(August 1940)
Fawcett,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]
- Editing
- Bill Parker; Al Allard (art director); Ralph Daigh (managing editor)
Introducing Zoro the Mystery Man
Zoro, the Mystery Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zoro; Dell Travis
Indexer Notes
Same art as the interior story.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Master Comics is calling all kids!
[no title indexed]
Zoro, the Mystery Man / comic story / 8.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the casino at Rembecco, glittering gambling resort of the fashionable world...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zoro the Mystery Man (introduction); Paul Migg (villain; introduction; death); Zak (villain; introduction; death); Jim Hart; Dell Travis
- Synopsis
- Dell loses all her money at the casino and plans to kill herself, but Zoro asks her to put off killing herself while he uncovers the truth of the casino.
[Whiz Comics]
advertisement / 0.33 page
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Indexer Notes
Shows the cover of Whiz Comics #7.
[The Floating Fortress]
Hurricane Hansen / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- Hurricane Hansen; Appleby; the Kazilians
- Synopsis
- Hansen is assigned to destroy a deadly floating fortress of the Kazilians.
"50,000 telephone calls are made daily in New York city -"
Who'da Thought It? / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
[Zoto, the Outlaw Politician]
Jim Dolan / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Zoto (Villain; Intro); Jim Dolan [Ambassador Hernandez]; Sally; Basil
- Synopsis
- Sally overhears plans to kill Porto Grando's ambassador.
Indexer Notes
Jim disguises himself as the ambassador, but we never see the real one.
[The Bull Murders]
Lucky Lawton / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lucky Lawton; Grat Guth (Villain; Intro); Snake (Villain; Intro); Pal
- Synopsis
- Lucky investigates a death where a man was supposedly trampled by a bull.
Indexer Notes
George Evans named as one of Guth's victims.
[The Sky Demon]
Diamond Jack / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Diamond Jack; The Sky Demon (Villain; Intro; Death?); Professor Jerral
- Synopsis
- The Sky Demon challenges Diamond Jack to stop him from ruling the world.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whizzing to new heights - that's Whiz Comics
Ten Dollars
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Jim Chandler; Phil; Mr. Johnson; Mrs. Anderson
- Synopsis
- Jim needs ten dollars for a car.
[The Battlefields of Arbela]
Mark Swift and the Time Retarder / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mark Swift; Rodney Kent; Alexander the Great (Intro); Darius (Villain; Intro)
- Synopsis
- Mark and Kent arrive at the battlefields of Arabella and Darius orders their capture.
[no title indexed]
Puzzlettes / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can you name this state?
- Characters
- Butch
[Baron Bruht Turns the Tables]
War Bird / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- Baron Bruht (Villain); Captain Tom Sharp
- Synopsis
- After being captured the Baron is traded back to Sermia for two captured generals.
[Queen of the Driver Ants]
Lee Granger, Jungle King / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Lee Granger; Eric, the Talking Lion; The Ant Queen (Villain; Intro; Death); Kate Bond
- Synopsis
- A woman raised by driver ants seeks to rule the jungle.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Introducing Zoro the Mystery Man
Zoro, the Mystery Man -
1.
["Master Comics is calling all kids!"]
-
2.
["In the casino at Rembecco, glittering gambling resort of the fashionable world..."]
Zoro, the Mystery Man -
3.
[Whiz Comics]
-
4.
[The Floating Fortress]
Hurricane Hansen -
5.
"50,000 telephone calls are made daily in New York city -"
Who'da Thought It? -
6.
[Zoto, the Outlaw Politician]
Jim Dolan -
7.
[The Bull Murders]
Lucky Lawton -
8.
[The Sky Demon]
Diamond Jack -
9.
["Whizzing to new heights - that's Whiz Comics"]
-
10.
Ten Dollars
-
11.
[The Battlefields of Arbela]
Mark Swift and the Time Retarder -
12.
["Can you name this state?"]
Puzzlettes -
13.
[Baron Bruht Turns the Tables]
War Bird -
14.
[Queen of the Driver Ants]
Lee Granger, Jungle King -
15.
["Where's the fire?"]
-
16.
[Johnson Smith & Co.]
-
17.
["You can build this special speedster! Mechanix Illustrated tells you how"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Len Wolinsky
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