Comic Title: More Fun Comics #71
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: July 24, 1941 Copyright Date July 23, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
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 Riddle of the Crying Clown"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Johnny Quick (of Earth-2)

Writer: Mort Weisinger
Artist: Chad Grothkopf

Feature Character(s)

• Johnny Quick (Johnny Chambers; first appearance; last appearance in Adventure Comics #159; next appearance in More Fun Comics #72)

Supporting Character(s)

• Tubby Watts (Johnny's assistant; first appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #7; next appearance in More Fun Comics #72)

Villain(s)

• Caesar (Sam Leroy; a circus manager and gang leader; no further appearances)
• Several criminal circus performers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Sinstro (a lion tamer; no further appearances)
• Professor Gill (in flashback; first appearance; last appearance in Adventure Comics #159; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Johnny Chambers attends the circus to film it for the newsreels. A lion named Nero attacks the lion tamer forcing Johnny to speak the magic formula which gives him super speed. Johnny Quick then saves the lion tamer.

When the film footage has been developed, Johnny sees that a clown provoked the lion's attack. When he returns to the circus to question the clown, a man named Caesar puts the clown into a cage with an elephant to punish him for failure. Johnny then rescues the clown.

Johnny decides to infiltrate the circus as a strong man. He then learns that Caesar is the head of a crime ring. He is forcing the circus performers to use their abilities for robbery. Johnny tries to stop the robbery, but is captured. When he escapes, he exposes Caesar as the circus manager Sam Leroy and shuts down the crime circus.