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| Name | Amazing Mystery Funnies 11 (v2 7) | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | July, 1939. Vol. 2, Number 7. AMAZING MYSTERY FUNNIES is published monthly by Centaur Publications, Inc., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, Editorial and Executive offices: 220 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 34, 1939, Number 3. Second class permit. Copyright number 419902. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Fantom of the Fair |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| First Line | Here he is! Fantom of the Fair in this issue! |
| Notes | Letterer credit verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
| Foreword/Afterword | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Uncle Joe Says: |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | The Masked Marvel |
| Script | Joe Hardie (signed) |
| Pencils | Ben Thompson (signed) |
| Inks | Ben Thompson (signed) |
| First Line | As editor of Amazing Mystery Funnies, I'm naturally very much interested in unusual, interesting facts, news and stories. |
| 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 issue of Keen Detective Funnies, featuring a new character called the Masked Marvel (head view shown). |
| Story | Fantom of the Fair (8 pages) |
| 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. |
| 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) |
| Script | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson |
| First Line | From the top of one of the towering buildings of the World's Fair, the puff of a silenced-rifle is seen- |
| Notes | In his very last appearances, he was called Fantoman. All credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
| Story | The Inner Circle (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Major Ramsay 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. |
| 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) |
| Pencils | Lochlan Field (signed) |
| Inks | Lochlan Field (signed) |
| First Line | Major Ramsay - U.S.A. - has recieved a letter asking him to come to Glasgow, Scotland. |
| Notes | Received is misspelled 'recieved' in the comic in the first line. |
| Story | 2038 A. D. (1 page) |
| 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. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Uncle Oscar; Bill (Oscar's nephew) |
| Pencils | A. S. Van Eerde (signed) |
| Inks | A. S. Van Eerde (signed) |
| First Line | Uncle Oscar and his nephew Bill are off on a business trip around the solar system in their space ship- |
| Notes | Jupiter |
| Comic Story | Part 1: The Conqueror / Air-Sub DX (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! |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Captain Tim; Professor Gray; Rita; Dr. Montan (mention only); Turjak (villain); Turjak's henchman (villain) |
| Script | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Pencils | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Inks | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Notes | In black and white, except the title and the first panel of each page, which is in red ink. |
| 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 proved 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. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Bill Wentworth; Elsie; Clyde |
| Script | Rex Lawrence |
| Pencils | Ben Thompson (spot illustrations) (signed) ? |
| Inks | Ben Thompson (spot illustrations) (signed) ? |
| Notes | Art identification by Craig Delich. |
| 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. |
| Feature | Bobby O'Neill |
| 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) |
| Script | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Letters | Bill Everett ? |
| Notes | Printed in red tones (black, white and red). Letterer credit added by Craig Delich. |
| Comic Story | No Title (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | A pair of racing dudes challenge Grizzly's horse to a race for a prize of $10,000. |
| Feature | Grizzly Dunn |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Grizzly Dunn; Sam; un-named Sheriff; pair of racehorse cheaters (villains); Comet (horse) |
| Script | Rafael Astarita |
| Pencils | Rafael Astarita |
| Inks | Rafael Astarita |
| First Line | Mighty fine hoss flesh, Kid. |
| Story | Jack Strand (7 pages) |
| 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. |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Jack Strand; Diana Carlin (Jack's fiance); Dr. Homer Carlin (Diana's Uncle, death); Strand; Psyk (villain) |
| Script | Frank Frollo (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Frollo (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Frollo (signed) |
| First Line | Diana, I'm dying and I've left much unfinished! |
| Notes | Continued next issue. |
| 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. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Adolphe Bernhorn (Swiss goat hero); Ernst Bernhorn (Adolphe's father); Gretchen Nisson; Bernhorn's great-grandfather (death) |
| Script | Claire S. Moe (signed) |
| Pencils | Claire S. Moe (signed) |
| Inks | Claire S. Moe (signed) |
| Story | It's Really a Fact (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Steve Brodie |
| Script | Bob Wood (signed) |
| Pencils | Bob Wood (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Wood (signed) |
| Letters | Bob Wood (signed) |
| First Line | The largest pair of elephant tusks recorded weighed 228 and 232 pounds, while the average tusk weighs only 55 pounds- |
| Notes | Letterer credit by Craig Delich. Page consists of six cartoons, all relating unusual facts. |
| Publisher advertisement | You Too Will Want To Read These Exciting Books (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside back cover. Illustrated advertisement from Centaur Publications, offering to their readers a selection 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. |
| Advertisement | Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Completely electric - 2 way phones |
| 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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