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Issue: Weird Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #5 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: 06/15/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dr. Mortal; Gary Brent; Marlene
First Line: Humans shrank to tiny dolls as the fiendish Dr. Mortal used his serum
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art taken from the Dr. Mortal splash page inside the comic.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]
First Line: Because you demand it!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. House ad for the Blue Beetle.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Jerry Abus] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler] (introduction, origin); Ace Barlow (introduction, adoptee of Caius); General Sulla (leader of the Roman Army, flashback); Marius (villain, flashback); Lucius (villain, flashback); Ricarno (villain); Ricarno's gang [Kid Frost; others unnamed] (villains)
First Line: In ancient Rome, Caius Martius, the terror of Roman racketeers, is breaking up an extortion racket...
Synopsis: Caius, known in ancient Rome as the terror of Roman racketeers, by magical incantations, is put into a deep sleep for 2200 years, awakening in a museum. Upon exiting into the modern world, he sees a vicious gang attempting to kill a young boy, Ace Barlow, and saves him. He adopts the boy and trains him to be his sidekick and together they battle against the Ricarno Gang, responsible for killing Ace's parents.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: in Super Weird Heroes (IDW, 2016 series) nn (November 2016)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Louis Cazeneuve created this character.

Penciller revision from Cazeneuve to Rice per reprint.

Jerry Abus is a house name.

The Dart had the uncanny ability to "dart" through the air, hence his name.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dr. Hsin; Mako; Grant Farrel [Thor]; Glenda
First Line: Accompanied by his secretary Glenda, Grant, head of the Chinese relief mission, strolls on the deck of a huge trans-Pacific liner, en route to China...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Labi-Bey; Rani-Bey; Sorceress of Zoom
First Line: Determined to rule the mystical East, the Sorceress of Zoom plans to place her magical city in the heart of India [sic]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Jupiter]
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Solar Plexis; King Socko
First Line: Solar, this message must be given personally to...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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On the Ice Planet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Empress Ilera; Darno; Keero; Blast Bennett
First Line: Speeding thru the vast emptiness of space at millions of miles a minute, Blast Bennett finds an ice covered planet...
Synopsis: Blast stops Keero's coup to seize the throne of Ilera.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Man-Ape

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): The Ape; Dr. Mortal; Marlene; Gary Brent; Dr. Clark
First Line: Dr. Mortal, in his experiments to create a perfect automaton, makes an amazing discovery in examining the brain fluid of man and ape...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Blood and Thunder News

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Steve Rider; Professor Nixon
First Line: Throughout the eastern seaboard town newspapers were fraught with screaming headlines...
Synopsis: Steve Rider, a newspaper reporter, uncovers a cell of revolutionaries.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Fairmont
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Boanga's Zombie Corps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Allan Spectre]
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bob Warren; Petro; Boanga; Stanley Hibbert; Gloria Hibbert
First Line: At midnight in a native cemetary, voodoo dancers work themselves into a horrible frenzy!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rex Dexter of Mars
Character(s): Rex Dexter
First Line: Trapped on a strange planet, Rex, single-handed, thwarts a diabolical plot against the universe
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Rex Dexter appearing in his own title and in Mystery Men Comics.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Phillips Judge]
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Sea Amazons; Queen Mea; Mikal; Sea Demons; Typhon; Hank
First Line: While scanning the undersea horizon thru his hydroscope, Typhon, adventurer of the deep, see a horde of strange, weird, sea demons embark on a secret raiding trip!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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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
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]
First Line: Blue Beetle on the air!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the Blue Beetle radio program.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: How would you like this for a pet?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Facts about various animals are presented in this feature.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Flame [Gary Preston]; Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Samson; Eagle; Voodoo Man
First Line: 5 Fox comics every month
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. House ad for five titles published by Fox.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Green Mask
Character(s): Green Mask [Michael Shelby]
First Line: Just out the Green Mask
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. House ad for the Green Mask appearing in his own title.

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