Comic Title: More Fun Comics #81
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: May 20, 1942 Copyright Date May 16, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Case of the Scholarly Spendthrift"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Spectre (of Earth-2)

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Bernard Baily

Feature Character(s)

• Spectre (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #28; next appearance in More Fun Comics #82)

Supporting Character(s)

• Percival Popp (last appearance in More Fun Comics #80; next appearance in More Fun Comics #82)

Villain(s)

• Sport O'Dea (a swindler; no further appearances)
• Ratso Rinaldi and several unnamed crooks (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Claudius Harmon (a scholar; no further appearances)
• An unnamed lawyer (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Scholar Claudius Harmon must spent half a million dollars within a week to earn his full inheritance. Percival Popp agrees to help Harmon spend the money, while crooks try to swindle him. Spectre is forced to rescue Popp and Harmon from several predicaments including Harmon's purchase of a yacht upon which illegal gambling takes place. After Harmon was successfully spent the money, a lawyer notifies him that the will specified certain conditions for him including spending the money in Florida. Harmon must therefore repeat his spending spree to satisfy the conditions of the will.