(August 1939)

Fox, 1939 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Bruns Publications, Inc.
Brand:
FP
Editing:
Victor Fox
Format:
7 1/2" x 10 1/4"; Full Color; Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched

Issue Notes

This month is the first appearance of the FP shield and the last appearance of Bruns Publications, Inc.

Indicia (inside front cover):
WONDERWORLD COMICS, Vol. I, No. 4, Published monthly by Bruns Publications, Inc., V. S. Fox, President, 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y. Office of publication. 29 Worthington St., Springfield, Mass. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office, New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Application for transfer of entry to the Post Office at Springfield, Mass., pending. Price 10 cents per copy. Subscription rates: 12 issues in the United States, and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, $1.50. Elsewhere, $2.50. The Publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright 1939, by Bruns Publications, Inc. Printed in the U.S.A.

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Lou Fine
Inks:
Lou Fine
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
historical

[The Dreaded Doxol] (Table of Contents)

Flame / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Will Eisner
Pencils:
Lou Fine [as Basil Berold]
Inks:
Lou Fine
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Doxol (Villain; Intro; Death)
Reprints:

[Th' boss wants ta see me...] (Table of Contents)

Armstrong the Lumberjack / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bill Newcombe
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Armstrong (Intro)

Indexer Notes

Only appearance


[The Judge's Wife and the Smugglers] (Table of Contents)

Yarko / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Will Eisner
Pencils:
Bob Powell ?
Inks:
Bob Powell ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
occult; superhero
Characters:
Rocco (Villain; Introduction); Judge Lawton (Introduction); Mrs. Lawton (Introduction); Gail Martin (Introduction)
Reprints:

[Shorty and Suzy are visiting Mr. De Welth...] (Table of Contents)

Shorty Shortcake / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
Jerry Iger [as Jerry Williams] (signed)
Inks:
Jerry Iger [as Jerry Williams] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Shorty; Suzy; Mr. de Werth

Indexer Notes

Artist revision from S. M. Iger to Jerry Iger by Craig Delich 2012-1-5 per Jim Amash in the Quality Companion (2011), page 13.


[The Case of English Eddie] (Table of Contents)

Patty O'Day / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Adolphe Barreaux
Pencils:
Adolphe Barreaux
Inks:
Adolphe Barreaux
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Reprints:

[The Council of Vampires] (Table of Contents)

Dr. Fung / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Powell
Pencils:
Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean]
Inks:
Bob Powell
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Luigi Bishop (Villain; Intro; Death); Anya Bishop (Villain; Intro; Death); Council of Vampires (Villain; Intro)

Buddy Learns About the Pirates' Weapons (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
Lou Fine (illustration)
Inks:
Lou Fine (illustration)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.


Ambushing the Smoky Hill Stage (Table of Contents)

Tex Maxon / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Characters:
Rat-Eye (Villain; Intro); Schmidt (Villain; Intro); Beggs (Villain; Intro)

In Modern Times (Table of Contents)

Don Quixote / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Reprints:

[The Battleship Disasters] (Table of Contents)

K-51 Spies At War / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Will Eisner
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie]
Inks:
Will Eisner
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Senor Anza (Villain; Intro; Death)

"We're Takin' Over Dis Town, See?" (Table of Contents)

Mob-Buster Robinson / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
George Tuska? [as Harold Vance]
Inks:
George Tuska?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Capino (Villain; Intro)

[The Blackie Morgan Case] (Table of Contents)

Tom Barry / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
George Tuska
Inks:
George Tuska
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Tom Barry (Intro; A Mountie); Blackie Morgan (Villain; Intro; Death)

Indexer Notes

Only appearance


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Movie Memos / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily [as Glenda Carol]
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Ralph Bellamy; Shirley Temple; Ben Turpin; Irene Dunne; Benny Leonard

[Doom In the Gold Mine] (Table of Contents)

Spark Stevens / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Klaus Nordling?
Pencils:
Klaus Nordling
Inks:
Klaus Nordling
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

["Boys and Girls! Be sure to get the new Mystery Men Comics"] (Table of Contents)

Mystery Men Comics #1 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Lou Fine
Inks:
Lou Fine
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

inside back cover


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [The Dreaded Doxol]
    Flame
  3. 2. [Th' boss wants ta see me...]
    Armstrong the Lumberjack
  4. 3. [The Judge's Wife and the Smugglers]
    Yarko
  5. 4. [Shorty and Suzy are visiting Mr. De Welth...]
    Shorty Shortcake
  6. 5. [The Case of English Eddie]
    Patty O'Day
  7. 6. [The Council of Vampires]
    Dr. Fung
  8. 7. Buddy Learns About the Pirates' Weapons
  9. 8. Ambushing the Smoky Hill Stage
    Tex Maxon
  10. 9. In Modern Times
    Don Quixote
  11. 10. [The Battleship Disasters]
    K-51 Spies At War
  12. 11. "We're Takin' Over Dis Town, See?"
    Mob-Buster Robinson
  13. 12. [The Blackie Morgan Case]
    Tom Barry
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Movie Memos
  15. 14. [Doom In the Gold Mine]
    Spark Stevens
  16. 15. ["Boys and Girls! Be sure to get the new Mystery Men Comics"]
    Mystery Men Comics #1
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Craig Delich
  • Henry Andrews
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  • Mike Nielsen