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Issue: Weird Comics #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1940
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Issues: #8 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: 09/15/1940
Volume: none
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. 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler]; Ace [Ace Barlow]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Motor Company Mobsters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Jerry Arbo] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Jerry Arbo] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler] (school teacher); Ace [Ace Barlow]; Betty (student); Basco (villain, motor company President, introduction); Alvo (villain, introduction); Nick (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: At the request of one of his students, Mr. Wheeler decides to help her discover what happened to her father, missing for two weeks in California. As the Dart, he and Ace decide to investigate the Ajax Motor Company, whom her father had a connection with.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The Dart was the reincarnation of the ancient Roman racketbuster, Caius Martius, and is known in present times as Caius Martius Wheeler, a teacher.
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Science vs. Sorcery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Sorceress of Zoom (villain); Super-Scientist (introduction, turned into a rat)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Stop Doctor Mortal!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Gary (Mortal's nephew); Marlene (Mortal's niece); Policemen (many die); Dr. Mortal (villain, scientist); Ulan (villain, Mortal's assistant, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Because of his death feud against the world, Police officers are sent out to bring the evil Doctor Feud in: dead or alive. When they fail to do the job, Gary and Marlene take on the task.
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Pages: 8
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The Super-Science Spies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Robert Webb ? [as Harold Weber] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Webb ? [as Harold Weber] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dynamo [Jim Andrews] (electrical expert); Ingres (death); Stark (villain, detective); Stark's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Dynamo gets involved after a fellow worker is killed and defense plans that Andrews had been working on are stolen.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Last appearance was in Science Comics #8.
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The Rudite Crystals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as James T. Royal] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Marga; Ted Grant; Professor Reid; Mr. Brunt (villain); glacial savages (villains, some die)
Synopsis: Marga, Ted and Mr. Brunt set out to fly to the Arctic regions to find a supply of rudite, a rare mineral that helps improve alloys for government guns.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Last appearance was in Science Comics #8.

James T. Royal was a by-line used by Fox Publications.

Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
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The Sword of Marduk

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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The Coming of the Eagle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Eagle [Bill Powers] (origin, brief mention); Jason; Mr. Thorne; Browden; Rider (villain, introduction); Otho (villain)
Synopsis: The Eagle is born to combat a trucking mob, which is trying to coerce factory owners to use "Roya" Trucks to ship all of their products.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #3 published May 2008
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Last appearance was in SCIENCE COMICS #8.
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A Princess of Ur

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Spencer Allen] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Spencer Allen] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Blast Bennett; Lua (introduction); Alla (introduction); King of Urol (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 6
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The Undersea Tanks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: naval, war
Character(s): Navy Jones; Princess Coral; Captain Nemo; Dictator of Europe (villain, introduction); General Von Rothmann (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: After having a delicate undersea operation, allowing him to become a waterman, Jones and his companions must find a way to battle a large fleet of underseas Army tanks advancing on the U.S. off the Florio Coast.
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In Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #4 published May 2009
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Last appearance was in Science Comics #8.

Frank Pensley is a by-line used by Fox Publications and is not a real person.

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