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MORE FUN COMICS #52

Cover Date: February 1940
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Bernard Baily


Story: "The Spectre" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Spectre (Jim Corrigan; first appearance; a New York City Police Detective; dies; last in flashback in Spectre Vol. 3 #3)

Supporting Character(s):

Waylon Grant (first appearance; Jim's friend and roommate; a New York City Police Detective; last in flashback in Spectre Vol. 3 #24)
Clarice Winston (first appearance; Jim's fiancée; last in flashback in Spectre Vol. 3 #3)
Voice (first appearance; grants Corrigan his otherworldly powers to fight evil)

Villain(s):

Louie Snipe (first appearance; one of Corrigan's informants)
Gat Benson (first appearance; a gang leader)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

This story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Secret Origins Vol. 1 #5 (November-December 1973)
Golden Age Spectre Archives #1 ([March] 2003)
Weird Secret Origins (October 2004)


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Second Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAl Sulman
ArtJoe Sulman
LetteringJoe Sulman
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Biff Bronson

Supporting Character(s):

Dan Druff

Villain(s):

The Wizard (first appearance; uses robots and an "Atomic Force Ray" (similar to a disintegration ray)

Other Character(s):

Commandant of West Point Military Academy (first appearance)

Location(s):

West Point Military Academy, NY

Comment(s):

This story continues in the next issue.


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Third Story: [No title] (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtMartin Wheeler
LetteringMartin Wheeler
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Radio Squad (Sandy Kean and Larry Trent)

Villain(s):

Raney (first appearance; builds false backs into safes)

Location(s):

Metropolis ?


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