More Fun Comics Vol 1 54

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The Spectre: "The Spiritualist"
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More Fun Comics Vol 1 #54
April, 1940
Executive Editor	Whitney Ellsworth
Cover Artists	Bernard Baily
The Spectre: "The Spiritualist"
Writers	Jerry Siegel
Pencilers	Bernard Baily
Inkers	Bernard Baily
Editors	Whitney Ellsworth
Biff Bronson: "Into the Pit"
Writers	Albert Sulman
Pencilers	Joseph Sulman
Inkers	Joseph Sulman
Captain Desmo: "Cult of Assassins, Part 2"
Writers	Ed Winiarski
Pencilers	Ed Winiarski
Inkers	Ed Winiarski
Radio Squad: "The Noisy Party"
Writers	Jerry Siegel
Pencilers	Chad Grothkopf
Inkers	Chad Grothkopf
Lt. Bob Neal: "The Traitor"
Writers	Robert Hirsch
Pencilers	Russ Lehman
Inkers	Russ Lehman
King Carter: "Africa"
Writers	Paul Lauretta
Pencilers	Paul Lauretta
Inkers	Paul Lauretta
Detective Sergeant Carey: "The Policy Murders"
Writers	Joe Donohoe
Pencilers	Joe Donohoe
Inkers	Joe Donohoe
Red Coat Patrol: "Mystery of the Old Mine"
Writers	John Lehti
Pencilers	John Lehti
Inkers	John Lehti
Bulldog Martin: "Gem Caper"
Writers	Bart Tumey
Pencilers	Bart Tumey
Inkers	Bart Tumey
Previous Issue	More Fun Comics # 53
Next Issue	More Fun Comics # 55

More Fun Comics #54 is an issue of the series More Fun Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1940.

Appearing in The Spectre: "The Spiritualist"

Featured Characters:

• The Spectre (Jim Corrigan)

Supporting Characters:

• Clarice Winston
• The Voice

Antagonists:

• Swami Rhani Set (Dies)
  • his assistant (Dies)

Other Characters:

• Mrs. Winston (Clarice's mother)

Locations:

• Earth-Two
  • Cliffland, New Jersey
    

Appearing in Biff Bronson: "Into the Pit"

Featured Characters:

• Biff Bronson

Supporting Characters:

• Dan Druff
  

Appearing in Captain Desmo: "Cult of Assassins, Part 2"

Featured Characters:

• Captain Desmo

Supporting Characters:

• Gabby
• Dr. Bafti, Desmo's friend

Antagonists:

• Society of Assassins

Locations:

• Bombay, India, 1940
  

Appearing in Radio Squad: "The Noisy Party"

Featured Characters:

• Radio Squad
  • Sandy Keene
  • Larry Trent
    

Appearing in Lt. Bob Neal: "The Traitor"

Featured Characters:

• Lt. Bob Neal

Supporting Characters:

• Tubby Potts

Vehicles:

• Sub 662
  

Appearing in King Carter: "Africa"

Featured Characters:

• King Carter

Supporting Characters:

• Red Rogers
  

Appearing in Detective Sergeant Carey: "The Policy Murders"

Featured Characters:

• Detective Sergeant Carey

Supporting Characters:

• Sleepy
  

Appearing in Red Coat Patrol: "Mystery of the Old Mine"

Featured Characters:

• Constable O'Malley, RCMP

Supporting Characters:

• Red Coat Patrol
• Black Hawk
• Flame, O'Malley's Wolf-Dog
  

Appearing in Bulldog Martin: "Gem Caper"

Featured Characters:

• Bulldog Martin

Supporting Characters:

• Jonah

Notes

• Published by Detective Comics, Inc..
• Captain Desmo's sidekick Gabby smokes cigars.
• Last issue for King Carter.
• The Spectre:
  • The Spiritualist is reprinted in Golden Age Spectre Archives 1.
  • By the end of this issue's "The Spectre" story, Clarice Winston has been shot once and kidnapped twice.
  • Spectre body count = 2. (The Spectre scares Rhani Set and his assistant to death. Unlike Gat Benson's gang, they are not resurrected.)
  • In this issue's story, a second conversation takes place between The Voice and The Spectre, in which Corrigan is offered his chance at eternal rest, but he chooses instead to return to Earth to rescue Clarice. (This is the first and only time that The Voice offers The Spectre a choice about anything.)
• Also appearing in this issue of More Fun Comics was:
  • "A Wet Wager" (text story), by Paul Dean

See Also

• Cover gallery for the More Fun Comics series

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