<i>More Fun Comics</i> No. 81
date: label: date made
content: 1942
name: label: maker
content: D. C. Comics, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <i>More Fun Comics</i> No. 81 was published by DC Comics in July 1942 and sold for 10 cents per copy. George Papp illustrated the cover, which depicts Green Arrow and Speedy dodging bullets fired by pursuing gangsters. The cover inset features Superman with two soldiers and reads “Superman Says: Buy Defense Stamps! Help National Defense!” World War II era comics frequently promoted supporting the war effort by telling stories of patriotic heroes fighting real world Axis enemies. This issue features Green Arrow in "Adventures of the Bankrupt Heroes," Doctor Fate in "Hall of Lost Heirs," Radio Squad in "Strange Accidents," Aquaman in "Champ of the Waves," Johnny Quick in "Code for Conspirators," and the Spectre in "Case of the Scholarly Spendthrift."
label: Description
content: This anthology comic series was published as <i>New Fun</i> in February 1935, <i>More Fun</i> in January 1936, and <i>More Fun Comics</i> from March 1936 until November 1947. In issue no. 108 of <i>More Fun Comics</i> the series phased out superheroes in order to switch to an all-humor format.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Comic Books
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson in honor of Peter Bozzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0086.076
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0086.076
label: accession number
content: 2013.0086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 19.05 cm x 26.035 cm