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| Date | | Number: 17 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Amazing Mystery Funnies 17 (v3 1) | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 |
| Notes | January, 1940. Vol. 3, Number 1. AMAZING MYSTERY FUNNIES is published monthly by Centaur Publications, Inc., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, Editorial and Executive offices: 215 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 441345. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Fantom of the Fair |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Notes | Original indexer listed art credits as Robert Butts but is signed Gustavson. Art credits verified by Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
| Story | Fantom of the Fair (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Grimes hires Lefty and Hank to sabotage Carlton's coal mine with dynamite blasts but the Fantom uncovers the culprits. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Fantom of the Fair; Grimes; Carlton; Lefty; Hank |
| Script | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson |
| First Line | No. Grimes!! I won't sell the coal mines |
| Notes | Letterer credit courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
| Story | Daredevil Barry Finn (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dacia convinces von Heim to assault American ships with his submarine in order to boost his munitions manufacturing. Barry Finn encounters the submarine after Frogga wrecks its periscope but Dacia escapes. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Barry Finn; Frogga; Dacia Zaroff; Fritz von Heim; Ogden Cadman Jr. |
| Script | Tarpé Mills (signed) |
| Pencils | Tarpé Mills (signed) |
| Inks | Tarpé Mills (signed) |
| Letters | Tarpé Mills ? |
| First Line | H-mm--looks pretty bad |
| Story | The Inner Circle (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Agent Murdoch discovers the Itorian secret society the Blue Hand are carrying out a wave of bombings in London. The Inner Circle raises a fighting force of thirty men to invade Itoria and capture the Blue Hand's leaders. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Inner Circle [Murdoch; Carlos; Swede; Colonel Rogers]; Pepe |
| Script | Lochlan Field (signed) |
| Pencils | Lochlan Field (signed) |
| Inks | Lochlan Field (signed) |
| Letters | Lochlan Field ? |
| First Line | Podin' me guv'nor... |
| Notes | The Blue Hand and Itoria are obvious stand-ins for the real-life Black Hand and Italy. |
| Story | Fantasy Isle (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tippy and his pilot Hunk head towards Borneo to report on a typhoon but the storm crashes their plane. Washed up on the island of Phantasy, Tippy encounters dinosaurs and meets an old inventor who has built synthetic robots but needs special elements to bring them to life. Tippy begins the search in Tinilonia, a land where Tippy's height makes him a giant to the locals. |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Tippy Taylor; Hunk O'Clay; Mr. Doaks |
| Script | George Loomis (signed) |
| Pencils | George Loomis (signed) |
| Inks | George Loomis (signed) |
| Letters | George Loomis ? |
| First Line | A fortune teller told me that I was going on a long trip soon. |
| Notes | Art is heavily inspired by Roy Crane. |
| Text Story | The False Mask (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The criminal Faces Jeffre is a master of disguise but is found out by a grocery clerk who realizes Faces is far too precise in relaying information. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Faces Jeffre |
| Script | Ray Gill (signed) |
| Pencils | Sam Gilman (signed illo) (signed) |
| Inks | Sam Gilman (signed) |
| First Line | "Calling all cars..." |
| Story | Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire (7 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction |
| Characters | Don Dixon; Princess Wanda; Tania; Vigo; Taal; Kul |
| Script | Bob Moore |
| Pencils | Carl Pfeufer |
| Inks | Carl Pfeufer |
| First Line | While waiting for Lugoff... |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : Moore and Pfeufer were the creators throughout the entire 1935 to 1941 run. |
| Comic Story | No Title (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | After Dr. Vernon gives him the Bullet, an advanced plane, Stewart goes to Novania with his valet Khan to help his friend Hammond fend off a coup led by Carlos Espada. Stewart pilots the Bullet in an aerial battle against Espada and drives Espada's plane to a fiery end. |
| Feature | The Bullet |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Craig Stewart; Khan; Dr. Raymond Vernon; Cole Hammond; Carlos Espada (dies); Captain de Cortez |
| Script | Ralph Butts |
| First Line | The story opens in Dr. Vernon's hanger, where a sleek, bullet-like ship rests |
| Story | Jon Linton (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lak Dahl dies after helping Jon. Satan-Rex captures Jon and his friends and brings them to the City of the Mists. Satan-Rex demands Jon become his ally and Jon agrees. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Jon Linton; Professor Kane; Burke; Lisa; Satan-Rex [Erich von Hochwalt]; Lak Dahl (dies); Lin-Yan |
| Script | Harry Campbell |
| Pencils | Harry Campbell |
| Inks | Harry Campbell |
| Letters | Harry Campbell ? |
| First Line | You don't mean that 'Satan-Rex' and this Eric Von Hochwalt are the same man? |
| Comic Story | Sir Basil Zaharoff / Stranger Than Fiction (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Sir Basil Zaharoff |
| Script | Walter Galli (signed) |
| Pencils | Walter Galli (signed) |
| Inks | Walter Galli (signed) |
| Letters | Walter Galli ? |
| Story | Speed Centaur (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Speed and Reel help Prince Albert against his uncle Sir Morbid. Speed Centaur ends Morbid's threat by kicking over the entire mountain on which his castle rests. |
| Genre | Fantasy; Superhero |
| Characters | Speed Centaur; Reel McCoy; Prince Albert of Avon; Sir Morbid (dies); Knights of Doom; Tweeps; Sir Wrechard |
| Script | Malcolm Kildale ? |
| Pencils | Malcolm Kildale (signed) |
| Inks | Malcolm Kildale |
| Letters | Malcolm Kildale |
| First Line | Prince Albert - I have a plan that will regain your throne without a war... |
| Story | Adam the Atom-Smasher (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Adam uses his super-sensitive molecule magnet to put the Earth back in order but accidentally returns people to the wrong parts of the world as cannibals invade his lab. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Adam |
| First Line | Wow!! Adam's gadget is causing the Earth to spin at terrific speed!! |
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