Amazing Mystery Funnies #v2#7

(July 1939)

Uncle Joe Says: (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Pencils

Ben Thompson (signed)

Inks

Ben Thompson (signed)

Letters

typeset

Editing

Joe Hardie

Characters

The Masked Marvel

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover.

There is an editorial letter from Uncle Joe in which he discusses a publication called The Weekly Torch, published by one of his readers, and also a publication brought in by one of his artists called Scienti-Tales, published by John Giunta and Louis Maurino.

There is a small ad from the Acme Fireworks Corporation, asking readers to send for their fireworks catalog.

There is a very small ad from Club Photo Service in regards to developing photos.

There is also an ad from Centaur Publications for two books titled "The Lone Ranger" and "The Lone Ranger and the Mystery Ranch", as well as two new books "The Lone Ranger and the Gold Robbery" and "The Lone Ranger and the Texas Renegades".

There is an illustrated promo from the publisher for the July, 1939 iss ue of Keen Detective Funnies, featuring a new character called the Masked Marvel (head view shown).

[no title indexed] (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

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From the top of one of the towering buildings of the World's Fair...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fantom of the Fair (introduction); Andy (a painter); Collins (a Policeman); Russel (a Policeman); Johnson (a contractor); Occo (villain, a contractor); Marco (villain)

Synopsis

The Fantom, mentioned in a book written in Icelandic thousands of years ago, appears on the scene at the World's Fair to stop a crooked contractor who is attempting to fraudulently prevent another contractor from fulfilling his contracts.

Reprints

• in L'Aventureux (Editions Mondiales, 1936 series) #12/1940
which is reprinted
• in L'histoire des super-héros (Neofelis, 2016 series) (avril 2016)
• in Amazing Adventure Funnies (Centaur, 1940 series) #1 (June 1940)
• in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #2 (No Date [circa 2007 Septembre]), #6bis ([circa October 2008])
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #83 ([October] 2010) [in black and white]
• in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #13 - Centaur Chronicles ([August] 2013)

Keywords

1939 New York World's Fair

Indexer Notes

In his very last appearances, he was called Fantoman.

All credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

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The Inner Circle / comic story / 7 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

Major Ramsay - U.S.A. - has recieved a letter asking him to come to Scotland...

Genre

spy

Characters

The Inner Circle [Major Paul Ramsay; Colonel MacAlister Ewan; Lt. Michel Dupre (French soldier); John Bain (Canadian engineer); Rolfe Gunderson (Norwegian explorer-scientist); Ian Ahern (Irish soldier)]; Nick; un-named Pilot; un-named ship skipper; Mr. Rossi (villain); Sparks (villain); Cook (villain)

Synopsis

Major Ransay receives a letter asking him to come to Glasgow, Scotland immediately, and after he arrives, he is met by a Colonel Ewan. Ewan asks him to join a group of people called the Inner Circle, which seeks to right wrongs in the world and straighten them out if at all possible. The first mission is to be in Hong Kong, victimized by a series of bombings.

Keywords

Croydon Airport; Glasgow (Scotland); Hong Kong; Sino-Rossi Fisheries

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2039 A. D. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

A. S. Van Eerde (signed)

Inks

A. S. Van Eerde (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Uncle Oscar and his nephew Bill are off on a business trip...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Uncle Oscar; Bill (Oscar's nephew)

Synopsis

Bill and Uncle Oscar are off on a business trip around the solar system, but are pulled over by a rocketcycle cop. When Uncle Oscar threatens the cop, he is sent before a judge who levies a strong sentence and fine for him.

Indexer Notes

Jupiter

Part 1: The Conqueror (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Carl Burgos (signed)

Pencils

Carl Burgos (signed)

Inks

Carl Burgos (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Captain Tim; Professor Gray; Rita; Dr. Montan (mention only); Turjak (villain); Turjak's henchman (villain)

Synopsis

Upon hearing that Dr. Montan may yet be alive, according to a diary entry in which the doctor talks of "living diamonds" on Mystery Isle, Tim and company head out to check out the story. But when their ship is forced down miles from their destination, they believe that they were expected, and that "The Conqueror," who has returned, may in fact be Dr. Montan!

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #80 (2009)
• in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #13 - Centaur Chronicles ([August] 2013)

Keywords

Air-Sub DX; Mystery Isle

Indexer Notes

in black & white, except the title and the first panel of each page, which is in red ink.

