Fantastic Comics #10

(September 1940)

Death Rides the Airways (Table of Contents: 1)

Samson / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Toni Blum ?

Pencils

Alex Blum (signed as Alex Boon)

Inks

Alex Blum (signed as Alex Boon)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Samson; David (Samson's partner, introduction, origin); Muller (villain, introduction, origin); John Jennsen (villain, introduction)

[Pirates' Treasure] (Table of Contents: 2)

Flip Falcon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Flip Falcon; Mr. X (introduction)

[The Dragon Slayer] (Table of Contents: 3)

Golden Knight / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Toni Blum ?

Pencils

Grieg Chapian

Inks

Grieg Chapian

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick]; un-named king (villain, introduction); Princess Beatrice (villain, introduction)

[Countess Gortz of Russmania] (Table of Contents: 4)

Yank Wilson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Grant Ferguson

Inks

Grant Ferguson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; spy

Characters

Yank Wilson; Countess Gortz (villain, introduction); Lt. Voss (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Artist's first named revised from Lance to Grant per Henry Andrews by Craig Delich 2010-3-21.

Gold Over the Andes (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Nathaniel Nitkin (signed as N. N. Nathaniel)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

[Plutonian Peril] (Table of Contents: 6)

Space Smith / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fletcher Hanks (under house name Hank Christy)

Inks

Jack Kirby (signed as Hank Christy)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Space Smith; Iago (villain, introduction, death, a Plutonian)

Reprints

• in The Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #[2] - 1940-1941 (1997)

Indexer Notes

Inks identification per Greg Theakston and Jack Kirby Checklist. Fletcher pencils also from Jack Kirby Checklist. Previous indexer credited Kirby on script and pencils.

[The Sinister Lama] (Table of Contents: 7)

Captain Kidd / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Toni Blum ?

Pencils

Bill Bossert

Inks

Bill Bossert

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Captain Kidd; The Lama (villain, introduction)

[The Reputation Car] (Table of Contents: 8)

Professor Fiend / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Schwab (signed as Boris Plaster)

Pencils

Fred Schwab (signed as Boris Plaster)

Inks

Fred Schwab (signed as Boris Plaster)

Colors

?

Letters

Fred Schwab

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Professor Fiend

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-3-20.

[The Super Fiend of the Lost Planet] (Table of Contents: 9)

Stardust / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Fletcher Hanks (signed)

Pencils

Fletcher Hanks (signed)

Inks

Fletcher Hanks (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Fletcher Hanks

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Stardust, whose vast knowledge of interplanetary science has made him the most remarkable man that ever lived, is devoting his abilities to crime-busting throughout the universe....

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Stardust; The Super Fiend (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

When the Super Fiend sets the planet Mars on fire and sends it hurtling towards Earth, only Stardust can prevent Earth's destruction.

Reprints

• in Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969 (Harry N. Abrams, 2006 series) (2006)
• in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) (June 2009)
• in Fletcher Hanks : œuvres complètes (Actes Sud, 2018 series) (mai 2018)

[The Giant Wheel of Chong] (Table of Contents: 10)

Sub Saunders / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Henry Kiefer (signed as Karl Kief)

Inks

Henry Kiefer (signed as Kark Kief)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Sub Saunders; Chong (villain, introduction, death); Zobbo (villain, introduction, death)