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#17
(May 1949)
Fox,
1946 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fox Feature Publication
- Editing
- Victor Fox (editor)
Issue Notes
All Matt Baker credits except for pencils on the Phantom Lady story removed and replaced with "Iger Shop" based on art spotting by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. on the GAC message boards (Henry Andrews 2009-04-03).
The Minstrel Who Sang Death!
Rulah / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Rulah, jungle goddess, hears a beautiful voice competing with the bright-colored jungle birds, she investigates...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Rulah; Boris; Donna; Lola; Saber
- Synopsis
- Boris, an opera singer, loses his voice and becomes a wandering minstrel in the jungle, but his song means death to those who hear it.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- elephant; mandolin; minstrel; opera
The Mystery of the Monkey Cult
Phantom Lady / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One of the most troublesome of the world's hot spots today is Korea...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Senator Knight; Kim Lee
- Reprints
-
in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #20 ([March] 2000) -
in Roy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee (PS Artbooks, 2013 series) #3 ([2013])
-
- Keywords
- Korea
The Last Pirate
text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The very mention of the word "Pirate" at once brings to the mind several standardized scenes.
- Characters
- Captain Burr; Oliver Watts; Smith Watts; William Johnson [Albert E. Hicks]; Captain Weed; Schirmer; John Burke; Andrew Kelly
The Death Goddess of Gama
Jo-Jo [Fox] / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Jo-Jo; Mano; Ea
- Reprints
-
in Congo (Bell Features, 1949 ? series) #17 ([circa June 1949]) [first page of story used as cover]
-
- Keywords
- pythons
Bull's-Eye Benson
A True Crime Story / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alvin Hollingsworth (signed as A. C. Hollingsworth)
- Inks
- Alvin Hollingsworth (signed as A. C. Hollingsworth)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He learned the value of precision as opposed to raw power when he was nothing but a kid...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Larry Benson; Muggsy; Reed; Ed
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Rulah -
1.
The Minstrel Who Sang Death!
Rulah -
2.
The Mystery of the Monkey Cult
Phantom Lady -
3.
The Last Pirate
-
4.
The Death Goddess of Gama
Jo-Jo [Fox] -
5.
Bull's-Eye Benson
A True Crime Story
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Henry Andrews
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Dan Kurdilla
- Nuno Miranda
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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