(May 1940)
Fox,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 1940-03-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fox Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
FP
- Editing
- Victor Fox (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 451191.
[The Wire of Doom]
Dynamo / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Dick Briefer ? (credited as Harold Weber)
- Pencils
- Dick Briefer
- Inks
- Dick Briefer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- The Leader (first appearance; villain)
Prof. Piccardo Will Ascend Into Stratosphere
The Eagle / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- G-13 and other spies (first appearance; villains; death); Prof. Piccardo (first appearance)
[The Attack of Iako]
Cosmic Carson / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby; Joe Simon ? (credited as Michael Griffith)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed as Michael Griffith)
- Inks
- Jack Kirby (signed as Michael Griffith)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jack Kirby
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Cosmic Carson; Elramis (introduction); Major Lang (introduction); Iako (villain, introduction)
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Storyline never resolved.
"Joe Simon?" removed from inks credit.
Pencils and inks credits by Greg Theakston.
Letters credit identified by Greg Theakston and later Harry Mendryk on the Jack Kirby Museum web page http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2369, 31 October 2008 (retrieved 15 December 2014).
[The Stolen City]
Perisphere Payne / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Bonto (first appearance; villain; death); Janice (first appearance)
[Ivory City]
Marga the Panther Woman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as James T. Royal] (credited)
- Pencils
- Emil Gershwin ?
- Inks
- Emil Gershwin ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Marga; Ashta (first appearance; villain; death)
The Capellian War Monster
Comet Frank / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Martin Bursten (credited as Martin A. Brusten)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Comet Frank (first appearance)
[Attack on Jupiter]
Dr. Doom / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Doom (villain); Jan (hero); Wanda (heroine)
[Trapped by the Prime Minister]
Navy Jones / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bert Whitman (under house name Frank Pensley)
- Pencils
- Bert Whitman (under house name Frank Pensley)
- Inks
- Bert Whitman (under house name Frank Pensley)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- The Prime Minister (villain); Sharks Finn (first appearance; villains); Queen Nina (first appearance)
Indexer Notes
Navy Jones revealed as the great-great-grandson of Davy Jones (locker also revealed)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["The Mars-man yanked the space helmet as Cosmic Carson fired"]
Cosmic Carson -
1.
[The Wire of Doom]
Dynamo -
2.
Prof. Piccardo Will Ascend Into Stratosphere
The Eagle -
3.
[The Attack of Iako]
Cosmic Carson -
4.
[The Stolen City]
Perisphere Payne -
5.
[Ivory City]
Marga the Panther Woman -
6.
The Capellian War Monster
Comet Frank -
7.
[Attack on Jupiter]
Dr. Doom -
8.
[Trapped by the Prime Minister]
Navy Jones
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- Boris Ammerlaan
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Dan Kocher
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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