Comic Title: More Fun Comics #58
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: July 2, 1940 Copyright Date June 28, 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: (Theft of the Book of Thoth)
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson of Earth-2)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Howard Sherman

Reprinted In:
Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives Vol. 1 HC (2007)

Feature Character(s)

• Doctor Fate (last appearance in More Fun Comics #57; next appearance in More Fun Comics #59)

Supporting Character(s)

• Inza Cramer (last appearance in More Fun Comics #57; next appearance in More Fun Comics #59)

Villain(s)

• An unnamed mage (dies in this story; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Doctor Fate learns that the Book of Thoth which contains the secrets of Atlantis has been stolen. He tracks the thief to the chalk cliffs of Devon. He then finds that the thief, a powerful mage, is using the magic of the book for profit.

Doctor Fate tries to stop the mage, only to have him release a great destructive spell. Doctor Fate manages to tear the book from the mage's grasp to counter the spell. The mage then falls to his death.

When the mage dies the animal and trees in the area attack Doctor Fate, seeking revenge. Doctor Fate then destroys the book which breaks the spell and returns the trees and animals to normal.