Comic Title: More Fun Comics #77
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: January 21, 1942 Copyright Date January 16, 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: "Death Rules the Elements"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Bernard Baily

Feature Character(s)

• Spectre (last appearance in All-Star Comics #9; next appearance in All-Star Comics #10)

Supporting Character(s)

• The police chief of Cliffland (last appearance in All-Star Comics #8; next appearance in More Fun Comics #78)

Villain(s)

• Maligno and his gang (Professor Hunt; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Marvin Joyce and Louise Turner (a research assistant and his fiance; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The city of Cliffland is terrorized by strange fires and catastrophes. A cloaked man named Maligno takes credit for the disasters using his power over the elements. Jim Corrigan is assigned the case and is assisted by Professor Hunt. The professor believes his former assistant Marvin Joyce is Maligno. The Spectre tracks down Joyce's fiancee Louise Turner who is then kidnapped. The Ghostly Guardian follows and has a confrontation with Maligno. Joyce is proven innocence after the Spectre unmasks the villain as Professor Hunt. Following Maligno's defeat, Jim Corrigan reports back in to headquarters and is tasked once again to arrest the Spectre.