Amazing Mystery Funnies #v2#9

(September 1939)

Amazing Facts about Pioneer American Homes (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Editing

Joe Hardie

Characters

Speed Centaur; The Masked Marvel

Indexer Notes

Partially illustrated page, first featuring an article by the Editor, Uncle Joe, on Colonial American homes. Secondly, there is a publisher's plug for the latest mags published by Centaur. Thirdly, there are three very brief advertisements concerning postage stamps, a quiz booklet and film developing. Finally, at the bottom of the page, is an illustrated promo for Keen Detective Comics and Amazing Mystery Funnies with illos of Speed Centaur and the Masked Marvel.

Dive of Death!.. (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Pencils

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantom of the Fair; Mr. Adams (Fair show owner); Jane Adams (Adam's daughter); Tony (Adam's employee); Marcos (villain, Fair show owner, death); Marcos' henchman (villain, death)

Synopsis

A struggling Fair show owner has words and more with a fellow competitor who seems to be stealing every idea that he has had. The rival goes so far as to rig a death dive trap for the girl, and might have succeeded if not for the intervention of the Fantom.

Reprints

• in Fantoman (Centaur, 1940 series) #2 (August 1940)
• in Collection Fantôme (Editions Mondiales, 1945 series) #[85] (1er trimestre 1946)
• in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #3 (No Date [circa décembre 2007]) [excerpts]

Keywords

Golden Palace; World's Fair

Indexer Notes

Script and letterer credits courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Carl Burgos (signed)

Pencils

Carl Burgos (signed)

Inks

Carl Burgos (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Get Professor Gray on the televisor!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Captain Tim; Professor Gray; Dr. Ralon (death); Nelson (Ralon's assistant); un-named girl (villain, Ralon's first created human, death); girl's men (villains, all die)

Synopsis

Dr. Ralon confirms to Professor Gray that he has succeeded in bringing to life, through his evolutionizing machine, human beings from animals, when a girl and some men enter his lab and kill him. Tom and Gray soon learn that the girl was the first of Dr. Ralon's creations and that she had gone mad, killing the doctor.

Keywords

acetylene gun; Air-Sub 'DX'; electronic pistol; Lanton City

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Inner Circle / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lochlan Field (signed as L. Field)

Inks

Lochlan Field (signed as L. Field)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Flying over the polar region...

Genre

adventure; spy

Characters

The Inner Circle [Major Paul Ramsay; John Bain (Canadian engineer); Kirby; un-named pilots]; radium thieves (villains)

Synopsis

Ramsay and Bain head up to Great Bear Lake to meet with agent Kirby in regards to several hijackings of planes loaded with radium.

Keywords

Great Bear Lake

Indexer Notes

Inker credit by Craig Delich.

Continued next issue.

Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Part 2 (Table of Contents: 5)

Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Moore (signed)

Pencils

Carl Pfeufer (signed)

Inks

Carl Pfeufer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dagmar has opened the valves...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Don Dixon; Dr. Lugoff; Princess Wanda; Dagmar (villain); Taal (villain, Dagmar's cousin)

Synopsis

Dagmar threatens to kill Wanda and Dr. Lugoff unless Don consents to become co-ruler of her kingdom. But the Queen's jilted suitor, Taal, has other plans.

Reprints

• from Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sunday (Watkins Syndicate) 1937-08-15 - 1937-09-12

Indexer Notes

Pfeufer signed his name in the 2nd panel on page one and panel 5 on page four.

Panels are reshaped from the originals.

Story concluded in Volume 2 #11.

Rocketship Race (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Lloyd Victor (credited) (house name)

Pencils

George Fish (signed as G. A. F.) (spot illustration)

Inks

George Fish (signed as G. A. F.) (spot illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Thomas Piper; Mac (Piper's mechanic); Riginald Saunders

Synopsis

Tom was determined to win the Rocketship Derby Race, even though his competitor, Regie Saunders, was known for not sticking to the rules!

Keywords

Champion (a rocketship); Rocketship Derby Race; The Flash (a rocketship)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Speed Centaur / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Malcolm Kildale (signed)

Inks

Malcolm Kildale (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We find 'Speed Centaur' waiting in a cave...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Speed Centaur; Reel McCoy; Jack Pott gang [Jack Pott (leader); Jim "Droopy" Raws; rest un-named] (villains)

Synopsis

To try and catch up with the Jack Pott gang, Speed assumes the disguise of a true horse and he and Reel follow one of the gang's torpedo's into town. Speed then uses his voice to convince the thug that he is a talking horse, and the thug buys the horse from Reel and takes it and Reel to the gang's hideout.

Keywords

Nob Nose Mountain

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Daredevil Barry Finn / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tarpé Mills (signed)

Inks

Tarpé Mills (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hmmm -- looks like all the foreign countries...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Barry Finn; Joan Hart; Professor Walton (scientist, death); Sulla (villain, Zaroff's assistant); Dr. Zaroff (villain); Dacia Zaroff (villain, Zaroff's daughter); Joseph Stalin (villain, cameo); Adolf Hitler (villain, cameo); Benito Mussolini (villain, cameo)

Synopsis

Zaroff visits an English scientist who has invented a process for enlarging any insect to any size that he wishes. Seizing upon the opportunity, Zaroff kills the scientist, seizes the machine for his own purposes, and meets with leaders from the major warring powers, offering (for a price) the use of this invention. Then, accompanied by Dacia, Zaroff sails to New York, planning to release a horde of the giant insects upon the United States, bringing disease, plague and death.

Indexer Notes

Script revision from Mills to ? by Craig Delich.

Knuckle Down! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Martin Filchock ?

Pencils

Martin Filchock (signed as Martin Filchock) (also signed as Filchock)

Inks

Martin Filchock (signed as Martin Filchock) (also signed as Filchock)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery; sports

Characters

Pat Mullen (a baseball pitcher); Mr. Mullen (Pat's father); Mrs. Mullen (Pat's mother, cameo); Champ (villain, a boxer); Champ's manager (villain)

Synopsis

Concerned because his name and bout is being pushed out the sports section of the newspaper by the Union school, Champ and his manager conspire to get the team's star pitcher to throw the game in the Junior Baseball Championships.

Keywords

Daily News

Indexer Notes

Data from Jerry Bails index cards and Howard Keltners Golden Age index.

Act Now On This Bargain Offer. (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)