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| Nice to know I can still find books as interesting as this that I didn't know were on the site.
Been looking for the Fantom of the Fair and the Masked Marvel for some time.
http://toonopedia.com/fantom.htm
He's listed as PD, even though DC brought him back in a Roy Thomas Wesley Dobbs story in secret origins. This story also featured the robot Electro and the Crimson Avenger. The fantom was a villian.
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| Public domain means DC gets to use the character just like anyone else can. |
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| Fantom story looks like a reprint of Amazing Adventure Funnies number 1 |
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| Publication | July 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Letterer credit verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Fantom of the Fair |
| Notes | Letterer credit verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Uncle Joe Says: (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Ben Thompson (signed) | Inks: Ben Thompson (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | Joe Hardie |
| Content | Characters: The Masked Marvel |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover.
There is an editorial letter from Uncle Joe in which he discusses a publication called The Weekly Torch, published by one of his readers, and also a publication brought in by one of his artists called Scienti-Tales, published by John Giunta and Louis Maurino.
There is a small ad from the Acme Fireworks Corporation, asking readers to send for their fireworks catalog.
There is a very small ad from Club Photo Service in regards to developing photos.
There is also an ad from Centaur Publications for two books titled "The Lone Ranger" and "The Lone Ranger and the Mystery Ranch", as well as two new books "The Lone Ranger and the Gold Robbery" and "The Lone Ranger and the Texas Renegades".
There is an illustrated promo from the publisher for the July, 1939 iss ue of Keen Detective Funnies, featuring a new character called the Masked Marvel (head view shown). |
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| Synopsis | The Fantom, mentioned in a book written in Icelandic thousands of years ago, appears on the scene at the World's Fair to stop a crooked contractor who is attempting to fraudulently prevent another contractor from fulfilling his contracts. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Fantom of the Fair (introduction); Andy (a painter); Collins (a Policeman); Russel (a Policeman); Johnson (a contractor); Occo (villain, a contractor); Marco (villain) |
| Notes | In his very last appearances, he was called Fantoman.
All credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Synopsis | Major Ransay receives a letter asking him to come to Glasgow, Scotland immediately, and after he arrives, he is met by a Colonel Ewan. Ewan asks him to join a group of people called the Inner Circle, which seeks to right wrongs in the world and straighten them out if at all possible. The first mission is to be in Hong Kong, victimized by a series of bombings. |
| Featuring | The Inner Circle |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: The Inner Circle [Major Paul Ramsay; Colonel MacAlister Ewan; Lt. Michel Dupre (French soldier); John Bain (Canadian engineer); Rolfe Gunderson (Norwegian explorer-scientist); Ian Ahern (Irish soldier)]; Nick; un-named Pilot; un-named ship skipper; Mr. Rossi (villain); Sparks (villain); Cook (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Bill and Uncle Oscar are off on a business trip around the solar system, but are pulled over by a rocketcycle cop. When Uncle Oscar threatens the cop, he is sent before a judge who levies a strong sentence and fine for him. |
| Featuring | 2039 A. D. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Uncle Oscar; Bill (Oscar's nephew) |
| Notes | Jupiter |
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| Comic Story | Part 1: The Conqueror (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Upon hearing that Dr. Montan may yet be alive, according to a diary entry in which the doctor talks of "living diamonds" on Mystery Isle, Tim and company head out to check out the story. But when their ship is forced down miles from their destination, they believe that they were expected, and that "The Conqueror," who has returned, may in fact be Dr. Montan! |
| Featuring | Air-Sub 'DX' |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Captain Tim; Professor Gray; Rita; Dr. Montan (mention only); Turjak (villain); Turjak's henchman (villain) |
| Notes | in black & white, except the title and the first panel of each page, which is in red ink. |
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| Text Story | Haunted House (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | One day, as Bill, Elsie and Clyde were passing the old Dietrich place, they mused that no one had ever really proced whether the house was really haunted or not as other people had said. So, Bill and Clyde decide to spend a night in the house, not realizing they would become victims of a prank. |
| Credits | Script: Rex Lawrence (credited) | Pencils: Ben Thompson? [as Ben] (signed) (spot illustrations) | Inks: Ben Thompson? [as Ben] (signed) (spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Bill Wentworth; Elsie; Clyde |
| Notes | Art identification by Craig Delich. |
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| Comic Story | The C-20 Mystery (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | While investigating a murder at the Cicero Warehouse, Bob and Micky are led to a dying dope peddler who keeps repeating "C-20", and Bob realizes that it is the number of a scow located nearby. Therein are discovered gang members dead or dying at the hands of Rita May, the drug peddler's sister, who she felt had ruined her sister. As the tale unfolds, Dutch Silver, whose gang brings the drugs into the area, arrives on the scene and there is a shootout. |
| Featuring | Bobby O'Neill |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Bobby O'Neill (Policeman); Micky O'Neill (newsreel cameraman, Bobby's brother); Jerry Beech (Coast Guard radio operator); Shannon (member of the Coast Guard); un-named Police Inspector; Burke (Policeman); Rosa May (dope peddler, death); Rita May (Rosa's sister); Danny Overman (villain, death); Dutch Silver (villain); Harry (villain); Sid (villain) |
| Notes | Printed in red tones (black, white and red).
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich. |
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| Synopsis | A pair of racing dudes challenge Grizzly's horse to a race for a prize of $10,000. |
| Featuring | Grizzly Dunn |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Grizzly Dunn; Sam; un-named Sheriff; pair of racehorse cheaters (villains) |
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| Synopsis | When Diana's uncle was dying, he passed onto Strand the Key of Souls and the duty to keep Psyk confined to the House of Souls. But soon after being given the Key, Diana is kidnapped by Psyk, and Strand follows her into the House of Souls. |
| Featuring | Jack Strand |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jack Strand; Diana Carlin (Jack's fiance); Dr. Homer Carlin (Diana's Uncle, death); Strand; Psyk (villain) |
| Notes | Continued next issue. |
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| Comic Story | The Pardon (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gretchen runs across young Adolphe, who has just found an edelweiss, the sign of betrothal. Both have been taught to hate one another, Adolphe because a Nisson had killed his great-grandfather and buried him in a glacier. But a freak accident soon reveals the truth.......100 years late. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Adolphe Bernhorn (Swiss goat hero); Ernst Bernhorn (Adolphe's father); Gretchen Nisson; Bernhorn's great-grandfather (death) |
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| Featuring | It's Really a Fact |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Steve Brodie |
| Notes | Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Page consists of six cartoons, all relating unusual facts. |
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| Publisher advertisement | You Too Will Want To Read These Exciting Books (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: The Lone Ranger [John Reid] |
| Notes | Found on the inside back cover.
Illustrated advertisement from Centaur Publications, offering to their readers a selevction of different series of good books to buy for their reading pleasure, including series on The Lone Ranger, July Bolton Mysteries, Dana Girls Mysteries, The Hardy Boys and many more, each book costing 40 cents. |
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| Credits | Letters: t |
| Notes | Found on the back cover.
Illustrated advertisement from the Johnson Smith and Company, offering readers a wide variety of items for sale, such as a 30-shot automatic repeating B-B pistol, blank cartridge pistols, a printing press, an electric baseball game, a midget racer, and a folding camera. |
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