Fantastic Comics #1

(December 1939)

[The Coming of Samson] (Table of Contents: 1)

Samson / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Toni Blum

Pencils

Alex Blum (under house name Alex Boon)

Inks

Alex Blum (under house name Alex Boon)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out of the mist of history comes the mighty Samson...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Samson; Thorga (villain, introduction); Thorganians

Reprints

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

Keywords

high frequency thought transmitter; planes; tanks; television screen

Indexer Notes

Writer id by Bob Hughes based on stylistic analysis. Earlier appearance and origin revealed in Samson #1.

In the Land of Nod (Table of Contents: 2)

Buzzy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

R. H. Livingstone (signed)

Pencils

R. H. Livingstone (signed)

Inks

R. H. Livingstone (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

children

Characters

Buzzy (introduction)

Indexer Notes

Only appearance of Fox's "Buzzy" feature. Not to be confused with later Buzzy features from other publishers.
Rolland Livingstone is a real person, not a pen name for Jerry Iger. He is listed in Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

[The Arrival of Stardust] (Table of Contents: 3)

Stardust / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Fletcher Hanks (credited)

Pencils

Fletcher Hanks (credited)

Inks

Fletcher Hanks (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Fletcher Hanks

First Line of Dialogue or Text

While a secret army of spies, and murderous terrorists conpsire to undermine business, and the government, a distant radio call is picked up in America - a message transmitted from somewhere out in space!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Stardust (introduction)

Synopsis

Stardust captures a conglomerate of criminals and suspends them in mid-air while forcing them to gaze on the skeletons of everyone they killed.

Reprints

• in I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) (June 2007)
• in Fletcher Hanks : œuvres complètes (Actes Sud, 2018 series) (mai 2018)

[Origin of the Golden Knight] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Grieg Chapian ?; Toni Blum ?

Pencils

Grieg Chapian (credited)

Inks

Grieg Chapian (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

During the Crusades, there lived a great and noble knight, Sir Richard, the Golden Knight of Warwick.

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; historical; adventure

Characters

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

[Captured By Skomah] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Fletcher Hanks (under house name Hank Christy) (signed)

Pencils

Fletcher Hanks (under house name Hank Christy) (signed)

Inks

Fletcher Hanks (under house name Hank Christy) (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Fletcher Hanks

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Brain wants all Earth people destroyed!

Genre

science fiction; adventure

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.

Reprints

• in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) (June 2009)
• in Fletcher Hanks : œuvres complètes (Actes Sud, 2018 series) (mai 2018)

The Planet of Death (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

William T. Libby (signed)

Pencils

Bob Powell (illustrations)

Inks

Bob Powell (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Saltarella.

The U. S. A. Is Invaded!! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Jack Farr

Pencils

Jack Farr

Inks

Jack Farr

Colors

?

Letters

Jack Farr

Genre

war; adventure; spy

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.

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

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

Script

Toni Blum

Pencils

Bill Bossert (credited)

Inks

Bill Bossert (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

200 miles from his camp...

Genre

aviation; adventure

Characters

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

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

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

Script

Fred Schwab (credited as Boris Plaster)

Pencils

Fred Schwab (credited as Boris Plaster)

Inks

Fred Schwab (credited as Boris Plaster)

Colors

?

Letters

Fred Schwab

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Deep down in a gloomy, ancient, subterranean cellar...

Genre

humor

Characters

Professor Fiend (introduction)

[Into the Fourth Dimension] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Don Rico

Inks

Don Rico

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The ball is coming back, but it has been turned inside out.

Feature Logo

Flick Falcon

Genre

science fiction; adventure

Characters

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

At the Bottom of the Sea (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Toni Blum ?

Pencils

Henry Kiefer (signed)

Inks

Henry Kiefer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction; adventure

Characters

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

Indexer Notes

Writer id by Bob Hughes