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Issue: Weird Comics #6 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #6 of 20 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: A Fox Feature Comic FPView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/15/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (10 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. 3.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Character(s): The Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler]; Ace Barlow (inset)
First Line: The Dart swooped down with swinging fists...
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]
First Line: Join the parade
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. House ad for the Blue Beetle appearing in his own magazine.
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The Red Shirt Ring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Jerry Arbo]
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Redshirts (villain, introduction, death); The governor (introduction); Hans; Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler]; Ace Barlow
First Line: Caius Martius Wheeler, who is secretly the Dart, teaches ancient Roman history in a high school.
Synopsis: The Dart and Ace foil the Redshirt's plot to kidnap the governor.
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Pages: 8
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The Episode of Prince Ja'afar

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Prince Ja'afar (introduction); Sorceress of Zoom; Shiekh Abdulah; Ishmael (horse); Shiekh Kalifah; Shahzarad
First Line: Determined to rule over the Near East, the Sorceress of Zoom strikes terror in the hearts of...
Synopsis: Prince Ja'afar rescues a group of females kidnapped by the Sorceress of Zoom.
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Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Jupiter]
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Solar Plexis; Prof. Potts; Orson
First Line: Gorsh! Am I tired!
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Pages: 2
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The last panel indicates that the adventures of Solar Plexis will continue in the next issue.
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The Unknown Horror

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Lex (introduction); Bordo (villain, introduction); Blast Bennett; Red
First Line: Little suspecting the hidden danger lurking in the brush...
Synopsis: Lex has been bitten by a winged snake; to save his life, Blast is tasked with obtaining the blood of the "Unknown Horror" which acts as an antidote to the venom of the winged snake.
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The Reducing Formula

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dr. Mortal (villain); Kalak (villain, introduction); Marlene; Gary Brent
First Line: Behind the fortress-like walls of his newly built home...
Synopsis: Dr. Mortal is successful in creating a reducing serum, which shrinks living objects to one-tenth their normal size.
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Explorers In the Space Ways

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Writer(s): Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Don Wayne; Kennedy; Capt. Ketonnen
First Line: It was almost dawn when Cadet Don Wayne entered the spaceship, Ariadne.
Synopsis: On a voyage from Mars to Io, the crew of the Ariadne run into a Force 101 storm that sets their spaceship adrift in space.
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The Rites of Lucifer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Allen Spectre]
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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Lucifer (villain, introduction); Voodoo Man (villain); Dr. Warren; Petro; Pierre
First Line: In a peaceful village in Haiti, people go about with their daily task...
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The Tidal Annihilator

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Phillips Judge]
Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Menar (villain, introduction, death); Typhon; Ina; Hank
First Line: Strange tidal disturbances have hampered ocean traffic.
Synopsis: Menar sinks an ocean liner to steal $100,000,000 dollars in gold.
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Octopi - in the Pacific Ocean, are over eighty feet in diameter, with tentacles two hundred feet in length!
Synopsis: Subjects include octopi, cannibals, ghost ships, and angry Native American deities.
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Introducing Dynamite Thor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Wright Lincoln]
Inker(s): ?
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Character(s): Dynamite Thor [Peter Thor] (introduction); Glenda (introduction); Dead John's Gang (villain, introduction); John Holmes
First Line: In Peter Thor's apartment...
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]
First Line: Now you can hear the Blue Beetle
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Disclose Notes: Ad for the Blue Beetle radio program.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Free - the Blue Beetle gun
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Disclose Notes: Questionnaire about the Blue Beetle radio program and other items.
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Eagle
Character(s): Eagle
First Line: Pulse raising plots!
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Disclose Notes: House ad for the Eagle appearing in Science Comics.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Samson; Fantastic Comics
Character(s): Samson
First Line: Thrills! Adventure! Fantasy! Suspense!
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. House ad for Samson and for Fantastic Comics.
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Samson; Eagle; Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler]; Flame [Gary Preston]; Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]
First Line: Follow these thrill packed features every month in the big five.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. House ad for five Fox titles.

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