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| Publication | February 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | Samson Slays the Iron Monster |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Samson |
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| Synopsis | Jean Dorne is secretary for J.B. Reegan, owner of Black Star Line shipping. Jean goes to the police when she has overheard that Reegan is employing underworld figure Mr. Jackson to pirate his own ships for the insurance money. The police pay Jean no heed, and when she is captured, it is Samson who must rescue her and bring the villains to justice. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Samson; J. B. Reegan (villain, introduction); Jean Dorne; Mr. Jackson |
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| Comic Story | The Power of the Slave-Giant's Goddess (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Three-armed tyrants keep the Dwarf-Men of Mars under their power with the aid of their minions, the Slave-Giants. Flick and Adele have promised to help them become free, and the Dwarf-Men hatch a plan whereby Adele will impersonate the idol of the Slave-Giants, and break them free from the Three-armed invaders. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Flick Falcon; Adele; Dwarf-Men of Mars; The slave-giants (villains, introduction); the Three-Armed Ones (villains) |
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| Synopsis | Sir Richard sets off once again for the Holy Land with a new company of crusaders. He meets the wizard Kara on the way, who enlists him on a mission to recover the Golden Chalice. He arms Richard with a magic ring, and sets him on his way. Richard must overcome many magic beasts on the way to his ultimate battle with the giant guardian of the chalice, Gotha. He brings Kara the chalice, and is rewarded for his work with a cloak of invulnerability. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy; Sword And Sorcery | Characters: The Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick]; Kara (introduction, a wizard); Gotha (villain, introduction) |
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| Synopsis | The US Government is aware that information on their defenses has been smuggled out of the country into the hands of our enemies, but cannot find how. Yank Wilson, Agent Q-4, enlists the aid of fellow agent X-16. They troll for clues, and find themselves on the trail of a foreign artist, Count Jorgka, who paints landscapes in America, and sells them abroad. Yank has a hunch, but will they stop the Count before he wiggles out of their grasp? |
| Content | Genre: Spy; War | Characters: Yank Wilson; X-16; Count Jorgka (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Splash panel alleges New York City is destroyed... but no evidence of this in the story. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-3-13. |
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| Text Story | Presto Lane of the Planet Patrol (1.75 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Waldo Harrison (signed) | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Diverted from their mission to Mars, Space Smith and Dianna are captured by the robot scientists of Venus who wish to turn Dianna into one of their Leopard Women by brain transplant. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Space Smith; Dianna; Leopard Women of Venus (villains, introduction); robot scientists of Venus (villains, introduction) |
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| Synopsis | Captain Kidd seeks the lost explorer, Arndt Barrows and his company, who had fallen captive of the jungle magician, Negus. All of Barrows party are now dead, with the exception of Colonel Bennet, who is being tortured by Negus. Kidd's exploration party are magically killed from a distance, one by one, as Kidd closes in on Negus' lair, in the bowl of a great jungle tree. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Captain Kidd; Negus (villain, introduction, death); Colonel Bennet |
| Notes | This story was previously credited to Bill Bossert, however, the art is a clear break from the stories in Fantastic Comics 1 & 2, also credited to Bossert. The style is identical with George Tuska's work on a Kaanga story in Jungle Comics #5, inclusive of the physiques, the running stances, to the stylized impact of when someone is struck. |
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| Comic Story | The Secrets of Magic (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Hokus Pokus] |
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| Comic Story | Out to Lunch (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The neighborhood brat plays with the Professor's inventions, uninvited, and, in the process of shooing him away, the Professor unwittingly causes an accident which propels him to the wrong side of a mirror. The brat tries to help him break free, but when these efforts fail, the brat gloats over the Professor's misfortune. The Professor gets his revenge. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Professor Fiend |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-3-13. |
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| Synopsis | A criminal scientist, dubbed the "Demon", creates a device which can destroy a coastal city with a tidal wave. He tests in on a cruise ship, killing 2,000 innocents, before training it on New York City. Stardust arrives, and makes the "Demon" a victim of his own device before stopping the wave and saving the City. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy; Science Fiction | Characters: Stardust; The Demon (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Comic Story | The Treasure of Coralla (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sub goes on a mission to salvage treasure from shipwrecks near Atlantis, and Peg stows away to join him. Poseida, King of the mermen from nearby Coralla, has been busy gathering the treasure for himself, and captures Sub and Peg. Poseida offers Sub treasure to allow him to keep Peg as his queen. When Sub refuses, he must face a monstrous crab in a pit fight. Sub escapes and radios Lantida for help, and the Atlantean mermen come to Sub's aid. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Sub Saunders; Peg (introduction; Sub's fiancee); Poseida (villain, introduction); Lantida |
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