More Fun Comics #86

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CGC records 14 graded copies for More Fun Comics #86 (1942). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

Green Arrow: "The Man Who Purchased Lives"

Mister Mephisto gives some down and out men great wealth, then tells them they have to commit a crime a month in order to keep it.

| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Green Arrow) * Speedy) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * Mister Mephisto) **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** * Arrowplane

| Editor2_1 = Mort Weisinger | Writer2_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler2_1 = Howard Sherman | Inker2_1 = Howard Sherman | Colorist2_1 = | Letterer2_1 = Howard Sherman

| StoryTitle2 = Doctor Fate: "The Man Who Wanted No Medals" | Synopsis2 = Kent Nelson) continues his work as an intern at the Free Clinic and thanks to his great performance, he is invited to the ceremony where a notable doctor called Paul Lawrence would receive a medal for his accomplishments. However, Lawrence refuses to take the medal and not long afterwards, Lawrence leaves town. Believing something is amiss, Kent Nelson follows Lawrence to Illinois as Doctor Fate.

Fate soon learns that Lawrence is helping an older doctor from a small town, which confuses Fate even further. At that moment, a criminal gang make their getaway, after robbing a bank, and one of their members has been shot. The crooks drive to the elderly doctor's place, where they kidnap the man and drag him to their hideout, hoping to save their associate.

Doctor Fate confronts the crooks and captures them for good, but the old doctor is shot. Fate takes the man to Lawrence, who operates and saves the man's life. It is then that Fate learns of Lawrence's connection to the elderly doctor, and their family issues. After things are cleared, the older doctor recovers and claims his rightful medals.

| StoryTitle4 = Aquaman: "The Race Around the World" | Synopsis4 =

| StoryTitle6 = The Spectre: "The Man Who Knew All the Angles" | Synopsis6 =

| StoryTitle5 = Johnny Quick: "400 Years in a Day" | Synopsis5 =

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Dr. Fate) **Supporting Characters:** * Dr. Paul Lawrence **Antagonists:** * The Gas Gun Gang **Other Characters:** * Inza Cramer) * Dr. Roland * Dr. J. Canning **Locations:** * New York City ** Weatherby Free Clinic * Illinois ** Hillsdale **Items:** * Doctor Fate's Half-Helmet * Orb of Nabu

| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Aquaman) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * Black Jack) **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * Hollywood, California

| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Johnny Quick) **Supporting Characters:** * Tubby Watts) **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** *

| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * The Spectre) **Supporting Characters:** * Percival Popp, the Super Cop) **Antagonists:** * Smokey Storey **Other Characters:** * **Locations** * Earth-Two ** Cliffland, New Jersey

| Writer3_1 = | Penciler3_1 = Cliff Young | Inker3_1 = Cliff Young | StoryTitle3 = Radio Squad: "Hook, Lion and Thinker" | Synopsis3 = | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Radio Squad) ** Sandy Keene) ** Larry Trent) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Notes = * This would be editor Mort Weisinger's last edited comic before he got drafted into the United States Army to fight in World War II. He returned to comics after the war was over. * "The Man Who Wanted No Medals" is reprinted in The Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives Vol. 1 (Collected).

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Creative credits

Writers: Gardner Fox

Interior art: Cliff Young, Louis Cazeneuve, Bernard Baily, Mort Meskin, Howard Sherman, Cliff Young

Source records & attribution

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GCD: 2549

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