Amazing Mystery Funnies #v2#12

(December 1939)

Meet the Artist Who Draws "Speed Centaur" (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

Joe Hardie (signed)

Pencils

Malcolm Kildale (illustration); Bill Everett (Amazing Man)

Inks

Malcolm Kildale (illustration); Bill Everett (Amazing Man)

Letters

typeset

Editing

Joe Hardie

Genre

biography

Characters

Malcolm Kildale; Amazing Man [John Aman]

Indexer Notes

The inside front cover has a half-page text feature on Malcolm Kildale, accompanied by a small (self?) portrait of the artist.

Also features small advertisements for stamp collectors and film developing.

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Amazing Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

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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

She'll be a slave driver!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fantom of the Fair; Mike (factory worker); Jane Benton (steel mill owner); Rusty (disgruntled factory worker); George (villain, Jane's cousin)

Synopsis

Jane's cousin has his eyes set on total control over a steel mill and makes Jane look bad by disrupting work in the mill in order to slow down production and gain control.

Reprints

• in Fantoman (Centaur, 1940 series) #3 (October 1940)
• in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #3 (No Date [circa décembre 2007]) [excerpt]

Keywords

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 being set in a steel mill in Pennsylvania.

Script and letterer credits courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

The true face of The Fantom is shown at the end of this story.

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

Script

?

Pencils

Tarpé Mills (signed)

Inks

Tarpé Mills (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I realize now, that it is Dorian, whom you really care for...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Barry Finn; Frogga; Dr. Allam West; Dorian West; Sulla (villain, Zaroff's assistant); Dacia Zaroff (villain, Zaroff's daughter); General Kyota (villain)

Synopsis

Having been spurned by Joan, Barry and Frogga leave on a luxury cruise to Hawaii to get their minds off the lady, unaware that Dorian is also going through bad emotions over Barry as well. Meanwhile, Dacia and General Kyota plan to ship a highly corrosive acid (mixed with oil) to where the U.S. Pacific Fleet is stationed, intent on destroying it.

Indexer Notes

Script revision from Mills to ? by Craig Delich.

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Space Patrol / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Basil Wolverton (signed)

Pencils

Basil Wolverton (signed)

Inks

Basil Wolverton (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

While cruising near the planet Venus...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Nick Nelson (Space Patrol member, introduction); Kodi (Nick's Martian assistant, introduction); Owen Kosterman (villain, space bandit, introduction, death); The Spider Men (villains, all die)

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.

Reprints

• in Wolverton in Space (Dark Horse, 1997 series) (March 1997)
• in The Life and Comics of Basil Wolverton (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #1 - Creeping Death from Neptune (1909-1941) (December 2014)

Keywords

Venus

The Hidden Empire (Part 4) (Table of Contents: 6)

Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Moore

Pencils

Carl Pfeufer

Inks

Carl Pfeufer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Don Dixon; Dr. Lugoff (ruler of all the swampland below the water); Princess Wanda; Queen Tania; King Taal; Queen Dagmar (villain); Kul of Fens (villain, ruler of all the swampland above the water); The Marsh Men (villains)

Synopsis

An uneasy truce is in place after Queen Dagmar is ousted as leader of the Marsh Kingdom, but that doesn't stop her from aligning herself with Kul of Fens to get her retribution.

Reprints

• from Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sunday (Watkins Syndicate) 1938-02-13 - 1938-04-10

Keywords

Fenians

Indexer Notes

This is a continuing story line.

Panels are reshaped from originals.

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Looking Over Your Magazines / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

John Giunta (signed)

Pencils

John Giunta (signed as J. Giunta) (illustrations)

Inks

John Giunta (signed as J. Giunta) (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

A text feature created by Editor Joe Hardie, devoted to reviews of fan magazines, all reviewed by a fan publisher, John Giunta. 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.).

There is also a small illustrated advertisement from Spencer Fireworks Company, offering readers free catalog and fireworks just for showing off the company's catalog to others.

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

Script

Harry Campbell (signed)

Pencils

Harry Campbell (signed)

Inks

Harry Campbell (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It is the year 2009 A.D.!

Genre

science fiction; adventure

Characters

Jon Linton (scientist); Dr. Kane (Don's teacher); Lisa Kane; Timothy Burke (head of International Secret Service); Eric von Hochwalt (physicist, mention only); Satan Rex (villain, Master of the City of the Mists); Lak Dahl (villain, aide to Satan Rex, acting as a traitor)

Synopsis

Jon and Burke set off to thwart the plan of madman Satan Rex, who seeks to destroy the Earth by throwing it off its orbit, and into the path of the Sun.

Keywords

Ahmn Machin Mountains; City of the Mists; Gobi Desert; Green Mist; Hawks Field; Lak Dahl's Valley; N-Ray; Visigram

Indexer Notes

A continuing story, set in the year 2009 A.D.

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Stranger than Fiction! / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Walter Galli (signed)

Pencils

Walter Galli (signed)

Inks

Walter Galli (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

King George V

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Daniel Webster; Pig-Face Wamba; Philip Fowler; Gussie Merz; Catherine Hood; King George V (also wife and son)

Reprints

• from Stranger Than Fiction Sundays (Watkins Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

A illustrated page of nine surprising and curious facts.

Script credit from Craig Delich.

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

Script

?

Pencils

Malcolm Kildale (signed)

Inks

Malcolm Kildale (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At their usual meeting place...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Speed Centaur; Reel McCoy; Prince John of Avon; The Ten Knights of Doom (villains); Prince John's Uncle (villain, mention only)

Synopsis

After mopping up crime in the "City of Rackets," Speed decides to take a well deserved vacation. With Reel, he explores a cave beyond the one he uses as a base of operations and which carries them back in time. As they travel down a road, they are challenged to do battle with Ten Knights of Doom.

Keywords

Nob Nose Mountain

Indexer Notes

To be continued.

Script credit revised from Kildale to ? by Craig Delich.

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

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Schwab

Inks

Fred Schwab

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

An atom?

Genre

humor

Characters

Adam [Smasher]; on-looker

Synopsis

A scientist invents a super atom bombarder which can harness the energy of 10,000,000,000,000,000 atoms per second and will cause the Earth to spin around 1400 times faster, causing one day to pass every minute. The ignoramus the scientist is explaining this to doesn't really understand the concept but wonders what effect the device will have on people.

Indexer Notes

Continued next issue.

Act Now On This Bargain Offer. (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)