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| Publication | December 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Letterer credit courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Fantom of the Fair (also inset); "Speed" Centaur (inset) |
| Notes | Letterer credit courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Meet the Artist Who Draws "Speed Centaur" |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Biography | Characters: Malcolm Kildale; Amazing Man [John Aman] |
| Notes | The inside front cover has a half-page text feature on Malcolm Kildale, accompanied by a small (self?) portrait of the artist.
Also features small advertisements for stamp collectors and film developing. |
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| Featuring | Amazing Man |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Amazing Man [John Aman] |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover.
Illustrated promotional advertisement for the latest issue of Amazing-Man Comics, featuring Amazing Man. |
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| Synopsis | Jane's cousin has his eyes set on total control over a steel mill and makes Jane look bad by disrupting work in the mill in order to slow down production and gain control. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Fantom of the Fair; Mike (factory worker); Jane Benton (steel mill owner); Rusty (disgruntled factory worker); George (villain, Jane's cousin) |
| Notes | "As winter draws near, the World's Fair closes its gates until the spring... the Fantom turns elsewhere in his work of safeguarding human life and upholding justice", the story being set in a steel mill in Pennsylvania.
Script and letterer credits courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
The true face of The Fantom is shown at the end of this story. |
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| Synopsis | Having been spurned by Joan, Barry and Frogga leave on a luxury cruise to Hawaii to get their minds off the lady, unaware that Dorian is also going through bad emotions over Barry as well. Meanwhile, Dacia and General Kyota plan to ship a highly corrosive acid (mixed with oil) to where the U.S. Pacific Fleet is stationed, intent on destroying it. |
| Featuring | Daredevil Barry Finn |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Barry Finn; Frogga; Dr. Allam West; Dorian West; Sulla (villain, Zaroff's assistant); Dacia Zaroff (villain, Zaroff's daughter); General Kyota (villain) |
| Notes | Script revision from Mills to ? by Craig Delich. |
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| Synopsis | Nick Nelson and Kodi pursue "notorious space bandit" Owen Kosterman to the jungles of Venus, and encounter a couple of couple of cannibalistic spider men. |
| Featuring | Space Patrol |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Nick Nelson (Space Patrol member, introduction); Kodi (Nick's Martian assistant, introduction); Owen Kosterman (villain, space bandit, introduction, death); The Spider Men (villains, all die) |
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| Comic Story | The Hidden Empire (Part 4) (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | An uneasy truce is in place after Queen Dagmar is ousted as leader of the Marsh Kingdom, but that doesn't stop her from aligning herself with Kul of Fens to get her retribution. |
| Featuring | Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Don Dixon; Dr. Lugoff (ruler of all the swampland below the water); Princess Wanda; Queen Tania; King Taal; Queen Dagmar (villain); Kul of Fens (villain, ruler of all the swampland above the water); The Marsh Men (villains) |
| Notes | This is a continuing story line.
Panels are reshaped from originals. |
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| Featuring | Looking Over Your Magazines |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | A text feature created by Editor Joe Hardie, devoted to reviews of fan magazines, all reviewed by a fan publisher, John Giunta. Fanzines reviewed include FANTASY NEWS (James V. Taurasi), NEW FANTOM, THE FANTAST (C.S. Youd), FANTASCIENCE DIGEST (Bob Madle, Jack Agnew) and SPACEWAYS (Harry Warner, Jr.).
There is also a small illustrated advertisement from Spencer Fireworks Company, offering readers free catalog and fireworks just for showing off the company's catalog to others. |
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| Synopsis | Jon and Burke set off to thwart the plan of madman Satan Rex, who seeks to destroy the Earth by throwing it off its orbit, and into the path of the Sun. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Jon Linton (scientist); Dr. Kane (Don's teacher); Lisa Kane; Timothy Burke (head of International Secret Service); Eric von Hochwalt (physicist, mention only); Satan Rex (villain, Master of the City of the Mists); Lak Dahl (villain, aide to Satan Rex, acting as a traitor) |
| Notes | A continuing story, set in the year 2009 A.D. |
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| Featuring | Stranger than Fiction! |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Daniel Webster; Pig-Face Wamba; Philip Fowler; Gussie Merz; Catherine Hood; King George V (also wife and son) |
| Notes | A illustrated page of nine surprising and curious facts.
Script credit from Craig Delich. |
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| Synopsis | After mopping up crime in the "City of Rackets," Speed decides to take a well deserved vacation. With Reel, he explores a cave beyond the one he uses as a base of operations and which carries them back in time. As they travel down a road, they are challenged to do battle with Ten Knights of Doom. |
| Featuring | Speed Centaur |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Speed Centaur; Reel McCoy; Prince John of Avon; The Ten Knights of Doom (villains); Prince John's Uncle (villain, mention only) |
| Notes | To be continued.
Script credit revised from Kildale to ? by Craig Delich. |
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| Synopsis | A scientist invents a super atom bombarder which can harness the energy of 10,000,000,000,000,000 atoms per second and will cause the Earth to spin around 1400 times faster, causing one day to pass every minute. The ignoramus the scientist is explaining this to doesn't really understand the concept but wonders what effect the device will have on people. |
| Featuring | Adam the Atom-Smasher |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Adam [Smasher]; on-looker |
| Notes | Continued next issue. |
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| Advertisement | Act Now On This Bargain Offer. (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside back cover.
Illustrated advertisement from Remington Rand, offering readers a beautiful desk for only $1.00 if they purchase a Remington portable typewriter. Offered free is a 24-page booklet which teaches how to touch type and a typewriter carrying case. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the back cover.
Illustrated advertisement from Johnson Smith and Company, offering readers a variety of items at low cost, such as an electric television rifle for $1.19, a hula skirt for 10 cents, yacht caps for 25 cents, a speedy "steam" boat for 15 cents, and many more. |
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