(December 1947)

Fox, 1947 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1947-10-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fox Feature Syndicate Inc.
Brand
A Fox Feature Publication
Editing
Victor Fox (editor)

Issue Notes

Story titles added by Craig Delich (April 6, 2007).

On-sale date from Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2 Periodicals, 1947, Nos. 1 & 2, p. 294. (The Catalog lists the December issue number, however, incorrectly as "17.")

An Army of Walking Dead! (Table of Contents)

Phantom Lady / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Matt Baker
Inks
Matt Baker
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]
Reprints

An Army of Walking Dead! (Table of Contents: 1)

Phantom Lady / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Ruth Roche ? (credited as Gregory Page) (byline)
Pencils
Matt Baker
Inks
Matt Baker
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Senator Henry Knight; Dr. Crime (villain, introduction); Tarno (villain, introduction, a zombie, death)
Synopsis
Doctor Crime ships zombies around the country, getting them ready to use when he attempts to take over the United States.
Reprints
Keywords
Black Ray

Indexer Notes

Inks credit confirmed by Roy Thomas.

Fish for Small Fry (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
J. L. Keene
Letters
typeset

Genre
crime
Characters
Spence; Martin; Ivy the Itch [Irving Kane] (villain); Louie Lucas (villain)
Synopsis
Ivy the Itch uses his artistic abilities to design counterfeit money.
Reprints

[Women of the Tropics] (Table of Contents: 3)

Tropical Topics... / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A look at customs in North Africa, the Island of Bali, and New Zealand.

World's Meanest Crook! (Table of Contents: 4)

Phantom Lady / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Ruth Roche ? (credited as Gregory Page) (byline)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Senator Henry Knight; Don Borden; Mel Dobbs (a veteran); Mary Dobbs (Mel's wife); Foreclose (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
The Phantom Lady looks into a racket that is being run by a crook named Foreclose that sells property to a person, then makes sure the person can't make the first payment and forecloses on them.
Reprints
Keywords
Black Ray

Indexer Notes

There are some panels in this story that look like they might have been penciled by Matt Baker, but most of it is clearly by someone else.

The Red Rain! (Table of Contents: 5)

Phantom Lady / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Ruth Roche ? (credited as Gregory Page) (byline)
Pencils
Matt Baker
Inks
Matt Baker
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Senator Henry Knight; Don Borden; Honey O'Brien (actress, death); Vulture (villain, introduction, death); Red Rain Gang (villains, introduction for all, all die)
Synopsis
Phantom Lady must stop the Vulture and his minions who are using a red rain to foretell the death of a famous person.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ink credits confirmed by Roy Thomas.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. An Army of Walking Dead!
    Phantom Lady
  2. 1. An Army of Walking Dead!
    Phantom Lady
  3. 2. Fish for Small Fry
  4. 3. [Women of the Tropics]
    Tropical Topics...
  5. 4. World's Meanest Crook!
    Phantom Lady
  6. 5. The Red Rain!
    Phantom Lady
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Bob Hughes
  • Morbus Iff
  • Dan Kurdilla
  • Nuno Miranda
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Carl Thiel
  • Jim Van Dore