Comic Title: More Fun Comics #57
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: May 30, 1940 Copyright Date May 29, 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: (The Fire Murders)
Pages: 6

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Howard Sherman

Reprinted In:
Superman #252 (1972)
Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives Vol. 1 HC (2007)

Feature Character(s)

• Doctor Fate (last appearance in More Fun Comics #56; next appearance in More Fun Comics #58)

Supporting Character(s)

• Inza Cramer (last appearance in More Fun Comics #56; next appearance in More Fun Comics #58)

Villain(s)

• Mango the Migthy (an evil sorcerer; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Several murder victims (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
A series of murders in which the bodies are burned disturbs Dr. Fate. He asks Inza for help and is attacked by a fiery globe. Following the globe, Fate locates the source of the murders, a sorcerer trying to extort money from the wealthy. While Fate deals with the sorcerer’s undead minions, Inza is captured. Fate rescues her and transforms the adept into a harmless statue.