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| This comic would be remarkable for the bizarre and beautiful Basil Wolverton Space Patrol story along. But there is much more, including the odd and charming Fantasy Isle; a well-written if far-fetched crime story and Bill and Davey, which is bit reminiscent of Tintin. There's also a story starring Speed Centaur, surely one of the oddest superheroes ever created. The cover feature, Fantom of the Fair, is actually about the weakest story, but just the idea of a crimefighter at the 1939 World's Fair is charming. |
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| Publication | June 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Letterer credit courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
The artist signs 'Paul Gustavson 40'. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Fantom of the Fair |
| Notes | Letterer credit courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
The artist signs 'Paul Gustavson 40'. |
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| Synopsis | A vicious gang try the old protection racket scheme among exhibitors at the World's Fair, but the Fantom of the Fair breaks it up in short order. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Fantom of the Fair; Windy (crook); Gunner (crook); Beggs (crook); Blackie (crook) |
| Notes | Our copy missing first page.
Script, pencils, inks and letters were previously credited to Paul Gustavson.
The artist signs 'Anders '40' in the final panel. |
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| Synopsis | Nelson and Kodi of the Space Patrol are dispatched to Jupiter in response to a call from Raxun, a tribal chieftan. His people gather rare Jurta berries and extract from them the powerful and costly Jurta drug. But recently sixty berry harvesters have been murdered and their crop stolen. The lawmen expose a gang of balloon men from the Jovian jungles. |
| Featuring | Space Patrol |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Nick Nelson; Kodi; Raxun; Haggur (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Chapter 5 (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tippy has completed the quest set upon him by the wizard and is wondering how to return to the underground castle, when Mr. Doaks, a giant winged bird of his acquaintance appears and flies him there. Using the three artifacts brought back by Tip, the wizard males up a formula to inject into his inanimate robot creations and thereby bring them to life. The creation of multiple robots continues, but one, a female named Electra, forments revolution within the robot ranks. |
| Featuring | Fantasy Isle |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Tippy Taylor; Mr. Doaks; the Wizard; Electra |
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| Comic Story | Routing the Racketeers (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Larry agrees to work with his old boxing friend Curly at his training camp, in preparation for his attempt at becoming the World Heavyweight Champion. New York gambling racketeer Antone Spiro intends putting in the fix and betting on Curly's opponent, so sends his gang to the camp to kidnap Curly. Larry hears the commotion and pursues the crooks on a motorcycle, shortly catching up with and disposing of them. |
| Featuring | Larry Kane |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Larry Kane; Curly Meade; Antone Spiro (crook); Muggsie (crook); Maxie Mann |
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| Text Story | The Time Machine (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | By use of a time machine, Mosely reveals the mudererer of his friend Marion's father. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Van Horn Mosely; Marion Gaines; Gaylord Gaines; Harlan Gaines |
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| Synopsis | Bill, Davey and Jamaica Jones are still stranded on a desert island, but decide to put to sea in a small masted boat. At the end of the fourth day a lugger passes nearby and rescues them. By pure chance Bill and the captain are old mates. |
| Featuring | Bill and Davey |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Bill Bilson; Davey; Jamaica Jones; Mr. Crump; Cap'n Sharp; Malabar McGruffe |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Cop Killer (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hassam, an East Indian, is killing beat cops with darts from a blow gun. After the fifth such murder, Reel decides to try and solve the mystery. Shadowing a pair of officers, he tussles with the culprit, but is overcome. The following day Speed hears of Reel's disppearance on the radio and flies off to investigate. |
| Featuring | Speed Centaur |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Speed Centaur; Reel McCoy; Officer Torpey; Officer Schmidt; Officer Foley; Hassan |
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| Synopsis | Satan Rex's plan to hurl the Earth into the sun is now underway in earnest. As the heaviside layer of gas in the stratosphere burns away, people are coming down with skin cancers. Jon is convinced that a ray from Venus is causing the problem and launches his experimental rocket ship. On Venus he finds Satan Rex waiting for him. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Jon Linton; Doctor Kane; Lisa Kane; Satan Rex (villain); Chief Radon |
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| Synopsis | Haakonland is being forced into an unjust war over refusal to allow the aggressor to establish a seaport. Selkirk and his group of Inner Circle agents join with the Haakonand forces to fight the enemy in the frozen wastes in the north of the country. |
| Featuring | The Inner Circle |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: George Selkirk; Knute; Colonel Colin |
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