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Issue: Fantastic Comics #16 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1941
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Issues: #16 of 23 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: A Fox Feature Comic FPView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/10/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Samson [Sam]; David
First Line: The mighty Samson smashes the war-like dictators!
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In Content Item: FlagFantastic Comics #16 published March 1941
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]reprint as line drawing only
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Samson [Sam]; David; Joe Maguire (villain, introduction); Herman Husler (villain, introduction); Sklavor (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Out of the mists of history comes the mighty Samson...
Synopsis: Samson and David investigate a mysterious caravan of trucks headed to Mexico. They find that Herman Husler is smuggling munitions. Our heroes question him, and learn that Sklavor the Dictator is building a military power just over the border to challenge the US. Samson wrecks the whole affair. Infuriated, Sklavor makes an attempt to stop Samson, in vain, and dies in the process.
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Pages: 13
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Flip Falcon; Gogo (villain, introduction, death); Serpo (villain, introduction, death); Demi-Things (villains, introduction)
First Line: Flip Falcon, inventor of the fourth dimension machine...
Synopsis: Serpo, a poisonous dragon, tires of the Fourth Dimension, and visits Earth. Flip observes Serpo taking a woman hostage back to the Fourth Dimension, and pursues him. Back in the Fourth Dimension, Gogo, master of the Demi-things, sees the girl, and wants her for his bride. Flip must defeat both enemies to save the woman.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Space Smith; Diana (Space Smith's girlfriend); Lester Colt (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Space Smith, interplanetary explorer, patrols the far reaches of space...
Synopsis: Lester Colt, wanted for murder, has just been told by his doctor that he has 3 months to live. He decides to get his revenge on the world for having made him a fugitive. Space Smith and Diana witness Colt murdering a ship full in innocents, and pursue him. They are taken captive by Colt, who imprisons them on a moon of Jupiter. Our heroes get free, and stop Colt's plot, killing him, and capturing his gang.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Yank Wilson; Hondoians (villains, introduction)
First Line: Yank Wilson, known as Q-4, foils the insidieous plots of foreign agents...
Synopsis: Hondo, Prussland and Napoli form a political alliance, and seek to commit sabotage to weaken the U.S.'s hold on Hawaii. Yank advises the Governor to intern all those of Hondo descent, and helps uncover the local Hondoian fishing fleet assisting the Hondo Navy. Yank is captured, but signals for help, and ends up uncovering the Hondo Navy's battle plans. The U.S. fleet ends the Hondo Navy threat.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This story predates the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December, later the same year. The story's provides thinly veiled proxy names for Japan (land of Honda, Hondo), Prussland (Nazi Germany), and Napoli (Italy). "another Axis attack on Hawaii, months before Pearl Harbor"
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick]; Mokon (introduction); Sukon (introduction); Winkon (introduction); Alice; Lord Lucifer (villain, introduction)
First Line: Sir Richard, the Golden Knight of Warwick, pursues his unrelenting crusade...
Synopsis: Sir Richard is magically visited in Warwick Castle by a stranger, who announces himself as Mokon, King of the Moon. Mokon has come to claim the hand of Richard's sister, Marion, as foretold by Richard's father. Later that night, Richard is similarly visited by Mokon's brother, Sukon, King of the Sun. Sukon has come for Richard's sister, Elaine. Later still, Lucifer comes to claim Richard's sister Jane, but is rebuffed by Richard. Lucifer kidnaps Alice instead. With the help of Mokon and Sukon's brother, Winkon, Richard pursues Lucifer to Hades and rescues Alice.
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Pages: 8
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Point of Honor

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel] (signed)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.33
Disclose Notes: Features a header illustration; includes a statement of Ownership on the second page of the story.
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): S. Sidney Robbins (business manager)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain Kidd; Hi Ling (villain, introduction)
First Line: Captain Kidd, explorer and adventurer, fights danger in the remotest corners of the Earth...
Synopsis: Captain Kidd flies Dr. Lake to Kweilin China, to treat a man named Pike, who reveals details of a plot by the Japanese to massacre a Chinese Army division. Captain Kidd tries to stop the plan, but is captured by the lovely Hi Ling. Kidd is rescued by Pike. The two escape, taking Hi Ling captive.
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Pages: 5
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The Return of the Serpent Lady

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Sub Saunders; The Serpent Lady (villain); Luco (introduction, death); Diablo (introduction, death)
First Line: The Serpent Lady, Saunders' Arch-Enemy, calls her slaves in for a meeting...
Synopsis: The Serpent Lady has been plotting her revenge against Sub, and has a new sea monster, Diablo, waiting as a trap for Sub. Sub arrives, and manages to kill the beast, but the Serpent Lady's assistant, Luco, has plans to usurp power by killing both Sub and the Serpent Lady. Sub saves the Serpent Lady, who reveals her love for Sub. Sub does not return it, leaving her forlorn.
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Stardust; Octopus of Gold (sea creature, introduction); Slant-Eye (villain, introduction, death); Slant-Eye's Gang (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: Stardust, whose vast knowledge of interplanetary science...
Synopsis: Stardust detects a plot to rob Fort Knox of its $20 billion gold supply by the villainous Slant-Eye. He fails to arrive in time to stop the villains from invading and demolishing the Fort, but paralyzes the criminals for arrest by authorities. He reserves a terrible end for the mastermind, as Slant-Eye is delivered into the clutches of gigantic, golden sea monster, called the Octopus of Gold.
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #34 published January 2001
as The Fort Knox Robbery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! #[nn] published June 2007
as Slant Eyes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Last appearance of Stardust.
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The Blue Beetle Coast to Coast

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Blue Beetle radio show.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Flame; Green Mask
First Line: Presenting brand new adventures...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: black and white house ad on inside back cover

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