Comic Title: More Fun Comics #72
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: August 22, 1941 Copyright Date August 19, 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 Mystery of the Music Murders"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s)

• Johnny Quick (last appearance in More Fun Comics #71; next appearance in More Fun Comics #73)

Supporting Character(s)

• Tubby Watts (last appearance in More Fun Comics #71; next appearance in More Fun Comics #73)

Villain(s)

• The Murder Maestro (Harry Thorpe; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Happy Rogers and Carl Carlton (murder victims; both die in this story; no further appearances)
• Clive Taylor and his wife (no further appearances)
• Rollo Martin, Hugo Humbolt, and Danny Smith (members of the Tin Pan Alley Club; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Members of the Tin Pan Alley Club are targeted for murder by the Murder Maestro. After the first two murders Johnny Quick begins investigating. He prevents two more murders, then begins to suspect that one of the club members is the killer.

Johnny plans a trap for Harry Thorpe, the blind member of the club. That night Thorpe sees a fake bomb planted by Johnny. After he puts out the fuse, Johnny surprises him having deduced that Thorpe was able to see only in the dark. Thorpe is exposed as the murderer and arrested.