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| Publication | July 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | Introducing Phantasmo Master of the World |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantasmo [Phil Anson] |
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| Synopsis | After spending 25 years in Tibet learning all the secrets of the Grand High Lamas, Phil Anson returns to America, startling on-lookers. Disappearing in a puff of smoke, he secures clothing, takes up residence in a posh hotel, and pays Whizzer McGee $50 to be his assistant. Soon after, the pair take on foreign spies, who have captured a professor who has invented a machine that can turn salt water into a powerful fuel like gasoline. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantasmo [Phil Anson] (introduction, origin); Whizzer McGee (hotel bell hop, introduction); the High Lama (Phantasmo's teacher); Professor Grayling; Tomislav (villain, foreign spy); Ian (villain, foreign spy) |
| Notes | Copyrighted by R. S. Callender. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation |
| Notes | "Bob Gaylord" (Gaylord Du Bois script, Bob Jenny art) script and art credit as per Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series, Volume 21, Parts 7-11A (1967), Works of Art, Renewals, July-December - Page 311 [http://goo.gl/g2tlgJ]; and Gaylord Du Bois script credit corroborated as per Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books , 1928-1999. Gaylord Du Bois script identification and Bob Jenny art identification by David Porta, June 2014. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Speed Martin (newsreel cameraman) |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation |
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| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Text Story | The Test Case (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Content | Genre: Spy |
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| Publisher advertisement | Introducing the Voice (1 page) |
| Featuring | The Voice the Invisible Detective |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: The Voice [Tim Brant] |
| Notes | On inside back cover. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Buy Your Copy Now! (1 page) |
| Featuring | The Voice the Invisible Detective |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: The Voice [Tim Brant] |
| Notes | Advertisement for Popular Comics #53.
On back cover. |
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