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Issue: Amazing Mystery Funnies #12 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1939
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Issues: #12 of 24 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCentaur
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Centaur Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/04/1939
Volume: 2
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Second class periodical. Copyright number 435647.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fantom of the Fair
Character(s): Fantom of the Fair (also inset); "Speed" Centaur (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Meet the Artist Who Draws "Speed Centaur"

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Malcolm Kildale; Amazing Man [John Aman]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: The inside front cover has a half-page text feature on Malcolm Kildale, accompanied by a small (self?) portrait of the artist.

Also features small advertisements for stamp collectors and film developing.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Amazing Man
Character(s): Amazing Man [John Aman]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Illustrated promotional advertisement for the latest issue of Amazing-Man Comics, featuring Amazing Man.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fantom of the Fair
Character(s): The Fantom of the Fair; Mike (factory worker); Jane Benton (steel mill owner); Rusty (disgruntled factory worker); George (villain, Jane's cousin)
First Line: She'll be a slave driver!
Synopsis: Jane's cousin has his eyes set on total control over a steel mill and makes Jane look bad by disrupting work in the mill in order to slow down production and gain control.
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In Content Item: FlagFantoman #3 published October 1940
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagContinuum #3 published December 2007
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]excerpt
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: "As winter draws near, the World's Fair closes its gates until the spring... the Fantom turns elsewhere in his work of safeguarding human life and upholding justice", the story being set in a steel mill in Pennsylvania.

The true face of The Fantom is shown at the end of this story.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Daredevil Barry Finn
Character(s): Barry Finn; Frogga; Dr. Allam West; Dorian West; Sulla (villain, Zaroff's assistant); Dacia Zaroff (villain, Zaroff's daughter); General Kyota (villain)
First Line: I realize now, that it is Dorian, whom you really care for...
Synopsis: Having been spurned by Joan, Barry and Frogga leave on a luxury cruise to Hawaii to get their minds off the lady, unaware that Dorian is also going through bad emotions over Barry as well. Meanwhile, Dacia and General Kyota plan to ship a highly corrosive acid (mixed with oil) to where the U.S. Pacific Fleet is stationed, intent on destroying it.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Space Patrol
Character(s): Nick Nelson (Space Patrol member, introduction); Kodi (Nick's Martian assistant, introduction); Owen Kosterman (villain, space bandit, introduction, death); The Spider Men (villains, all die)
First Line: While cruising near the planet Venus...
Synopsis: Nick Nelson and Kodi pursue "notorious space bandit" Owen Kosterman to the jungles of Venus, and encounter a couple of couple of cannibalistic spider men.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Hidden Empire (Part 4)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire
Character(s): Don Dixon; Dr. Lugoff (ruler of all the swampland below the water); Princess Wanda; Queen Tania; King Taal; Queen Dagmar (villain); Kul of Fens (villain, ruler of all the swampland above the water); The Marsh Men (villains)
Synopsis: An uneasy truce is in place after Queen Dagmar is ousted as leader of the Marsh Kingdom, but that doesn't stop her from aligning herself with Kul of Fens to get her retribution.
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Reprint Notes: from Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sunday strip (Watkins Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is a continuing story line.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Looking Over Your Magazines
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: A text feature created by Editor Joe Hardie, devoted to reviews of fan magazines, all reviewed by a fan publisher, John Giunta. Fanzines reviewed include FANTASY NEWS (James V. Taurasi), NEW FANTOM, THE FANTAST (C.S. Youd), FANTASCIENCE DIGEST (Bob Madle, Jack Agnew) and SPACEWAYS (Harry Warner, Jr.).

There is also a small illustrated advertisement from Spencer Fireworks Company, offering readers free catalog and fireworks just for showing off the company's catalog to others.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): John Linton, Flyer Scientist, Adventurer
Character(s): Jon Linton (scientist); Dr. Kane (Don's teacher); Lisa Kane; Timothy Burke (head of International Secret Service); Eric von Hochwalt (physicist, mention only); Satan Rex (villain, Master of the City of the Mists); Lak Dahl (villain, aide to Satan Rex, acting as a traitor)
First Line: It is the year 2009 A.D.!
Synopsis: Jon and Burke set off to thwart the plan of madman Satan Rex, who seeks to destroy the Earth by throwing it off its orbit, and into the path of the Sun.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: A continuing story, set in the year 2009 A.D.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Stranger than Fiction!
Character(s): Daniel Webster; Pig-Face Wamba; Philip Fowler; Gussie Merz; Catherine Hood; King George V (also wife and son)
First Line: King George V
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Reprint Notes: from Stranger Than Fiction Sundays (Watkins Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A illustrated page of nine surprising and curious facts.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Speed Centaur
Character(s): Speed Centaur; Reel McCoy; Prince John of Avon; The Ten Knights of Doom (villains); Prince John's Uncle (villain, mention only)
First Line: At their usual meeting place...
Synopsis: After mopping up crime in the "City of Rackets," Speed decides to take a well deserved vacation. With Reel, he explores a cave beyond the one he uses as a base of operations and which carries them back in time. As they travel down a road, they are challenged to do battle with Ten Knights of Doom.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: To be continued.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Adam the Atom-Smasher
Character(s): Adam [Smasher]; on-looker
First Line: An atom?
Synopsis: A scientist invents a super atom bombarder which can harness the energy of 10,000,000,000,000,000 atoms per second and will cause the Earth to spin around 1400 times faster, causing one day to pass every minute. The ignoramus the scientist is explaining this to doesn't really understand the concept but wonders what effect the device will have on people.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Continued next issue.
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Act Now On This Bargain Offer.

Advertisement  on  Inside Back Cover (IBC)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from Remington Rand, offering readers a beautiful desk for only $1.00 if they purchase a Remington portable typewriter. Offered free is a 24-page booklet which teaches how to touch type and a typewriter carrying case.
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Advertisement  on  Cover, Back
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from Johnson Smith and Company, offering readers a variety of items at low cost, such as an electric television rifle for $1.19, a hula skirt for 10 cents, yacht caps for 25 cents, a speedy "steam" boat for 15 cents, and many more.

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