Amazing Mystery Funnies #v3#1

(January 1940)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No. Grimes!! I won't sell the coal mines

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantom of the Fair; Grimes; Carlton; Lefty; Hank

Synopsis

Grimes hires Lefty and Hank to sabotage Carlton's coal mine with dynamite blasts but the Fantom uncovers the culprits.

Reprints

• in Fantoman (Centaur, 1940 series) #4 (December 1940)

Keywords

coal mines

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Tarpé Mills (signed)

Pencils

Tarpé Mills (signed)

Inks

Tarpé Mills (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Tarpé Mills ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

H-mm--looks pretty bad

Genre

adventure

Characters

Barry Finn; Frogga; Dacia Zaroff; Fritz von Heim; Ogden Cadman Jr.

Synopsis

Dacia convinces von Heim to assault American ships with his submarine in order to boost his munitions manufacturing. Barry Finn encounters the submarine after Frogga wrecks its periscope but Dacia escapes.

Keywords

Columbia; submarine

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

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

Script

Lochlan Field (signed)

Pencils

Lochlan Field (signed)

Inks

Lochlan Field (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Lochlan Field ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Podin' me guv'nor...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Inner Circle [Murdoch; Carlos; Swede; Colonel Rogers]; Pepe

Synopsis

Agent Murdoch discovers the Itorian secret society the Blue Hand are carrying out a wave of bombings in London. The Inner Circle raises a fighting force of thirty men to invade Itoria and capture the Blue Hand's leaders.

Keywords

Blue Hand; Itoria; London

Indexer Notes

The Blue Hand and Itoria are obvious stand-ins for the real-life Black Hand and Italy.

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Tippy Taylor on Fantasy Isle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

George Loomis (signed)

Pencils

George Loomis (signed)

Inks

George Loomis (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

George Loomis ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A fortune teller told me that I was going on a long trip soon.

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Tippy Taylor; Hunk O'Clay; Mr. Doaks

Synopsis

Tippy and his pilot Hunk head towards Borneo to report on a typhoon but the storm crashes their plane. Washed up on the island of Phantasy, Tippy encounters dinosaurs and meets an old inventor who has built synthetic robots but needs special elements to bring them to life. Tippy begins the search in Tinilonia, a land where Tippy's height makes him a giant to the locals.

Keywords

Borneo; California; dinosaurs; Metropolis; Metropolitan Times; Phantasy; robots; Tinilonia; typhoon

Indexer Notes

Art is heavily inspired by Roy Crane.

The False Mask (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Gill (signed)

Pencils

Sam Gilman (signed as S. Gilman) (signed illo)

Inks

Sam Gilman (signed as S. Gilman)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"Calling all cars..."

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Faces Jeffre

Synopsis

The criminal Faces Jeffre is a master of disguise but is found out by a grocery clerk who realizes Faces is far too precise in relaying information.

Keywords

New Jersey

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Moore

Pencils

Carl Pfeufer

Inks

Carl Pfeufer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

While waiting for Lugoff...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Don Dixon; Princess Wanda; Tania; Vigo; Taal; Kul

Reprints

• from Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sunday (Watkins Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Keith Chandler : Moore and Pfeufer were the creators throughout the entire 1935 to 1941 run.

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

The Bullet / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Ralph Butts (credited as R. F. Butts)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The story opens in Dr. Vernon's hanger, where a sleek, bullet-like ship rests

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Craig Stewart; Khan; Dr. Raymond Vernon; Cole Hammond; Carlos Espada (dies); Captain de Cortez

Synopsis

After Dr. Vernon gives him the Bullet, an advanced plane, Stewart goes to Novania with his valet Khan to help his friend Hammond fend off a coup led by Carlos Espada. Stewart pilots the Bullet in an aerial battle against Espada and drives Espada's plane to a fiery end.

Keywords

Central America; Costa Nova; Novania; The Bullet

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

Jon Linton / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Campbell (credited as Harry Francis Gampbell)

Pencils

Harry Campbell (credited as Harry Francis Gampbell)

Inks

Harry Campbell (credited as Harry Francis Gampbell)

Colors

?

Letters

Harry Campbell ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You don't mean that 'Satan-Rex' and this Eric Von Hochwalt are the same man?

Genre

science fiction; adventure

Characters

Jon Linton; Professor Kane; Burke; Lisa; Satan-Rex [Erich von Hochwalt]; Lak Dahl (dies); Lin-Yan

Synopsis

Lak Dahl dies after helping Jon. Satan-Rex captures Jon and his friends and brings them to the City of the Mists. Satan-Rex demands Jon become his ally and Jon agrees.

Keywords

Ahmn Machin mountain; Alaska; City of the Mists; iota-ray; rocket ship; Tibet

[Sir Basil Zaharoff] (Table of Contents: 9)

Stranger than Fiction / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Walter Galli (signed)

Pencils

Walter Galli (signed)

Inks

Walter Galli (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Walter Galli ?

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Sir Basil Zaharoff

Reprints

• from Stranger Than Fiction Sunday (Watkins Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Speed Centaur / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Malcolm Kildale ?

Pencils

Malcolm Kildale (signed)

Inks

Malcolm Kildale (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Malcolm Kildale

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Prince Albert - I have a plan that will regain your throne without a war...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Speed Centaur; Reel McCoy; Prince Albert of Avon; Sir Morbid (dies); Knights of Doom; Tweeps; Sir Wrechard

Synopsis

Speed and Reel help Prince Albert against his uncle Sir Morbid. Speed Centaur ends Morbid's threat by kicking over the entire mountain on which his castle rests.

Keywords

Avon

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Adam the Atom Smasher / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wow!! Adam's gadget is causing the Earth to spin at terrific speed!!

Genre

humor

Characters

Adam

Synopsis

Adam uses his super-sensitive molecule magnet to put the Earth back in order but accidentally returns people to the wrong parts of the world as cannibals invade his lab.

Keywords

cannibals; super-sensitive molecule magnet