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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Fantom of the Fair

Character(s): Fantom of the Fair

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Pages: 1

Notes: Original indexer listed art credits as Robert Butts but is signed Gustavson.

Art credits verified by Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Fantom of the Fair

Character(s): Fantom of the Fair; Grimes; Carlton; Lefty; Hank

First Line: No. Grimes!! I won't sell the coal mines

Synopsis: Grimes hires Lefty and Hank to sabotage Carlton's coal mine with dynamite blasts but the Fantom uncovers the culprits.

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Fantoman #4 published December 1940
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Pages: 8

Notes: Letterer credit courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Daredevil Barry Finn

Character(s): Barry Finn; Frogga; Dacia Zaroff; Fritz von Heim; Ogden Cadman Jr.

First Line: H-mm--looks pretty bad

Synopsis: Dacia convinces von Heim to assault American ships with his submarine in order to boost his munitions manufacturing. Barry Finn encounters the submarine after Frogga wrecks its periscope but Dacia escapes.

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Pages: 6

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Inner Circle

Character(s): Inner Circle [Murdoch; Carlos; Swede; Colonel Rogers]; Pepe

First Line: Podin' me guv'nor

Synopsis: Agent Murdoch discovers the Itorian secret society the Blue Hand are carrying out a wave of bombings in London. The Inner Circle raises a fighting forces of thirty men to invade Itoria and capture the Blue Hand's leaders.

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Pages: 7

Notes: The Blue Hand and Itoria are obvious stand-ins for the real-life Black Hand and Italy.

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Tippy Taylor on Fantasy Isle

Character(s): Tippy Taylor; Hunk O'Clay; Mr. Doaks

First Line: A fortune teller told me that I was going on a long trip soon

Synopsis: Tippy and his pilot Hunk head towards Borneo to report on a typhoon but the storm crashes their plane. Washed up on the island of Phantasy, Tippy encounters dinosaurs and meets an old inventor who has built synthetic robots but needs special elements to bring them to life. Tippy begins the search in Tinilonia, a land where Tippy's height makes him a giant to the locals.

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Pages: 8

Notes: Art is heavily inspired by Roy Crane.

The False Mask

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Genres: mystery

Character(s): Faces Jeffre

Synopsis: The criminal Faces Jeffre is a master of disguise but is found out by a grocery clerk who realizes Faces is far too precise in relaying information.

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire

Character(s): Don Dixon

First Line: While waiting for Lugoff

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Reprint Notes: from Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sunday strip (Watkins Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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Pages: 7

Notes: Art credits from features appearance in Dell's The Funnies

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): The Bullet

Character(s): Craig Stewart; Khan; Dr. Raymond Vernon; Cole Hammond; Carlos Espada (dies); Captain de Cortez

First Line: The story opens in Dr. Vernon's hanger, where a sleek, bullet-like ship rests

Synopsis: After Dr. Vernon gives him the Bullet, an advanced plane, Stewart goes to Novania with his valet Khan to help his friend Hammond fend off a coup led by Carlos Espada. Stewart pilots the Bullet in an aerial battle against Espada and drives Espada's plane to a fiery end.

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Pages: 7

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Jon Linton; Professor Kane; Burke; Lisa; Satan-Rex [Erich von Hochwalt]; Lak Dahl (dies); Lin-Yan

First Line: You don't mean that 'Satan-Rex' and this Eric Von Hochwalt are the same man?

Synopsis: Lak Dahl dies after helping Jon. Satan-Rex captures Jon and his friends and brings them to the City of the Mists. Satan-Rex demands Jon become his ally and Jon agrees.

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Pages: 8

Sir Basil Zaharoff

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Genres: informational

Feature(s): Stranger than Fiction

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Reprint Notes: from Stranger Than Fiction Sundays (Watkins Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx

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Pages: 1

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Genres: fantasy, superhero

Feature(s): Speed Centaur

Character(s): Speed Centaur; Reel McCoy; Prince Albert of Avon; Sir Morbid (dies); Knights of Doom; Tweeps; Sir Wrechard

First Line: Prince Albert - I have a plan that will regain your throne

Synopsis: Speed and Reel help Prince Albert against his uncle Sir Morbid. Speed Centaur ends Morbid's threat by kicking over the entire mountain on which his castle rests.

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Pages: 9

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Adam the Atom Smasher

Character(s): Adam

First Line: Wow!! Adam's gadget is causing the Earth to spin at terrific speed!!

Synopsis: Adam uses his super-sensitive molecule magnet to put the Earth back in order but accidentally returns people to the wrong parts of the world as cannibals invade his lab.

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