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| Name | Amazing Mystery Funnies 20 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 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. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Fantom of the Fair |
| Pencils | Grieg Chapian (signed) |
| Inks | Grieg Chapian (signed) |
| First Line | The gang's intended victims tucked safely under each arm... |
| Story | Fantom of the Fair (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Professor 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. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Fantom of the Fair; Professor Whitley; Alice Whitley; Bender (villain); Windy; Lefty |
| First Line | Since the closing of the World's Fair in September 1939... |
| Notes | In 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 Story | No Title (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | International 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. |
| Feature | Kern'l Kilgore |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Kern'l Kilgore |
| Pencils | Paul Cassidy |
| Inks | Paul Cassidy |
| First Line | Kern'l Kilgore, a free-lance veteran... |
| Text Article | The Story of Fantastic Fiction (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Story | The Inner Circle (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Selkirk 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. |
| Genre | Adventure; Spy |
| Characters | George Selkirk; John Henry |
| First Line | We leftt George Selkirk in Angcok... |
| Comic Story | Murder Goes to College / Larry Kane (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | While 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. |
| Genre | Adventure; Drama; Sports |
| Characters | Larry Kane; Nelson; Curt Dawson; Henrich Luger; Ralph Lewis; Police Chief Thorndyke |
| Pencils | Steve Dahlman (signed) |
| Inks | Steve Dahlman (signed) |
| First Line | The call to sport... |
| Text Story | Circle of Vicious Gold... (2 pages) |
| Feature | Steve Raymond, Space-Adventurer |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Steve Raymond; Inspector Scott; Nick; The Vulture (villain) |
| Script | Bob Butts (signed) |
| Pencils | Bob Butts (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Butts (signed) |
| First Line | In the sun-beaten, dusty sands of far-away Mars... |
| Notes | Illustrated text story. |
| Story | Bill and Davey (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bill 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. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Bill Bilson; Davey; Jamaica Jones |
| Pencils | James McCague |
| Inks | James McCague |
| First Line | Hey Bill, wake up! |
| Comic Story | Chapter 4 / Fantasy Isle (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tippy 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. |
| Genre | Adventure; Fantasy |
| Characters | Tippy Taylor |
| Pencils | George Loomis |
| Inks | George Loomis |
| First Line | What a menagerie! |
| Comic Story | Tiger (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jim 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. |
| Genre | Adventure; Jungle |
| Characters | Jim; Bill; Mary |
| Script | John Kolb |
| Pencils | John Kolb |
| Inks | John Kolb |
| Story | Jon Linton (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jon 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. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Jon Linton; Lisa Kane; Professor Kane; Satan Rex |
| Script | Harry Campbell |
| Pencils | Harry Campbell |
| Inks | Harry Campbell |
| First Line | It is the year 2009 A.D.! |
| Notes | Story originally indexed with feature as "Lieutenant Lank": corrected by Bud Plant, December 2007. Credits from Jerry Bails's Who's Who. |
| Story | Speed Centaur (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Speed and Reel investigate five bodies found smashed to pieces on a mountainside, and uncover a people smuggling operation. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Speed Centaur [Jerry r. McCoy]; Reel McCoy |
| Pencils | Malcolm Kildale (signed) |
| Inks | Malcolm Kildale (signed) |
| First Line | In Speed's cave on Nob Nose Mountain... |
| Notes | Kildale signs in the final panel. |
| Comic Story | Amazing Events of May (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Walter Hagen; Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Script | Joseph Kaliff (signed) |
| Pencils | Joseph Kaliff (signed) |
| Inks | Joseph Kaliff (signed) |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |

