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Samson and the two Fletcher Hanks stories are the highlights of this issue. Yank Wilson is the only lame story in this issue since I really couldn't follow and it just bored me. I also got to mention that some of the pages are poorly scanned (the beginning of Samson and the later pages of Sub Saunders). |
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Additional Information |
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Publication | December 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Samson |
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Comic Story | The Coming of Samson (13 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Samson; Thorga (villain, introduction); Thorganians |
Notes | Writer id by Bob Hughes based on stylistic analysis. Earlier appearance and origin revealed in Samson #1. |
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Comic Story | In the Land of Nod (2 pages) |
Featuring | Buzzy |
Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Buzzy (introduction) |
Notes | Only appearance of Fox's "Buzzy" feature. Not to be confused with later Buzzy features from other publishers.
Rolland Livingstone is a real person, not a pen name for Jerry Iger. He is listed in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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Comic Story | The Arrival of Stardust (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Stardust captures a conglomerate of criminals and suspends them in mid-air while forcing them to gaze on the skeletons of everyone they killed. |
Content | Genre: Fantasy; Superhero | Characters: Stardust (introduction) |
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Comic Story | Origin of the Golden Knight (8 pages) |
Content | Genre: Fantasy; Historical | Characters: The Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick] (introduction, origin); King Richard the Lion-Hearted (introduction); Saracens (villains); a witch |
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Comic Story | Captured By Skomah (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Space Smith and Dianna are captured by the mad Martian scientist Skomah and his Imp Men, but make good their escape. |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Space Smith (introduction); Dianna (introduction); Skomah (villain, introduction) |
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Text Story | The Planet of Death (2 pages) |
Credits | Script: William T. Libby (signed) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
Notes | Art identification by Saltarella. |
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Comic Story | The U. S. A. Is Invaded!! (6 pages) |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Yank Wilson (introduction); Joe (introduction); the President (introduction); The Eskimongolians (villains, introduction); Raxola (villain, introduction) |
Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-3-13. |
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Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Captain Kidd (introduction, a pilot); Von Haupt (villain, introduction, death) |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Professor Fiend (introduction) |
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Comic Story | Into the Fourth Dimension (6 pages) |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Flick Falcon (introduction); Adele (introduction); Three-Armed Men (villains, introduction, Martians) |
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Comic Story | At the Bottom of the Sea (6 pages) |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Sub Saunders (introduction); Lt. Dirk (introduction); Queen Lantida (introduction); Atlanteans (introduction); Naulus (villain, introduction); the frog-men (villains, introduction) |
Notes | Writer id by Bob Hughes |
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