(July 1941)
Fox,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-05-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fox Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fox Feature Comic FP
- Editing
- Victor Fox (editor)
Issue 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.
[no title indexed]
The Flame / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Flame fights Nazi spies with burning fire!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flame [Gary Preston]
- Keywords
- United States flag
[The Kidnapping of Dr. Dobbs]
The Flame / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Basil Berold (signed) (house name)
- Pencils
- Larry Antonette
- Inks
- Larry Antonette
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tonight we lay the ground work for our biggest job...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flame [Gary Preston]; Doctor Dobbs (introduction); Dr. Dobbs' daughter (introduction); Fritz (villain, introduction, death); Otto (villain, introduction, death); other un-named spies (villains, introduction for all, all die)
- Synopsis
- Nazi foreign agents kidnap Dr. Dobbs, who has invented a hy-concentrate explosive that the Nazis want to use against the Allies.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Art revision from Arthur Cazeneuve ? to Antonette per Mark Heike, added by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
Black Lion / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as Jerome Peters] (signed)
- Pencils
- Chuck Winter
- Inks
- Chuck Winter
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Atlas Powder Company is mysteriously blown up!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Lion [George Davis]; The Cub [Larry Davis] (George's nephew); Linda Dale (villain, introduction); Blitz (villain); Kurt Grun (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- An explosion at a powder company draws the Black Lion and the Cub to the scene, where they are waylaid by the sinister Blitz and Grun.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Atlas Powder Company
Indexer Notes
Last appearance.
[Zino's Bombing Plot]
Yarko / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Run for your lives!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zino (villain, introduction)
[The Framing of Bill Mattson]
Tex Maxon / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Munson Paddock (credited as Chuck Munson)
- Inks
- Munson Paddock
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The coyotes! They aim tuh frame me!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jack Carstairs (villain, introduction); Bill Mattson (introduction)
Indexer Notes
last appearance
[The Murder of "Lord Cowper"]
Patty O'Day Newsreel Reporter / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Claire S. Moe (credited as Vic Todd)
- Pencils
- Claire S. Moe (credited as Vic Todd)
- Inks
- Claire S. Moe (credited as Vic Todd)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Senator Wooler is giving a dance in honor of...
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Klun (villain, introduction); Bundists (villain, introduction); Lance Miller and his gang (villain, introduction); Lord Cowper's double (villain, introduction, death); Lord Cowper (introduction)
Jungle Manhunt
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Nathaniel Nitkin (credited as N. N. Nathaniel)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
[The Pencil Racket]
Dr. Fung / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, Dan, terrorizing a blind man!
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Bennman (villain, introduction, death)
[The Sky Pirate]
Wing Turner / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Washington sent me here to see that this gold...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Lt. Blohm (villain, introduction); Manuel (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
Last appearance in SAMSON #5; last appearance
[Niki Comso's Train Sabotage Plot]
K-51 Spies at War / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited as Willis B. Rensie)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited as Willis B. Rensie)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited as Willis B. Rensie)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- spy; adventure
- Characters
- Niki Comso (villain, introduction)
- Reprints
-
in Aventuriers d'aujourd'hui (Collection Les) (Editions Mondiales, 1937 series) #80 ([Circa July 1941])
-
Indexer Notes
last appearance
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["The Flame fights Nazi spies with burning fire!"]
The Flame -
1.
[The Kidnapping of Dr. Dobbs]
The Flame -
2.
["The Atlas Powder Company is mysteriously blown up!"]
Black Lion -
3.
[Zino's Bombing Plot]
Yarko -
4.
[The Framing of Bill Mattson]
Tex Maxon -
5.
[The Murder of "Lord Cowper"]
Patty O'Day Newsreel Reporter -
6.
Jungle Manhunt
-
7.
[The Pencil Racket]
Dr. Fung -
8.
[The Sky Pirate]
Wing Turner -
9.
[Niki Comso's Train Sabotage Plot]
K-51 Spies at War
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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