More Fun Comics #52 is an issue of the series More Fun Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1940.
Synopsis for "The Spectre!"
Detective Jim Corrigan is murdered by gangster "Gat" Benson, then is resurrected by The Voice and supernaturally empowered as The Spectre.
Appearing in "The Spectre!"
Featured Characters:
- The Spectre (Jim Corrigan) (First appearance) (Origin)
Supporting Characters:
- Clarice Winston (First appearance)
- The Voice (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Gat Benson (First appearance)
- Louie (First appearance)
- Ricky (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Wayne Grant (First appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis for Wing Brady: "The Tuareg Siege"
Appearing in Wing Brady: "The Tuareg Siege"
Featured Characters:
- Wing Brady (Final appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Foreign Legion
Antagonists:
- Tuareg
Locations:
- French West Africa
- Fort Miranda
- Fort Miranda
Synopsis for Biff Bronson: "The Marching Mechanical Men, Part 1"
A criminal engineer calling himself "the Wizard" builds an army of robots. He uses them to steal all the silver in West Point. Biff Bronson disables one robot, and adapts it into a disguise, in order to infiltrate the Wizard's hideout.
Appearing in Biff Bronson: "The Marching Mechanical Men, Part 1"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Dan Druff
Antagonists:
- The Wizard
Items:
- Wizard's Marching Mechanical Men
Locations:
Synopsis for Radio Squad: "The Bank Robbery"
Appearing in Radio Squad: "The Bank Robbery"
Featured Characters:
Synopsis for Lt. Bob Neal: "Return to the Canal Zone"
An innocent-looking yacht turns out to be laying mines in the Panama Canal. Lt. Neal and the crew of SS 662 deal with it.
Appearing in Lt. Bob Neal: "Return to the Canal Zone"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Tubby Potts
- 662 Crew
Vehicles:
- Sub 662
Locations:
Synopsis for King Carter: "Peril on the Ice Plains"
Appearing in King Carter: "Peril on the Ice Plains"
Featured Characters:
- King Carter
Supporting Characters:
- Red Rogers
Locations:
Synopsis for Detective Sergeant Carey: "The Studio Mystery"
Appearing in Detective Sergeant Carey: "The Studio Mystery"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Sleepy
Antagonists:
- Cameraman
Other Characters:
- Actor (Dies)
Locations:
Synopsis for Red Coat Patrol: "The Terror in Beaver Run"
Appearing in Red Coat Patrol: "The Terror in Beaver Run"
Featured Characters:
- Constable O'Malley, RCMP
Supporting Characters:
- Red Coat Patrol
- Black Hawk
- Flame, O'Malley's Wolf-Dog
Antagonists:
- Night Riders Gang
- Bourke, bank president
Locations:
- Canada
- Beaver Run, lumber town
- Beaver Run, lumber town
Synopsis for Bulldog Martin: "The Invisible Pills"
Bulldog Martin is bequeathed a bottle of invisibility pills, by the late Professor Livix. He uses these to break up a gang of union racketeers.
Appearing in Bulldog Martin: "The Invisible Pills"
Featured Characters:
- Bulldog Martin
Supporting Characters:
- Jonah
Other Characters:
- Professor Livix (Deceased)
Antagonists:
- Labor Racketeers
Items:
- Prof. Livix's Invisible Pills
Notes
- Published by Detective Comics, Inc..
- "Spectre!" is reprinted in Golden Age Spectre Archives 1 and Secret Origins #5.
- The villain Wizard in Biff Bronson story is not William Asmodeus Zard.
- Last issue for Wing Brady. This series first appeared in New Fun Comics #1, and is the last surviving feature to have premiered there.
- Also appearing in this issue of More Fun Comics were:
- Henrietta
- "Bust Up in Borneo" (text story), by Jack Anthony
Trivia
- Biff Bronson uses a time-honored tactic, in disguising himself as a mad scientist's robot; readers of Hugh Hazzard's adventures in Smash Comics have seen this trick before.[1]
See Also
Recommended Reading
- The Spectre Recommended Reading
- Adventure Comics (Volume 1): Adventure Comics #431– #440
- Countdown to Mystery
- Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre (Volume 1)
- Day of Judgment
- Day of Vengeance
- Final Crisis: Revelations
- More Fun Comics (Volume 1)
- Spectre (Volume 1)
- Spectre (Volume 2)
- Spectre (Volume 3)
- Spectre (Volume 4)
- Tales of the Unexpected (Volume 2)
- Wrath of the Spectre (Volume 1)