Fantastic Comics #1

(December 1939)

[The Coming of Samson] (Table of Contents)

Samson / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner ?

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Super-hero

Characters:

Samson [Sam ?] (earlier appearance and origin revealed in Samson #1); Thorga (villain, introduction)

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• in Samson (Fox, 1940 series) #1 (Fall 1940)

In the Land of Nod (Table of Contents)

Buzzy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger

Pencils:

S. M. Iger ? [as Roland Livingstone] (signed)

Inks:

S. M. Iger ? [as Roland Livingstone] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Buzzy (introduction)

Indexer Notes

Only appearance.

[The Arrival of Stardust] (Table of Contents)

Stardust / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fletcher Hanks

Pencils:

Fletcher Hanks

Inks:

Fletcher Hanks

Colors:

?

Letters:

Fletcher Hanks

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Stardust (introduction)

[Origin of the Golden Knight] (Table of Contents)

Golden Knight / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Grieg Chapian

Inks:

Grieg Chapian

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Fantasy

Characters:

The Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick] (introduction, origin); King Richard the Lion-Hearted (introduction); Saracens (villain, introduction, a witch)

[Captured By Skomah] (Table of Contents)

Space Smith / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)

Pencils:

Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)

Inks:

Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Fletcher Hanks

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

Space Smith (introduction); Dianna (introduction); Skomah (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Space Smith and Dianna are captured by the mad Martian scientist Skomah and his Imp Men, but make good their escape.

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• in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn] (June 2009)

Indexer Notes

First line of dialogue reads: "The Brain wants all Earth people destroyed!"

The Planet of Death (Table of Contents)

none / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

William T. Libby (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

The U. S. A. Invaded!! (Table of Contents)

Yank Wilson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Farr

Pencils:

Jack Farr

Inks:

Jack Farr

Colors:

?

Letters:

J

Content Information

Genre:

War

Characters:

Yank Wilson (introduction); Joe (introduction); the President (introduction); The Eskimongolians (villains, introduction); Raxola (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-3-13.

[200 miles from his camp...] (Table of Contents)

Captain Kidd / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Toni Blum?

Pencils:

Bill Bossert

Inks:

Bill Bossert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Captain Kidd (introduction, a pilot); Von Haupt (villain, introduction, death)

[Deep down in a gloomy, ancient, subterranean cellar...] (Table of Contents)

Professor Fiend / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Schwab

Pencils:

Fred Schwab

Inks:

Fred Schwab

Colors:

?

Letters:

Fred Schwab

Content Information

Characters:

Professor Fiend (introduction)

[Into the Fourth Dimension] (Table of Contents)

Flick Falcon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Rico

Inks:

Don Rico

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

Flick Falcon (introduction); Adele (introduction); Three-Armed Men (villains, introduction, Martians)

At the Bottom of the Sea (Table of Contents)

Sub Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer [as Karl Kief] (signed)

Inks:

Henry Kiefer [as Kark Kief] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Sub Saunders (introduction); Lt. Dirk (introduction); Queen Lantida (introduction); Atlanteans (introduction); Naulus (villain, introduction); the frog-men (villains, introduction)