Haunted House (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Rex Lawrence (credited)

Pencils

Ben Thompson ? [as Ben] (signed) (spot illustrations)

Inks

Ben Thompson ? [as Ben] (signed) (spot illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Bill Wentworth; Elsie; Clyde

Synopsis

One day, as Bill, Elsie and Clyde were passing the old Dietrich place, they mused that no one had ever really proced whether the house was really haunted or not as other people had said. So, Bill and Clyde decide to spend a night in the house, not realizing they would become victims of a prank.

Keywords

Main Street; The Dietrich Place; Whittlesey's store

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Craig Delich.

The C-20 Mystery (Table of Contents: 7)

Bobby O'Neill / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Everett (signed)

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Everett ?

Genre

crime

Characters

Bobby O'Neill (Policeman); Micky O'Neill (newsreel cameraman, Bobby's brother); Jerry Beech (Coast Guard radio operator); Shannon (member of the Coast Guard); un-named Police Inspector; Burke (Policeman); Rosa May (dope peddler, death); Rita May (Rosa's sister); Danny Overman (villain, death); Dutch Silver (villain); Harry (villain); Sid (villain)

Synopsis

While investigating a murder at the Cicero Warehouse, Bob and Micky are led to a dying dope peddler who keeps repeating "C-20", and Bob realizes that it is the number of a scow located nearby. Therein are discovered gang members dead or dying at the hands of Rita May, the drug peddler's sister, who she felt had ruined her sister. As the tale unfolds, Dutch Silver, whose gang brings the drugs into the area, arrives on the scene and there is a shootout.

Reprints

• in The Bill Everett Archives (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #1 - Amazing Mysteries (December 2011)

Indexer Notes

Printed in red tones (black, white and red).

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

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Grizzly Dunn / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mighty fine hoss flesh, Kid.

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Grizzly Dunn; Sam; un-named Sheriff; pair of racehorse cheaters (villains)

Synopsis

A pair of racing dudes challenge Grizzly's horse to a race for a prize of $10,000.

Reprints

• from Star Ranger (Ultem, 1937 series) #7 (October-November 1937)

Keywords

Comet (a horse)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Jack Strand / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Frollo (signed)

Pencils

Frank Frollo (signed)

Inks

Frank Frollo (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Diana, I'm dying and I've left much unfinished!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jack Strand; Diana Carlin (Jack's fiance); Dr. Homer Carlin (Diana's Uncle, death); Strand; Psyk (villain)

Synopsis

When Diana's uncle was dying, he passed onto Strand the Key of Souls and the duty to keep Psyk confined to the House of Souls. But soon after being given the Key, Diana is kidnapped by Psyk, and Strand follows her into the House of Souls.

Reprints

• from Funny Picture Stories (Ultem, 1937 series) #v2#1 (September 1937)

Indexer Notes

Continued next issue.

The Pardon (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Claire S. Moe (signed)

Pencils

Claire S. Moe (signed)

Inks

Claire S. Moe (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Adolphe Bernhorn (Swiss goat hero); Ernst Bernhorn (Adolphe's father); Gretchen Nisson; Bernhorn's great-grandfather (death)

Synopsis

Gretchen runs across young Adolphe, who has just found an edelweiss, the sign of betrothal. Both have been taught to hate one another, Adolphe because a Nisson had killed his great-grandfather and buried him in a glacier. But a freak accident soon reveals the truth.......100 years late.

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

It's Really a Fact / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bob Wood (signed)

Pencils

Bob Wood (signed)

Inks

Bob Wood (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bob Wood (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The largest pair of elephant tusks recorded...

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Steve Brodie

Reprints

• from Funny Pages (Ultem, 1937 series) v2#?.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Page consists of six cartoons, all relating unusual facts.

You Too Will Want To Read These Exciting Books (Table of Contents: 12)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

The Lone Ranger [John Reid]

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from Centaur Publications, offering to their readers a selevction of different series of good books to buy for their reading pleasure, including series on The Lone Ranger, July Bolton Mysteries, Dana Girls Mysteries, The Hardy Boys and many more, each book costing 40 cents.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

t

Indexer Notes

Found on the back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from the Johnson Smith and Company, offering readers a wide variety of items for sale, such as a 30-shot automatic repeating B-B pistol, blank cartridge pistols, a printing press, an electric baseball game, a midget racer, and a folding camera.