(March 1939)

Centaur, 1938 Series
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Volume:
2
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Centaur Publications Inc.
Editing:
?
Format:
Standard Golden Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover: Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series

Issue Notes

Vol. 2, Number 3. March, 1939. AMAZING MYSTERY FUNNIES is published monthly by Centaur Publications, Inc., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. Editorial and executive offices: 220 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Skyrocket Steele / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Inks:
Bill Everett (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Skyrocket Steele

Part 1: The Professors Enemy! (Table of Contents)

Air-Sub 'DX' / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Carl Burgos (signed)
Inks:
Carl Burgos (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

["You can land just to the right of the main building..."] (Table of Contents)

Dirk the Demon / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Everett?
Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Inks:
Bill Everett (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Dirk; Princess Nemo; Prince Marcus.
Synopsis:
Dirk and the Princess arrive for her wedding to Prince Marcus, but they find the place overtaken by men in strange masks. They're captured, but Dirk escapes and frees the royal couple.
Reprinted:
  • in Supermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]

Indexer Notes

Most data added by Henry Andrews 2009-07-10.


Vanishing Men (Table of Contents)

Phantom of the Hills / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arthur Pinajian?
Pencils:
Arthur Pinajian?
Inks:
Arthur Pinajian?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Phantom of the Hills
Reprinted:
  • from Western Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1937 series) #?

Dictator's Mistake (Table of Contents)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Rex Lawrence]
Pencils:
George A. Fish (signed)
Inks:
George A. Fish (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Professor Gardner

The Madhouse Murder Mystery (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
E. F. Webster?
Pencils:
E. F. Webster (signed)
Inks:
E. F. Webster (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Some pages in red tones, others in black & white.


Pay Off For Mr. Ghost (Table of Contents)

Pat O'Day / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joseph E. Buresch?
Pencils:
Joseph E. Buresch (signed)
Inks:
Joseph E. Buresch (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Joseph E. Buresch?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Pat O'Day
Reprinted:
  • from Detective Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #?

The Mysterious Poacher (Table of Contents)

Captain Dale / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Howard L. Hastings?
Pencils:
Howard L. Hastings (signed)
Inks:
Howard L. Hastings (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Captain Dale

Fantastic Projects! (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Terry Gilkison
Inks:
Terry Gilkison
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

["Back on Earth, after their adventure on the planetoid Mannin..."] (Table of Contents)

Skyrocket Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Everett?
Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Inks:
Bill Everett (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Skyrocket Steele

["Flung from a meteor, which is spinning wildly..."] (Table of Contents)

Eddie the Odd / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Munson Paddock [as Cecelia Munson]
Inks:
Munson Paddock [as Cecelia Munson]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Eddie the Odd

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Part 1: The Professors Enemy!
    Air-Sub 'DX'
  2. 2. ["You can land just to the right of the main building..."]
    Dirk the Demon
  3. 3. Vanishing Men
    Phantom of the Hills
  4. 4. Dictator's Mistake
  5. 5. The Madhouse Murder Mystery
  6. 6. Pay Off For Mr. Ghost
    Pat O'Day
  7. 7. The Mysterious Poacher
    Captain Dale
  8. 8. Fantastic Projects!
  9. 9. ["Back on Earth, after their adventure on the planetoid Mannin..."]
    Skyrocket Steele
  10. 10. ["Flung from a meteor, which is spinning wildly..."]
    Eddie the Odd
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Henry Andrews
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
  • Tony R. Rose
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