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Issue: Wonderworld Comics #20 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1940
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Issues: #20 of 31 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: A Fox Feature Comic FPView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/28/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (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. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: 7 1/2" x 10 1/4" (19.1 cm x 26 cm)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Flame
Character(s): Flame
First Line: The Flame blasted thru the steel wall to save the girl!
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kooba
First Line: Refresh with Kooba
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for Kooba.
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The Kidnappers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (Basil Berold)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Flame
Character(s): Flame; gangsters
First Line: Gangsters attack a government agent as he walks along the street...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Zarhov's Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (Anthony Brooks)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Yarko
Character(s): Zarhov (villain, introduction, death); Zozo (villain, introduction); Yarko; Dr. Carr; Dr. Carr's daughter
First Line: The enormous ape-like beast hurries through an exclusive residential section...
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Pages: 8
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The Black Pearl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling ?
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Shorty Shortcake
Character(s): Shorty Shortcake; Suzy; Mr. Mizzen; genie
First Line: We're safe Suzy as long as we can keep the pearl in our possession..
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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The Bombing Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Claire Moe? (Vic Todd)
Inker(s): Claire Moe ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Patty O'Day
Character(s): Canzoni (villain, introduction); Lionel Brace (villain, introduction, death); Patty O'Day; Ham; Lord Mike
First Line: Get a move on, Patty, the launching of that ship's about to take place.
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Pages: 8
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One Minute to Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (Arthur Dean)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dr. Fung
Character(s): Horace Bailey (villain, introduction); Dr. Fung; Dan Barrister; Philip Bythewaite; Lt. Hotchkiss
First Line: Dr. Fung and Dan Barrister are guests of Philip Bythewaite...
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Pages: 8
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Smuggler's Syndicate

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Sgt. Hanrahan; Chip Baxter; Snow Donato; Pig Martin
First Line: Just as the war almost killed the opium smuggling racket, the Narcotic Squad had a headache.
Synopsis: Chip Baxter helps to bust up a drug ring.
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Pages: 2
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Samson; Blue Beetle; Flame; Rex Dexter; Green Mask
First Line: What a team!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for nine comic book titles published by Fox.
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Headed for a Noose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Munson Paddock (Chuck Munson)
Inker(s): Munson Paddock
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Tex Maxon
Character(s): Bully Horn (villain, introduction); Tex Maxon [Phantom Rider]; Streak (horse)
First Line: A passel uh coyotes're gunnin fer me when I ain't lookin'!
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Pages: 8
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Return to the Dark Ages

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al
Penciller(s): Al
Inker(s): Al
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Don Quixote
Character(s): Adolphus Stalini (villain, introduction); Don Quixote; Sancho
First Line: Sancho! Our country is at war!
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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Shanghaied by Captain Swine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (Nordling)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spark Stevens
Character(s): Spark Stevens; Chuck; Captain Swine; Victoria; Isabel
First Line: C'mon Chuck.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: most of story is a dream
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The Jigsaw Puzzle Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles A. Winter ?
Inker(s): Charles A. Winter ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): K-51 Spies At War
Character(s): Fritz Kritzler [Jacques Dumont] (villain, introduction, death); K-51; Joe; Claire
First Line: Jacques Dumont of the French Surete is in the United States to study American secret service methods.
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Pages: 5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle
First Line: The Blue Beetle coast to coast
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the Blue Beetle radio program airing twice a week.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Boys! Girls! Have you seen our new 1941 catalog?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for various mail order novelty items from Johnson Smith & Company.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of Kooba!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for Kooba and the Kooba Treasure Hunt.

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