More Fun Comics No. 82
Object Details
- D. C. Comics, Inc.
- Description
- DC Comics published issue No. 82 of More Fun Comics in August 1942. George Papp illustrated the cover that depicts Green Arrow and Speedy battling a gangster with a tommy gun. Green Arrow has disarmed the tommy gun by shooting three arrows into the barrel. This issue’s stories featured Green Arrow in "Robin Hood's Revenge," Doctor Fate in "Luck for Sale," Radio Squad in "Puzzle of the Devil Deaths," and Aquaman in "King of Convict Island.' Other stories feature Clancy the Cop, Johnny Quick, and the Spectre.
- The More Fun Comics anthology comic series began as New Fun in February 1935, changed to More Fun in January 1936, before becoming More Fun Comics from March 1936 until November 1947. Superheroes were phased out of More Fun Comics in issue no. 108 as the series switched to an all-humor format.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson in honor of Peter Bozzer
- 1942
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.107
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.107
- accession number
- 2013.0086
- Object Name
- comic book
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 19.05 cm x 26.035 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Comic Books
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Comics
- Record ID
- nmah_1449418
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-e97f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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