Comic Title: More Fun Comics #59
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: August 1, 1940 Copyright Date July 26, 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: (Gloria Desmond's Quest)
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Congo Bill (of Earth-1)

Artist: George Papp

Feature Character(s)

• Congo Bill (last appearance in More Fun Comics #58; next appearance in More Fun Comics #60)

Supporting Character(s)

• Professor Joe Kent (last appearance in More Fun Comics #58; next appearance in More Fun Comics #60)

Villain(s)

• The Savage Horned-Tondurs (an African tribe; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Gloria Desmond (next appearance in More Fun Comics #60)

Comments:
Congo Bill reveals that he was a pilot in World War I.

This story continues in the third story of More Fun Comics #60.

This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Congo Bill and Professor Kent are contacted by Gloria Desmond to find her father who has gone missing in an unexplored area of the African jungle. The trio take Gloria's plane to begin a search. When they land to make repairs, Gloria is taken by African natives who plan to sacrifice them. Congo Bill pretends to be an angry god and is able to free Gloria from the natives. The trio then resume their quest.