(December 1939)
- Volume:
- 2
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Centaur Publications Inc.
- Editing:
- Joseph Hardie [as Uncle Joe]
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover: Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #3 (No Date [circa décembre 2007])
- in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #3 (No Date [circa décembre 2007])
[no title indexed]
Fantom of the Fair / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Paul Gustavson
- Inks:
- Paul Gustavson?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- "Speed" Centaur; Fantom of the Fair
Indexer Notes
Small caption on cover reads: "the only double feature magazine!", and the two small circular illustrations show "Speed" Centaur & Fantom of the Fair.
Meet the Artist Who Draws "Speed Centaur"
text article / 0.6 page
Credits
- Script:
- Joseph Hardie [as Uncle Joe]
- Pencils:
- Malcolm Kildale
- Inks:
- Malcolm Kildale
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- bio
Indexer Notes
The inside front cover has a short text feature on Malcolm Kildale, accompanied by a small (self?) portrait of the artist. Text signed "Uncle Joe", Editor.
[AMAZING-MAN COMICS]
Amazing-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Amazing-Man
["She'll be a slave driver!"]
Fantom of the Fair / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Paul Gustavson
- Pencils:
- Paul Gustavson
- Inks:
- Paul Gustavson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Fantom of the Fair
- Synopsis:
- The story is set in a steel mill in Pennsylvania.
Indexer Notes
"As winter draws near, the world's fair closes its gates until the spring... the Fantom turns elsewhere in his work of safeguarding human life and upholding justice." The story is set in a steel mill in Pennsylvania.
["I realize now, that it is Dorian, whom you really care for..."]
Daredevil Barry Finn / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Tarpe Mills
- Pencils:
- Tarpe Mills
- Inks:
- Tarpe Mills
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Barry Finn
["While cruising near the planet Venus..."]
Space Patrol / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Basil Wolverton
- Pencils:
- Basil Wolverton
- Inks:
- Basil Wolverton
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Science Fiction
- Characters:
- Nick Nelson; Kodi;Owen Kosterman
- Synopsis:
- Nick Nelson and Kodi pursue "notorious space bandit" Owen Kosterman to the jungles of Venus, and encounter a couple of couple of cannibalistic spider men.
Indexer Notes
1st appearance.
["Don Dixon, Princess Wanda and their friend Dr. Lugoff..."]
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Adventure
- Characters:
- Don Dixon
- Reprints:
- from Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sunday strip (Watkins Syndicate) ?
Indexer Notes
continuing story
[no title indexed]
Looking over your magazines / text article / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Giunta
- Pencils:
- John Giunta
- Inks:
- John Giunta
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
A text feature devoted to reviews of fan magazines. Fanzines reviewed include FANTASY NEWS (James V. Taurasi), NEW FANTOM, THE FANTAST (C.S. Youd), FANTASCIENCE DIGEST (Bob Madle, Jack Agnew) and SPACEWAYS (Harry Warner, Jr.).
["It is the year 2009 A.D.!"]
John Linton flyer scientist adventurer / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Harry Francis Campbell
- Pencils:
- Harry Francis Campbell
- Inks:
- Harry Francis Campbell
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Science Fiction
- Characters:
- John Linton
Indexer Notes
A continuing story, set in the year 2009 A.D.
[no title indexed]
Stranger than Fiction! / text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Walter Galli
- Inks:
- Walter Galli
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
A page of surprising and curious facts.
["At their usual meeting place..."]
Speed Centaur / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Malcolm Kildale
- Pencils:
- Malcolm Kildale
- Inks:
- Malcolm Kildale
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Speed Centaur; Reel McCoy
- Synopsis:
- Speed Centaur and Reel McCoy explore a cave which carries them back in time.
Indexer Notes
To be continued.
["An atom?"]
Adam the atom-smasher / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humor
Indexer Notes
a humor strip featuring a scientist and an ignoramus.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Meet the Artist Who Draws "Speed Centaur"
-
2.
[AMAZING-MAN COMICS]
Amazing-Man -
3.
["She'll be a slave driver!"]
Fantom of the Fair -
4.
["I realize now, that it is Dorian, whom you really care for..."]
Daredevil Barry Finn -
5.
["While cruising near the planet Venus..."]
Space Patrol -
6.
["Don Dixon, Princess Wanda and their friend Dr. Lugoff..."]
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire -
7.
[no title indexed]
Looking over your magazines -
8.
["It is the year 2009 A.D.!"]
John Linton flyer scientist adventurer -
9.
[no title indexed]
Stranger than Fiction! -
10.
["At their usual meeting place..."]
Speed Centaur -
11.
["An atom?"]
Adam the atom-smasher
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- Peter Croome
- Lou Mougin
- Henry Andrews
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- Lou Mougin
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