(December 1940)

Fox, 1939 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1940-10-10
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] (Table of Contents)

Samson / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Kotzky ?
Inks
Alex Kotzky ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A strange force lifted the ship, but Samson pulled it down!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Samson; Davey

[The Nefarious Nipon] (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; Davey; Nipon (villain, introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Orville Wells (signed) (house name)
Inks
Orville Wells (signed) (house name)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chang, the Evil Lama
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Flip Falcon; Chang (villain, introduction, death)

[The Queen of Blackamoor] (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
The Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick]; King Raton (villain, introduction); Queen of Blackamoor (villain, introduction)

[Karl Wolff and Black Hood] (Table of Contents: 4)

Yank Wilson / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Grant Ferguson
Inks
Grant Ferguson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; spy
Characters
Yank Wilson; Karl Wolff (villain, introduction, death); Count von Heindorff (villain, introduction, death); "Black Hood" (villains, a spy group)

Son of Aztlan (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel] (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure

[The Chinese Vampires] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Toni Blum ?
Pencils
Bill Bossert
Inks
Bill Bossert
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Captain Kidd; General Chun Feng; Lu Chieng (villain, introduction, death, a vampire)

[The Rescue of Dr. Kum] (Table of Contents: 7)

Space Smith / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hank Christy (signed) (house name)
Inks
Hank Christy (signed) (house name)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Space Smith; Dr. Kum; President Weller; Leo Leechy (villain, introduction)

[Staving Off Starvation] (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 (signed as Boris Plaster)

Genre
adventure; humor
Characters
Professor Fiend

Indexer Notes

Letterer added by Craig Delich 2008-10-12. Artist name change (from Henry Fletcher to Boris Plaster) by Craig Delich per Henry Andrews 2010-3-21.

[Yew Bee's Fifth Column] (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

Feature Logo
Stardust the Super Wizard
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Stardust; Yew Bee (villain, introduction, turned (mostly) into a rat in this story)
Synopsis
Stardust, appalled by the terrible conditions on the Earth, decides to head for Earth to stop the spread of war, especially in regards to New York's Fifth Column activity.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

True writer/artist credits added by Craig Delich 2008-10-12 and revised slightly 2010-3-20.
Corrected 10 June 2016.

[One-Eye vs. North America] (Table of Contents: 10)

Sub Saunders / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Henry Kiefer (signed as Carl Kief)
Inks
Henry Kiefer (signed as Carl Kief)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Sub Saunders; One-Eye (villain, introduction)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["A strange force lifted the ship, but Samson pulled it down!"]
    Samson
  2. 1. [The Nefarious Nipon]
    Samson
  3. 2. ["Chang, the Evil Lama"]
    Flip Falcon
  4. 3. [The Queen of Blackamoor]
    Golden Knight
  5. 4. [Karl Wolff and Black Hood]
    Yank Wilson
  6. 5. Son of Aztlan
  7. 6. [The Chinese Vampires]
    Captain Kidd
  8. 7. [The Rescue of Dr. Kum]
    Space Smith
  9. 8. [Staving Off Starvation]
    Professor Fiend
  10. 9. [Yew Bee's Fifth Column]
    Stardust
  11. 10. [One-Eye vs. North America]
    Sub Saunders
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Craig Delich
  • Del Gruber
  • James Ludwig
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mark Q
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore