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| Dr. Mortal shrinks humans just like in the Paramount movie DR. CYCLOPS. It might be a coincidence, however. The release date of DR. CYCLOPS was April 12, 1940; the on-sale date for this issue of WEIRD COMICS was June 15, 1940. Was two months enough time to produce the comic in those days? |
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| Dr. Barmell was shrinking people to doll size in Amazing Man Comics #5 cover dated September 1939. So something about the idea of shrinking people must have been floating about pop culture of the time. |
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| Publication | August 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Art taken from the Dr. Mortal splash page inside the comic. |
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| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Dr. Mortal; Gary Brent; Marlene |
| Notes | Art taken from the Dr. Mortal splash page inside the comic. |
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| Featuring | Blue Beetle |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] |
| Notes | Inside front cover. House ad for the Blue Beetle. |
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| Synopsis | Caius, known in ancient Rome as the terror of Roman racketeers, by magical incantations, is put into a deep sleep for 2200 years, awakening in a museum. Upon exiting into the modern world, he sees a vicious gang attempting to kill a young boy, Ace Barlow, and saves him. He adopts the boy and trains him to be his sidekick and together they battle against the Ricarno Gang, responsible for killing Ace's parents. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Jerry Abus] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler] (introduction, origin); Ace Barlow (introduction, adoptee of Caius); General Sulla (leader of the Roman Army, flashback); Marius (villain, flashback); Lucius (villain, flashback); Ricarno (villain); Ricarno's gang [Kid Frost; others unnamed] (villains) |
| Notes | Louis Cazeneuve created this character.
Penciller revision from Cazeneuve to Rice per reprint.
Jerry Abus is a house name.
The Dart had the uncanny ability to "dart" through the air, hence his name. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Dr. Hsin; Mako; Grant Farrel [Thor]; Glenda |
| Notes | last appearance |
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| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Labi-Bey; Rani-Bey; Sorceress of Zoom |
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| Credits | Pencils:? [as Jupiter] |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Solar Plexis; King Socko |
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| Comic Story | On the Ice Planet (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Blast stops Keero's coup to seize the throne of Ilera. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Empress Ilera; Darno; Keero; Blast Bennett |
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| Comic Story | The Man-Ape (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: The Ape; Dr. Mortal; Marlene; Gary Brent; Dr. Clark |
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| Text Story | Blood and Thunder News (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Steve Rider, a newspaper reporter, uncovers a cell of revolutionaries. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Steve Rider; Professor Nixon |
| Notes | Fairmont |
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| Comic Story | Boanga's Zombie Corps (8 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as Allan Spectre] |
| Content | Characters: Bob Warren; Petro; Boanga; Stanley Hibbert; Gloria Hibbert |
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| Featuring | Rex Dexter of Mars |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Rex Dexter |
| Notes | House ad for Rex Dexter appearing in his own title and in Mystery Men Comics. |
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| Credits | Pencils:? [as Phillips Judge] |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Sea Amazons; Queen Mea; Mikal; Sea Demons; Typhon; Hank |
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| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] |
| Notes | Ad for the Blue Beetle radio program. |
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| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Facts about various animals are presented in this feature. |
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| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Flame [Gary Preston]; Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Samson; Eagle; Voodoo Man |
| Notes | Inside back cover. House ad for five titles published by Fox. |
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| Featuring | Green Mask |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Green Mask [Michael Shelby] |
| Notes | Back cover. House ad for the Green Mask appearing in his own title. |
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