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| Publication | October 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Featuring | The Shark |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Shark (hand only); Amazing Man [John Man] (inset head-view in masthead) |
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| Publisher advertisement | The Masked Marvel (1 page) |
| Notes | House ad for Keen Detective Funnies, includes illustrations from latest issue. Credit to Ben Thompson for "The Masked Marvel".
Located on inside front cover. |
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| Synopsis | John Aman is taken prisoner by a mysterious "Big Boss" and his gang, who have kidnapped the daughter of a copper magnate for ransom. However, The Great Question turns Aman into the Green Mist and uses him to terrorize the girl's father into paying the ransom, but the good side of Aman wins out and the girl is saved. |
| Featuring | "Aman" - the Amazing-Man |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Amazing-Man [John Aman]; Lucille Peabody (kidnapped girl); Carl Peabody (girl's father, copper magnate); The Great Question (villain); "The Big Boss" (villain, death); Sparks [aka Sparky] (villain, death); Simon Duprey (villain); Norma (villain, death); Barney (villain); Sam (villain, death) |
| Notes | Title and character information from Lou Mougin (May, 2009). The splash page is partially a origin re-cap for the character. Aman appears in his villainous "Green Mist" guise in this story.
Next issue blurb signed as "w.b. everett." |
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| Synopsis | The super-science underwater hero the Shark stops criminals from starting a war in Furvainia. |
| Featuring | The Shark |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Shark "King of all sea-life" |
| Notes | Title and character info from Lou Mougin, May 2009. |
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| Synopsis | Lew and Bobbie are briefly stranded on an island and fight a brutish wild man. |
| Featuring | Forbidden Island |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Lew; Bobbie |
| Notes | The artist signs in the final panel. |
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| Synopsis | The Iron Skull battles Decor to stop him from using his death ray. |
| Featuring | Iron Skull |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Iron Skull; Igor; Decor (villain, dies) |
| Notes | Also signed - as 'Burgos' - in the final panel. |
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| Text Story | Sealed Orders (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The rebel leader Ling-sa tries to commandeer a plane. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Colors:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: General Nero Ling-sa; Lt. Quong |
| Notes | All information from Lou Mougin, May 2009. |
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| Comic Story | Congo War Drums: Part 2 (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sandy frees the white people who had been imprisoned by the Kilanga headhunters and learns the white trader Lamont was responsible for arming the Kilanga uprising. |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Sandy Thorne; Labu; The Kilanga; Mike O'Conner |
| Notes | Data from Jerry Bails index cards and Howard Keltners Golden Age index.
Title and art credit from Lou Mougin, May 2009.
Script and lettering credits courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Synopsis | Minimidget and Ritty are placed in the care of an old lady who they have to protect from a burglar. As a reward they are given a toy plane. Minimidget fights with a bird. |
| Featuring | Minimidget - the Super-Midget |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Minimidget; Ritty; Mrs. Kerry |
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| Comic Story | Land Beneath the Sea (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Chuck and Jerry meet the human rulers of Aquatania and enter their advanced super-city. |
| Featuring | Chuck Hardy |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Chuck Hardy; Jerry Peterson |
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| Comic Story | The Ivy Menace (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hampton's cat spills his new plant growth formula, causing vines of ivy to continue growing until they reduce New Jersey and New York to little more than rubble. The US government bombs the countryside until the ivy is completely destroyed. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Professor Philip Hampton (dies); the spirit of Death |
| Notes | Credits from Lou Mougin, May 2009. |
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| Synopsis | Mighty Man helps find the person trying to drive Jane off her ranch. |
| Featuring | Mighty Man |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy; Western-frontier | Characters: Mighty Man; Professor; Sunny; Jane; Pop (villain, dies); Slim; Limpy; Spade; Jim; Sleepy |
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| Advertisement | New 1940 catalog! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for a number of items from Johnson Smith & Co.
Located on inside rear cover. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Hey Kids (1 page) |
| Notes | House ad for November issue of Amazing Mystery Funnies with illustrations of "The Fantom of the Fair", "Speed Centaur", "The Inner Circle", "Air-Sub D X" and "Don Dixon".
Located on rear cover. |
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