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Issue: Fantastic Comics #22 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1941
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Issues: #22 of 23 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: A Fox Feature Comic FPView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/09/1941
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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Samson; David; Nazis
First Line: As David raised Old Glory on high, Samson burst forth from the Blazing Skull of the Dictator!
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Pages: 1
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The Death Mark of the Dragon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Carreno [as Alex Boon] (credited)
Inker(s): Al Carreno [as Alex Boon] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Samson [Sam]; David; Admiral Caliber; J. Rembrandt Speedball (artist); Lila Dee; The Dragon (villain, introduction); Orchid (villain, the Dragon's sister, introduction)
Synopsis: Samson and David investigate a series of deaths involving America's defense industries and discover that a brother and sister, called The Dragon and Orchid, are behind the deaths as they attempt to secure the secret plans for a Navy bomber.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr; the previous indexer had credited Roland Patenaude ?.

The Who's Who also indicates that Carreno did this feature.
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The Abducted Envoy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bette Dana (introduction); Moosefoot Johnson (introduction); Leo (villain, introduction); Juan (villain, introduction); Alexis (villain, introduction); Rose (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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An Undying Evil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Nagana [Queen of Evil] (villain, introduction, origin); Kalkor (introduction); Isis
Synopsis: In Thebes, 1000 BC, Nagana is "called the daughter of Isis", a faithful worshiper, but she is envious of the goddess' hold over the city and plots evil. Isis strikes back at her, leveling the temple, and Nagana spends the next 3000 years as a statue until archaeologists uncover her and she comes back to life. Isis realizes that she cannot destroy Nagana directly, so she resurrects Kalkor, a faithful worshiper and priest-to-be that had stood up against Nagana in Thebes.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr, at Digital Comics Museum, credits the pencils to Pierce Rice
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Peril in Shanghai

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Grimes (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: last appearance

Pencils and inks credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr at Digital Comics Museum; the previous indexer credited Bill Bossert ?.
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The Scorpion Strikes Back

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Scorpion (villain)
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr, at the Digital Comics Museum, credits the pencils to Pierce Rice.
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The Airplane Kidnapping

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bim Bagley (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 8
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The Rescue of Lady Rowena

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel]
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Derelicts of the Black Gas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John W. Fawcett ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bumpy Aire (Diana's cousin, introduction)
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Last appearance during the 1940s.

The Courier-News of Bridgewater, New Jersey, had a filler article printed on Monday, February 21, 1944 (page 6) which talks about U.S. Army Air Corps Technical Sergeant John W. Fawcett awaiting his next assignment after taking part in 25 bomber missions over Europe. It mentions that before he joined, he wrote Space Smith. Exact stories at this time are not known. Article provided by Steven Thompson and posted to the Comics History Exchange page on Facebook (25 December 2016).
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A roadster whips down the street...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alice Markey (by-line)(credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bonnie O'Toole (first appearance)
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Pages: 5.5

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