Santo Camarda (villain, Mayor of Casilione)
Synopsis:
Jimmy Perone had seen Camarda murder his brother years back in the town of Casilione and swore revenge. Now, with the war on, Jimmy's unit returns to capture the town back from the Germans, and discovers that Camarda is the town's Mayor.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

First page appears between Superboy and Johnny Quick stories; second page appears on the inside back cover and is NOT reprinted in the Millennium Edition.

An Investment in Happiness!
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Johnny Quick / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Jr.)
Inks:
Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Jr.)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Mrs. Alder; John Sax (Droobe's former partner); Joe Argus; Emily Argus; George Jaunders; Martha Jaunders; Mrs. Wick (Droobe's housekeeper); Darius Droobe (reformed villain); Ambrose (villain, Darius' nephew)
Synopsis:
Miser Darius Droobe, who has cheated people in his life out of every penny they had, now believes that he is dying, so Johnny Quick helps him to make amends by returning the money he swindled them out of.
Reprints (1)

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

The Unsafe Safe!
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The Spectre / comic story / 7.67 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
unnamed jeweler; Ruby Diller mob (villains)
Synopsis:
Percival is used by jewel thieves to complete a heist of gems. After the crooks spill their own "gems" in a jewelry store, Percy offers to sort them out. He takes them all home, where the gang follows him to complete their robbery.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

The Spectre's last Golden Age appearance.

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The Big All-American Comic Book / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

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Electric Football [Jim Prentice] / advertisement / 1 page

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Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Green Arrow
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. [no title indexed]
  4. Formula for Doom
    Green Arrow
  5. ["First horse thievin', then cattle rustlin'..."]
    Wheaties
  6. Orphans of the Sea!
    Aquaman
  7. ["Gee, Professor, what is it?"]
    Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars
  8. [The Origin of Superboy]
    Superboy
  9. A Personal Reason
  10. An Investment in Happiness!
    Johnny Quick
  11. [no title indexed]
    Wheaties
  12. The Unsafe Safe!
    The Spectre
  13. ["All I can say is wow!"]
    The Big All-American Comic Book
  14. [no title indexed]
    Electric Football [Jim Prentice]
  15. [no title indexed]
    Eveready Batteries
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