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Amazing Mystery Funnies
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NameAmazing Mystery Funnies 20 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68
Notes"Space Patrol" is listed on the cover as a feature you will see inside, but there is no "Space Patrol" story inside.

Story order, additional story sequences and details for this issue from Bud Plant, December 2007.

On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 451771.
 
Cover1 page
GenreSuperhero
CharactersFantom of the Fair
PencilsGrieg Chapian (signed)
InksGrieg Chapian (signed)
First LineThe gang's intended victims tucked safely under each arm...
 
StoryFantom of the Fair (8 pages)
SynopsisProfessor Whitley has invented a destructive device and is kidnapped by the notorious Bender gang for the secret of its power. The Fantom saves the professor and his daughter from death and pursues the gang to their hideout, where he destroys the device in the interest of humanity.
GenreSuperhero
CharactersFantom of the Fair; Professor Whitley; Alice Whitley; Bender (villain); Windy; Lefty
First LineSince the closing of the World's Fair in September 1939...
NotesIn 1940, the Fantom strip was written by George Kapitan as well as Paul Gustavson and Frank Thomas. No extant evidence exists that is known as to who wrote this particular story.

Same applies to the artist of the story. Besides Gustavson, other known artists include Al Anders and Will Roland.
 
Comic StoryNo Title (6 pages)
SynopsisInternational soldier of fortune Kilgore finds himself in the Balkans, where he becomes inadvertently embroiled in a plot to overthrow the repressive government. Resisting arrest, he escapes and is contacted by an agent of The Phantom Princess, who warns him to lie low, but he ignores the advice and is captured and taken to the city gates.
FeatureKern'l Kilgore
GenreAdventure
CharactersKern'l Kilgore
PencilsPaul Cassidy
InksPaul Cassidy
First LineKern'l Kilgore, a free-lance veteran...
 
Text ArticleThe Story of Fantastic Fiction (1 page)
Letterstypeset
 
StoryThe Inner Circle (7 pages)
SynopsisSelkirk observes first-hand the repressive practices of a group of racketeers who fire on fishing vessels refusing to pay for 'protection'. He telegraphs John Henry, a fellow member of the Inner Circle who is waiting for him so they can return to the States together, to ready a scheme to protect the innocent fishermen of Angcok.
GenreAdventure; Spy
CharactersGeorge Selkirk; John Henry
First LineWe leftt George Selkirk in Angcok...
 
Comic StoryMurder Goes to College / Larry Kane (5 pages)
SynopsisWhile attending a football game at his old alma mater, Kane is as shocked as the whole crowd when one of the star players is killed by a poison dart. He unveils the cuprit as the demented ex-coach Luger, though not before a second poison dart murder has occurred.
GenreAdventure; Drama; Sports
CharactersLarry Kane; Nelson; Curt Dawson; Henrich Luger; Ralph Lewis; Police Chief Thorndyke
PencilsSteve Dahlman (signed)
InksSteve Dahlman (signed)
First LineThe call to sport...
 
Text StoryCircle of Vicious Gold... (2 pages)
FeatureSteve Raymond, Space-Adventurer
Letterstypeset
GenreScience Fiction
CharactersSteve Raymond; Inspector Scott; Nick; The Vulture (villain)
Script (signed)
PencilsBob Butts (signed)
InksBob Butts (signed)
First LineIn the sun-beaten, dusty sands of far-away Mars...
NotesIllustrated text story.
 
StoryBill and Davey (8 pages)
SynopsisBill and Davey have been shanghaied by Jamaica Jones, and wake up aboard a vessel at sea. Jones tries to persuade them to help him, but a giant squid grabs Bill and pulls him under the water. Bill is victorious, but the trio find themselves stranded on a remote island with little hope of rescue.
GenreAdventure
CharactersBill Bilson; Davey; Jamaica Jones
PencilsJames McCague
InksJames McCague
First LineHey Bill, wake up!
 
Comic StoryChapter 4 / Fantasy Isle (4 pages)
SynopsisTippy Taylor, on Fantasy Isle, completes the quest set by the wizard in order to activate his robot army, but has no idea how to return to the subterranean castle.
GenreAdventure; Fantasy
CharactersTippy Taylor
PencilsGeorge Loomis
InksGeorge Loomis
First LineWhat a menagerie!
 
Comic StoryTiger (5 pages)
SynopsisJim visits his old friends Bill and Mary at their jungle plantation, only to learn that a rogue tiger is terrorizing the region. The three go on a safari to kill the animal.
GenreAdventure; Jungle
CharactersJim; Bill; Mary
Script
PencilsJohn Kolb
InksJohn Kolb
 
StoryJon Linton (8 pages)
SynopsisJon and his team work constantly in an attempt to complete the rocket which should assure victory over the plans of Satan Rex to destroy the Earth.
GenreScience Fiction
CharactersJon Linton; Lisa Kane; Professor Kane; Satan Rex
Script
PencilsHarry Campbell
InksHarry Campbell
First LineIt is the year 2009 A.D.!
NotesStory originally indexed with feature as "Lieutenant Lank": corrected by Bud Plant, December 2007. Credits from Jerry Bails's Who's Who.
 
StorySpeed Centaur (9 pages)
SynopsisSpeed and Reel investigate five bodies found smashed to pieces on a mountainside, and uncover a people smuggling operation.
GenreSuperhero
CharactersSpeed Centaur [Jerry r. McCoy]; Reel McCoy
PencilsMalcolm Kildale (signed)
InksMalcolm Kildale (signed)
First LineIn Speed's cave on Nob Nose Mountain...
NotesKildale signs in the final panel.
 
Comic StoryAmazing Events of May (1 page)
GenreNon-fiction
CharactersWalter Hagen; Napoleon Bonaparte
Script (signed)
PencilsJoseph Kaliff (signed)
InksJoseph Kaliff (signed)
 
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