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Issue: Weird Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1940
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Issues: #1 of 20 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: FPView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/06/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (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. 2.
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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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Brent's Gun Blazed Away And Stopped The Fiend

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): George Tuska
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dr. Mortal
Character(s): Gary Brent; Dr. Mortal
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In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
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Pages: 1
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The Origin of Thor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pierce Rice
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy
Feature(s): Thor
Character(s): Thor; Grant Farrel [Thor]; Glenda
Synopsis: Thor, the son of Odin, chooses a mortal, Grant Farrel, and imbues him with the God of Thunder's powers and abilities. Thereafter, Grant is known as Thor when he changes shape and assumes the form and powers of the Thunder God.
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In Content Item: FlagÉtranges Aventures #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2013
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Coming of the Sorceress

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Rico
Inker(s): Don Rico
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Sorceress of Zoom
Character(s): Sorceress of Zoom; Tom; Janice; The Stranger
First Line: Zoom, a magical city that appears and disappears at the will of the powerful sorceress...
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Pages: 8
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Boy! Special delivery to Mars!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Schwab
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Fred Schwab
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Solar Plexis
Character(s): Solar Plexis
Synopsis: Solar is tasked with delivering a message to Mars.
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Pages: 2
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The Pirates and the Meteor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Rico
Inker(s): Don Rico
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Blast Bennett
Character(s): Blast Bennett; Red
First Line: In their fast spaceship, Blast Bennett and his companion, Red, speed through the spaceways in search of adventure.
Synopsis: Blast and Red explore a meteor that crosses their path.
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Pages: 8
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The Man Who Made Monsters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bert Whitman
Penciller(s): Bert Whitman
Inker(s): Bert Whitman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dr. Mortal
Character(s): Dr. Mortal; Marlene Mortal; Gary Brent
First Line: Creator of inhuman monstrosities, Dr. Mortal has kept his deadly secret from the world until
Synopsis: Dr. Mortal is about to operate on his niece, Marlene, but is stopped in the nick of time by Gary Brent.
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Pages: 8
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The Voodoo Man Cometh

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Alan Spectre]
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Voodoo Man
Character(s): The Voodoo Man; Bob Warren; Petro; Lana
First Line: To Haiti, island of mystic voodooism, where black magic reigns and dead men walk as zombies...
Synopsis: Bob frees Petro and Lana from the clutches of the Voodoo Man.
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Pages: 8
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The Invisible Planet

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): A. B. Crews
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bill Swift; Victor; Nadine
First Line: When a fella discovers something, he'd at least like to know what he's discovered.
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Pages: 2
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Introducing the Bird Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Arnold Inagos]
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bird Man
Character(s): The Bird Man; The Stone Man
First Line: Over the vast wilderness of the great western canyons, swoops the Birdman - winged hunter of the plains.
Synopsis: Bird Man helps a father find his missing daughter in Lone Canyon.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The protagonist of the story is referred to as Bird Man and Birdman.
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Master of the Serpent-Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Phillips Judge]
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Typhon
Character(s): Typhon; Master of the Serpent-Men
First Line: At a private dock, a new super-submarine is ready to be launched
Synopsis: Exploring the ocean depths, Typhon fights off a giant electric eel and a many-headed sea monster.
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Pages: 8

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