Weird Comics
#7
(October 1940)
Fox,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-08-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fox Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fox Feature Comic FP
- Editing
- Victor Fox
Issue 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.
[no title indexed]
The Dart / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Edd Ashe ?
- Inks
- Edd Ashe ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler]; Ace; Sorceress of Zoom (inset)
- Keywords
- planes
[The Missing Witness]
The Dart / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Black Spot Gang has been terrorizing the city!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Spot Gang (villain, introduction); Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler]; Ace; Betty Tillbury; Mr. Brown; Jinx
- Synopsis
- Dart and Ace rescue the state's witness, Mr. Brown, from the Black Spot Gang.
Indexer Notes
Betty's last name is spelled as Tillbury and Tilbury in the story.
[The Sorceresses of Camelot]
The Sorceress of Zoom / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The world is hardly safe with mass murder everywhere!
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sir Gareth (introduction); Elaine (introduction); Merlin (introduction); Sorceress of Zoom (villain); Morgana Le Fay (introduction); Sir Mordred (introduction); Ismal
- Synopsis
- The Sorceress of Zoom rescues Sir Gareth from robbers and then helps Gareth recover. Restored, Gareth remains despondent due to Lady Elaine being kidnapped by Morgana Le Fay. Wanting Gareth for herself, the Sorceress of Zoom decides to "help" Gareth rescue Elaine while secretly plotting to get rid of Elaine.
- Keywords
- Camelot; dragons; time travel
[The War Maniac's Fifth Column]
Dynamite Thor / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Magda (villain, introduction); Bauer (villain, introduction); Muller (villain, introduction); Dynamite Thor [Peter Thor]; Glenda
- Synopsis
- Dynamite Thor ruins the plot of fifth column spies to sabotage a marine base and an arsenal.
- Keywords
- New York
Indexer Notes
Next appearance in BLUE BEETLE #6
[The Mind Transfer Racket]
Dr. Mortal / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bring in that young man we captured yesterday!
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Mortal; Phideas T. Jordan; Marlene; Gary Brent; Carol; Pango
- Synopsis
- Marlene and Gary foil Dr. Mortal's plan to tranfer the minds of older bankers into the bodies of young people.
- Keywords
- mental oscillator
Indexer Notes
Phideas introduces himself as Phideas T. Jordan, but is referred to as Jorgan throughout the rest of the story.
Human Trees
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your days as a man are over.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Munro; Dr. Borden; Betty; Pythor; Lt. Burke
- Synopsis
- A policeman investigating the homicide of Mrs. Hamilton Hetherwaite is captured by Dr. Munro. After capturing the policeman, Dr. Munro prepares to treat the policeman with an experimental serum that will turn the policeman into a tree.
[Karnak Seeks a Wife]
Blast Bennett / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There is the Earth--go there, slave-man and get me a beautiful girl--do you understand?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Karnak (villain, introduction, death); Blast Bennett
- Synopsis
- Karnak has a woman from Earth kidnapped to become his wife.
[Lucifer's Goat-Man]
The Voodoo Man / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One night at Dr. Warren's home.
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Voodoo Man (villain); Baku (villain, introduction, a goat-man); Dr. Warren; Dr. Morton; Petro
- Synopsis
- Dr. Warren rescues Dr. Morton from the clutches of the Voodoo Man.
- Keywords
- Haiti
Indexer Notes
Next appearance in Flame (Fox, 1940 series) #4
[no title indexed]
Weird Facts / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Straw Boys... Irish terrorists of the 19th century...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Keywords
- drone bee; Maori idol
[The Kraken vs. the Tarpon]
Typhon / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Typhon is having a new hydro-submarine built.
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Typhon; Kelland; Mark; Brady
- Synopsis
- Typhon has a new submarine, the Tarpon, built. Taking the Tarpon out for the first time, Typhon and crew encounter a monstrous kraken.
- Keywords
- kraken; kyton
Indexer Notes
last appearance
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Dart -
1.
["Boys... Girls... Everybody!!"]
Kooba -
2.
[The Missing Witness]
The Dart -
3.
[The Sorceresses of Camelot]
The Sorceress of Zoom -
4.
[The War Maniac's Fifth Column]
Dynamite Thor -
5.
[The Mind Transfer Racket]
Dr. Mortal -
6.
Human Trees
-
7.
[Karnak Seeks a Wife]
Blast Bennett -
8.
["A new magazine!"]
Rex Dexter of Mars -
9.
[Lucifer's Goat-Man]
The Voodoo Man -
10.
["The Straw Boys... Irish terrorists of the 19th century..."]
Weird Facts -
11.
[The Kraken vs. the Tarpon]
Typhon -
12.
["Samson descendant of the strongest man in the world--"]
Samson -
13.
["The Blue Beetle coast to coast"]
-
14.
["A new magazine!"]
Flame; Green Mask -
15.
["The whole family says: thrilling adventures on every page!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Del Gruber
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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