Comic Title: More Fun Comics #80
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Cover Date: June 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: April 22, 1942 Copyright Date April 18, 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 Octopus)
Pages: 10

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 #79; next appearance in All-Star Comics #11)

Supporting Character(s)

• Inza Cramer (last appearance in More Fun Comics #79; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #23)

Villain(s)

• The Octopus, Ginger, Sam the Snatch, and their gang (Muggsy named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Reginald Lotsadough and other carnival patrons (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
A gang of crooks led by the Octopus create a carnival of crime designed to rob the wealthy patrons. Kent Nelson and Inza attend the carnival, and Kent recognizes the workers as crooks. He goes into action as Dr. Fate to stop them. The crooks nab Inza, but he rescues her.

Fate then tracks down the Octopus. Forewarned by the other gang members, the Octopus defeats Dr. Fate and traps him in a garage to die from carbon monoxide poisoning. Fate escapes by breathing the air from the car tires. He then apprehends the Octopus and the rest of the gang.