Amazing Mystery Funnies #v2#7

(July 1939)

["From the top of one of the towering buildings of the World's Fair..."] (Table of Contents)

Fantom of the Fair / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson ?

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Fantom of the Fair (introduction); Andy (a painter); Collins (a policeman); Russel (a policeman); Johnson (a contractor); Occo (villain, a contractor); Marco (villain)

Synopsis:

The Fantom, mentioned in a book written in Icelandic thousands of years ago, appears on the scene at the World's Fair to stop a crooked contractor who is attempting to fraudulently prevent another contractor from fulfilling his contracts.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #83 ([October] 2010) [in black and white]

Indexer Notes

In his very last appearances, he was called Fantoman. The ? next to writer added by Craig Delich 2011-4-16....while it's acknowledged that Gustavson created this character, Jerry Bails [in his Who's Who] never got verification from Gustavson that he actually wrote this story.

["Major Ramsay - U.S.A. - has recieved a letter asking him to come to Scotland..."] (Table of Contents)

Inner Circle / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lochlan Field (signed)

Inks:

Lochlan Field (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Inner Circle [Major Paul Ramsey; Colonel MacAlister Ewan; Lt. Michel Dupre; John Bain; Rolfe Gunderson; Ian Ahern]

["Uncle Oscar and his nephew Bill are off on a business trip..."] (Table of Contents)

2039 A. D. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

A. S. Van Eerde (signed)

Inks:

A. S. Van Eerde (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Uncle Oscar; Bill (Oscar's nephew)

Part 1: The Conqueror (Table of Contents)

Air-Sub 'DX' / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Pencils:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Inks:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Captain Tim; Professor Gray; Rita; Turjak (villain); Air Sub DX

Synopsis:

Upon hearing that Dr. Montan may yet be alive, according to a diary entry in which the doctor talks of "living diamonds" on Mystery Isle, Tim and company head out to check out the story. But when their ship is forced down miles from their destination, they believe that they were expected, and that "The Conqueror," who has returned, may in fact be Dr. Montan!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #80 (2009)

Indexer Notes

in black & white, except the title and the first panel of each page, which is in red ink.

Haunted House (Table of Contents)

none / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rex Lawrence

Pencils:

? [as Ben] (signed) (one illustration)

Inks:

? [as Ben] (signed) (one illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

The C-20 Mystery (Table of Contents)

Bobby O'Neill / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Everett (signed)

Pencils:

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks:

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Everett ?

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Bobby O'Neill (Policeman); Micky O'Neill (newsreel cameraman, Bobby's brother); Jerry Beech (Coast Guard radio operator); Shannon (member of the Coast Guard); un-named Police Inspector; Burke (Policeman); Rosa May (dope peddler, death); Rita May (Rosa's sister); Danny Overman (villain, death); Dutch Silver (villain); Harry (villain); Sid (villain)

Synopsis:

While investigating a murder at the Cicero Warehouse, Bob and Micky are led to a dying dope peddler who keeps repeating "C-20", and Bob realizes that it is the number of a scow located nearby. Therein are discovered gang members dead or dying at the hands of Rita May, the drug peddler's sister, who she felt had ruined her sister. As the tale unfolds, Dutch Silver, whose gang brings the drugs into the area, arrives on the scene and there is a shootout.

Reprints:

• in Amazing Mysteries: The Bill Everett Archives (Fantagraphic Books, 2012 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Printed in red tones (black, white and red). Letterer credit added by Craig Deliuch 2012-3-`9.

["Mighty fine hoss flesh, Kid."] (Table of Contents)

Grizzly Dunn / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Grizzly Dunn

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Star Ranger (Ultem, 1937 series) #7 (October-November 1937)

["Diana, I'm dying and I've left much unfinished!"] (Table of Contents)

Jack Strand / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Frollo (signed)

Pencils:

Frank Frollo (signed)

Inks:

Frank Frollo (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jack Strand; Diana Carlin (Jack's fiance); Strand; Psyk (villain)

Synopsis:

When Diana's uncle was dying, he passed onto Strand the Key of Souls and the duty to keep Psyk confined to the House of Souls. But soon after being given the Key, Diana is kidnapped by Psyk, and Strand follows her into the House of Souls.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Funny Picture Stories (Ultem, 1937 series) #v2#1 (September 1937)

The Pardon (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Claire S. Moe

Pencils:

Claire S. Moe

Inks:

Claire S. Moe

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Star Comics (Ultem, 1937 series) #8 (December 1937)

["The largest pair of elephant tusks recorded..."] (Table of Contents)

It's Really a Fact / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Wood (signed)

Pencils:

Bob Wood (signed)

Inks:

Bob Wood (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Wood

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Reprints:

• from Funny Pages (Ultem, 1937 series) v2#?

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-5.