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Issue: Weird Comics #7 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1940
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFox
Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/15/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Fox
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Edd Ashe ?
Edd Ashe ?
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Dart
Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler]; Ace; Sorceress of Zoom (inset)
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Kooba
Boys... Girls... Everybody!!
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Miscellaneous
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Inside front cover. Ad for the soft drink Kooba.
The Missing Witness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (Jerry Arbo)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Dart
The Black Spot Gang (villain, introduction); Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler]; Ace; Betty Tillbury; Mr. Brown; Jinx
The Black Spot Gang has been terrorizing the city!
Dart and Ace rescue the state's witness, Mr. Brown, from the Black Spot Gang.
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Betty's last name is spelled as Tillbury and Tilbury in the story.
The Sorceresses of Camelot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Don Rico ?
Don Rico ?
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?
Subject Matter
adventure, fantasy
Sorceress of Zoom
Sir Gareth (introduction); Elaine (introduction); Merlin (introduction); Sorceress of Zoom (villain); Morgana Le Fay (introduction); Sir Mordred (introduction); Ismal
The world is hardly safe with mass murder everywhere!
The Sorceress of Zoom rescues Sir Gareth from robbers and then helps Gareth recover. Restored, Gareth remains despondent due to Lady Elaine being kidnapped by Morgana Le Fay. Wanting Gareth for herself, the Sorceress of Zoom decides to "help" Gareth rescue Elaine while secretly plotting to get rid of Elaine.
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Miscellaneous
8
The War Maniac's Fifth Column

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (Wright Lincoln)
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Dynamite Thor
Magda (villain, introduction); Bauer (villain, introduction); Muller (villain, introduction); Dynamite Thor [Peter Thor]; Glenda
Dynamite Thor ruins the plot of fifth column spies to sabotage a marine base and an arsenal.
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Miscellaneous
8
Next appearance in BLUE BEETLE #6
The Mind Transfer Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bert Whitman
Bert Whitman
Bert Whitman
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Dr. Mortal
Dr. Mortal; Phideas T. Jordan; Marlene; Gary Brent; Carol; Pango
Bring in that young man we captured yesterday!
Marlene and Gary foil Dr. Mortal's plan to tranfer the minds of older bankers into the bodies of young people.
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Miscellaneous
8
Phideas introduces himself as Phideas T. Jordan, but is referred to as Jorgan throughout the rest of the story.
Human Trees

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel]
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typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Dr. Munro; Dr. Borden; Betty; Pythor; Lt. Burke
Your days as a man are over.
A policeman investigating the homicide of Mrs. Hamilton Hetherwaite is captured by Dr. Munro. After capturing the policeman, Dr. Munro prepares to treat the policeman with an experimental serum that will turn the policeman into a tree.
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Miscellaneous
2
Karnak Seeks a Wife

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Don Rico ?
Don Rico ?
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?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Blast Bennett
Karnak (villain, introduction, death); Blast Bennett
There is the Earth--go there, slave-man and get me a beautiful girl--do you understand?
Karnak has a woman from Earth kidnapped to become his wife.
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Miscellaneous
8
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Rex Dexter of Mars
Rex Dexter
A new magazine!
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Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Rex Dexter of Mars #1, which includes a reproduction of the cover.
Lucifer's Goat-Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (Allen Spectre)
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?
Subject Matter
fantasy
Voodoo Man
Voodoo Man (villain); Baku (villain, introduction, a goat-man); Dr. Warren; Dr. Morton; Petro
One night at Dr. Warren's home.
Dr. Warren rescues Dr. Morton from the clutches of the Voodoo Man.
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Miscellaneous
8
Next appearance in Flame (Fox, 1940 series) #4
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ferguson (signed)
Ferguson (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Weird Facts
The Straw Boys... Irish terrorists of the 19th century...
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Miscellaneous
1
The Kraken vs. the Tarpon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (Phillips Judge)
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?
Subject Matter
adventure
Typhon
Typhon; Kelland; Mark; Brady
Typhon is having a new hydro-submarine built.
Typhon has a new submarine, the Tarpon, built. Taking the Tarpon out for the first time, Typhon and crew encounter a monstrous kraken.
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Miscellaneous
8
last appearance
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
Samson
Samson
Samson descendant of the strongest man in the world--
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Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Samson appearing in Fantastic Comics. Includes a cover reproduction of Fantastic Comics #10.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
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?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]
The Blue Beetle coast to coast
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for the Blue Beetle radio program.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Flame; Green Mask
Flame [Gary Preston]; Green Mask [Michael Shelby]
A new magazine!
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover. House ad for the Flame and the Green Mask appearing in their own titles.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Samson; Flame [Gary Preston]; Green Mask [Michael Shelby]; Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Eagle; Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler]
The whole family says: thrilling adventures on every page!
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover. House ad for five Fox titles.

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