(January 1940)
Fox,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1939-11-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fox Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
FP
- Editing
- Victor Fox (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 435190.
[The Attack of Dragor]
Samson [Fox] / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner ? (credited as Alex Boon)
- Pencils
- Alex Blum (signed as Alex Boon)
- Inks
- Alex Blum (signed as Alex Boon)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Into the peaceful countries of France, England and Belgium, march the big armies of Dragor, cruel dictator of Ratonia..
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Samson; Dragor (villain, introduction); Ratonians (villains, introduction)
- Reprints
-
in Samson (Fox, 1940 series) #1 (Fall 1940)
-
- Keywords
- Gratznig; Paris; Ratonia
[Rip-The-Blood]
Stardust / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Fletcher Hanks (signed)
- Pencils
- Fletcher Hanks (signed)
- Inks
- Fletcher Hanks (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Fletcher Hanks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stardust again visits the earth...
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Stardust; Rip-The-Blood (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Stardust prevents Rip-the-Blood from tricking the United States into entering a war with Capania.
- Reprints
in [Saladin's Hostage]
Golden Knight / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; adventure; historical
- Characters
- The Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick]; Lady Elissa (introduction); Saladin (villain, introduction); Saracens (villain)
Sabotage Rampant in the U.S.A.
Yank Wilson / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war; adventure; spy
- Characters
- Yank Wilson; Count Lustig Von Blackgard (villain, introduction); Czolgotz (villain, introduction); Anschuluzz (villain, introduction); Tryzvoin (villain, introduction); Schuldoki (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-3-13.
West of Tanganyika
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Alan Defoe (signed)
- Pencils
- Bob Powell (signed as S.R.P.) (illustrations)
- Inks
- Bob Powell (signed as S.R.P.) (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
The Battle of the Earth Against the Martian Ogres
Space Smith / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Fletcher Hanks (signed as Hank Christy)
- Pencils
- Fletcher Hanks (signed as Hank Christy)
- Inks
- Fletcher Hanks (signed as Hank Christy)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Fletcher Hanks
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure
- Characters
- Space Smith; Dianna; the Martians (villains)
- Synopsis
- Space Smith and Dianna prevent Martian ogres from destroying the Earth.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Captain Kidd / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's the island of Morgia, Freddy.
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Kidd; The Voice (villain, introduction, death)
[no title indexed]
Professor Fiend / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In case anyone is interested...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Fiend
- Synopsis
- Professor Fiend shrinks himself to microscopic size looking for monsters for his army.
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-3-13.
[Return to Mars]
Flick Falcon / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Flick Falcon; Three-Armed Men (villains); the Martians (villains)
Indexer Notes
2nd Martian story this issue.
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. wonders if this could be the work of Claire Moe.
The Rebels of the Deep
Sub Saunders / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer (signed as Kark Kief)
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer (signed as Kark Kief)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Sub Saunders; Naulus (villain, death); the frog-men (villains)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
With One Sweep Samson Destroyed the Battery and Routed the Foe
Samson [Fox] -
1.
[The Attack of Dragor]
Samson [Fox] -
2.
[Rip-The-Blood]
Stardust -
3.
[Saladin's Hostage]
Golden Knight -
4.
Sabotage Rampant in the U.S.A.
Yank Wilson -
5.
West of Tanganyika
-
6.
The Battle of the Earth Against the Martian Ogres
Space Smith -
7.
["There's the island of Morgia, Freddy."]
Captain Kidd -
8.
The Secrets of Magc
-
9.
["In case anyone is interested..."]
Professor Fiend -
10.
[Return to Mars]
Flick Falcon -
11.
The Rebels of the Deep
Sub Saunders
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