(January 1940)
Fox,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1939-11-25
- 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 437459.
[no title indexed]
The Flame / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flame [Gary Preston]
- Reprints
-
in Ace Comics Presents (A.C.E. Comics, 1987 series) #4 (November 1987)
-
[Raiders of the Deep]
The Flame / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (signed as Basil Berold)
- Pencils
- Lou Fine
- Inks
- Lou Fine
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flame [Gary Preston]; Gen. Doyoff (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains)
- Reprints
- in The Flame (Fox, 1940 series) #1 (Summer 1940)
-
[no title indexed]
Yarko / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In a cheap downtown actors hotel.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Yarko; Mazie White (introduction, death); Slick Snead (villain, introduction); Tricks Todd (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- A couple of crooks decide to cash in on the fame of Yarko. One of them poses as the famed magician and robs audience patrons blind during the act.
- Reprints
-
in Aventuriers d'aujourd'hui (Collection Les) (Editions Mondiales, 1937 series) #80 ([Circa July 1941]) - in Comics the Golden Age (New Media Publishing, 1984 series) #3 (July1984)
- in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #7 (No Date [circa January 2009])
- in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #4 ([April] 2009)
-
[The Snoring Miners]
Shorty Shortcake / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- S. M. Iger (credited as Jerry Williams)
- Pencils
- S. M. Iger
- Inks
- S. M. Iger
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Shorty Shortcake
[The Oil Ship]
Patty O'Day Newsreel Reporter / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Claire S. Moe (signed as Vic Todd)
- Pencils
- Claire S. Moe (signed as Vic Todd)
- Inks
- Claire S. Moe (signed as Vic Todd)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Patty O'Day
- Reprints
- in Rex Dexter of Mars (Fox, 1940 series) #1 (Fall 1940)
-
[Karno the Chessman]
Dr. Fung / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bob Powell (signed as Arthur Dean)
- Pencils
- Bob Powell (signed as Arthur Dean)
- Inks
- Bob Powell (signed as Arthur Dean)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dr. Fung; The Moth (villain); Karno the Chessman (villain)
- Reprints
- in Samson (Fox, 1940 series) #2 (December 1940-January 1941)
-
Tommy Taylor's Dad Tells of His Travels
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- S. M. Iger (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Powell (signed as
POWELL) (spot illustrations) - Inks
- Bob Powell (signed as Powell) (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Tommy Taylor
Routing the Road Agents at Rat River Roost
Tex Maxon / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Munson Paddock (signed)
- Inks
- Munson Paddock (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tex Maxon
At Coney Island
Don Quixote in Modern Times / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Don Quixote
[The Three European Dictators]
K-51 Spies at War / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- spy; adventure
- Characters
- Anna Zev; Diableff (villain); Carlo Riano (villain, introduction, death); Rudolph Morga (Villain, introduction, death)
- Reprints
- in Blue Beetle (Fox, 1940 series) #4 (Fall 1940)
-
Sugar Prices Sky High
Mob-Buster Robinson / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as Larry Vance] (signed)
- Pencils
- George Tuska
- Inks
- George Tuska
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Mob Buster Robinson
Indexer Notes
Last appearance.
[no title indexed]
Movie Memos / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bernard Baily (credited as Glenda Carrol)
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily (credited as Glenda Carrol)
- Inks
- Bernard Baily (credited as Glenda Carrol)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lee Tracy was expelled from his high school because...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Lee Tracy; Charles Butterworth; William Powell; Marie Dressler; Billy Gilbert
[The Lair of Lafitte]
"Spark" Stevens of the Navy / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
- Spark Stevens
- Genre
- military; war
- Characters
- Spark Stevens; Lafitte (villain, introduction)
- Reprints
- in Samson (Fox, 1940 series) #2 (December 1940-January 1941)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Flame -
1.
[Raiders of the Deep]
The Flame -
2.
["In a cheap downtown actors hotel."]
Yarko -
3.
[The Snoring Miners]
Shorty Shortcake -
4.
[The Oil Ship]
Patty O'Day Newsreel Reporter -
5.
[Karno the Chessman]
Dr. Fung -
6.
Tommy Taylor's Dad Tells of His Travels
-
7.
Routing the Road Agents at Rat River Roost
Tex Maxon -
8.
At Coney Island
Don Quixote in Modern Times -
9.
[The Three European Dictators]
K-51 Spies at War -
10.
Sugar Prices Sky High
Mob-Buster Robinson -
11.
["Lee Tracy was expelled from his high school because..."]
Movie Memos -
12.
[The Lair of Lafitte]
"Spark" Stevens of the Navy
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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