Comic Title: More Fun Comics #61
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: October 1, 1940 Copyright Date September 27, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940
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: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: (The Golden Curse Deaths)
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Bernard Baily

Reprinted In:
Golden Age Spectre Archives Vol. 1 HC (2003)

Feature Character(s)

• Spectre (last appearance in More Fun Comics #60; next appearance in More Fun Comics #62)

Supporting Character(s)

• Wayne Grant (last appearance in More Fun Comics #60; next appearance in More Fun Comics #64)
• Clarice Winston (last appearance in More Fun Comics #57; next appearance in More Fun Comics #66)
• The police chief of Cliffland (last appearance in More Fun Comics #60; next appearance in More Fun Comics #62)

Villain(s)

• Gustaf Gilroy and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jeff Crane and victims of the Golden Curse (Calloway named; no further appearances)

Comments:
Spectre is said to operate in Center City, rather than Cliffland, in this story.

This story was not originally titled; the title shown here was given on the contents page of the Golden Age Spectre Archives Vol. 1 in which this story is reprinted.

Synopsis:
A rash of strange deaths are attributed to the Spectre. Jim Corrigan investigates the murders in which men are turned to gold. Several attempts are made on Corrigan's life by the gang responsible. Corrigan evades the traps, but is unable to track down the man responsible.

Under orders from his boss to bring in the Spectre, Corrigan brings his other persona to the police station. His boss accuses the Spectre of the crimes, but the Ghostly Guardian leaves the station. Spectre then rescues Clarice Winston from a man impersonating him. The man, Gustaf Gilroy, turns himself to gold using the formula he invented to avoid incarceration.