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"The Spectre: "The Arsonist"": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

More Fun Comics #58 is an issue of the series More Fun Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1940.

Synopsis for The Spectre: "The Arsonist"


Appearing in The Spectre: "The Arsonist"

Featured Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Morris, business partner
  • James, butler (Dies)
  • Nick, gangster
  • Pete, gangster (Dies)

Other Characters:

  • Bob Brent

Locations:


Synopsis for Detective Sergeant Carey: "The Circus Crimes"


Appearing in Detective Sergeant Carey: "The Circus Crimes"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Sleepy

Synopsis for Congo Bill: "Attack of the Leopard Men"


Appearing in Congo Bill: "Attack of the Leopard Men"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Professor Joe Kent
  • O'Toole, a chimpanzee

Antagonists:

  • The Skull (Final appearance)
  • Leopard Men Tribe (some die)

Other Characters:

  • Bantu Tribe: Omdurr, others
  • Inspector Slade, Scotland Yard (Single appearance)

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Synopsis for Captain Desmo: "Droon's Munitions"


Appearing in Captain Desmo: "Droon's Munitions"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Gabby

Antagonists:

  • Droon (Apparent Death)
    • a dozen henchmen (many die)

Locations:

Items:

  • Droon's Attractor Ray

Vehicles:

  • Desmo's fighter-plane

Synopsis for Radio Squad: "The Brutal Bandits"


Appearing in Radio Squad: "The Brutal Bandits"

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Supporting Characters:

  • NYPD

Antagonists:

  • bandits

Locations:

Vehicles:

  • Radio Car K-7

Synopsis for Lt. Bob Neal of Sub 662: "The Bond Theft"


Appearing in Lt. Bob Neal of Sub 662: "The Bond Theft"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Tubby Potts

Vessels:

  • Sub 662

Synopsis for Biff Bronson: "Cooking Up Adventure"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Dan Druff

Appearing in Biff Bronson: "Cooking Up Adventure"

  • Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol: "The Half Breed"


Appearing in Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol: "The Half Breed"

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Antagonists:

  • the Half Breed

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Synopsis for Doctor Fate: "The Theft of the Book of Thoth"

Doctor Fate learns that the Book of Thoth, which contains all the lost magic that was destroyed when Atlantis sank, has been stolen. He tracks the thief to the Chalk Cliffs of Devon. He then finds that the thief, a powerful mage, never named here, is using the awesome and world-bending magic of the book to steal money. Doctor Fate tries to stop this wizard, only to have him release a great destructive spell, which causes Inza Cramer's penthouse apartment to tumble into the street below. Doctor Fate averts casualties by kapoofing the whole apartment into dust; Inza never bats an eye at any of this.

Back at the main fight, Doctor Fate manages to tear the book from the sorcerer's grasp, to counter the spell. Then he punches him out, and the unnamed mage just falls to his death. When the evil magician dies, the animals and trees in the area attack Doctor Fate, seeking revenge. Doctor Fate then burns the book, which breaks the spell and returns the trees and animals to normal, but thousands of fish die where the book's ashes are scattered across the sea.

Appearing in Doctor Fate: "The Theft of the Book of Thoth"

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Antagonists:

  • Unnamed Wizard (Dies)

Locations:

Items:

Notes

  • Published by Detective Comics, Inc..
  • Captain Desmo:
    • Gabby is from Brooklyn.
    • Droon had an "Attractor Ray" that could completely override the controls of an airplane and draw it towards his island base. This device was on a tower, at Droon's airfield, which survived the factory's destruction, thus it was neither captured nor destroyed.
  • Doctor Fate: The Theft of the Book of Thoth is reprinted in The Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives Vol. 1.
    • Doctor Fate mentions that Inza's value to him is her connection to the mainstream world. He wants her to search for clues because Doctor Fate "must spend [his] life in the tower!"
    • The Lost Book of Thoth contains all the lost magic that was destroyed when Atlantis sank; it was thought to lie in the middle of the River Koptos and to be guarded by an immortal snake.
  • Spectre: The Arsonist is reprinted in Golden Age Spectre Archives 1.
    • James the butler and Pete the gangster are both killed by the Spectre in this story, so Spectre's body count = 8.[1][2]
  • Also appearing in this issue of More Fun Comics were:



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