Comic Title: More Fun Comics #78
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: February 20, 1942 Copyright Date February 17, 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 Magic Crimes"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Bernard Baily

Feature Character(s)

• Spectre (last appearance in All-Star Comics #10; next appearance in Justice League of America #193)

Supporting Character(s)

• Percival Popp (last appearance in More Fun Comics #76; next appearance in More Fun Comics #79)
• The police chief of Cliffland (last appearance in More Fun Comics #77; next appearance in More Fun Comics #79)

Villain(s)

• Kati Lugi (a magician; no further appearances)
• The Glowing One (an illusion created by Kati Lugi; no further appearances)
• Several henchmen (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
After the Spectre rescues magician Kati Lugi from a nearly fatal car crash, Percival Popp offers to become the magician's assistant. At the next performance a glowing spirit appears and steals from the audience. The spirit called the Glowing One then proceeds to commit robberies around town. Jim Corrigan obtains a description of one of the spirit's gang which matches Percival Popp. The Spectre eventually deduces that Popp has been hyptonized by Lugi, and that the Glowing One is merely an illusion used to aid the magician in crime. The Spectre exposes Kati Lugi and turns him over to the police.