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4March 1940
$0.10

Fantastic Comics #4

Fox · March 1940 · on sale 1940-01-08

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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Comics (Fox, 1939 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
March 1940
Key date
1940-03-00
On-sale date
1940-01-08
Indicia publisher
Fox Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Mighty Samson Demolishes the Closing Torture Wallscover1pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou FineSamson
1The Giant Robots of Kilgorcomic story13script: Will Eisner; pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Alex BlumSamson; Kilgor (villain, introduction, death); Prof. Brun; Rigo
2Invasion of the Three-Armed Mencomic story6pencils: Don Rico; inks: Don RicoFlip Falcon; Three-Armed Men (villains)
3The Legend of the Haunted Wellcomic story8pencils: Grieg Chapian; inks: Grieg ChapianGolden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick]; Alice (introduction)
4The Silent Explosivecomic story6Yank Wilson; Terro (villain, introduction, death)
5Lost in Timetext story2script: Richard Paul (signed); letters: typeset
6Headless Men of the Gold Cometcomic story6script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher HanksSpace Smith; Dianna; The Thinker (villain, introduction)
7-comic story6script: Toni Blum; pencils: Bill Bossert; inks: Bill BossertCaptain Kidd
8-comic story4script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab; letters: Fred SchwabProfessor Fiend
9The Mad Giant Experimentercomic story6script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher HanksStardust; The Mad Giant (introduction); Kamet (introduction)
10The Problem of Prince Pizgacomic story7pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry KieferSub Saunders; Thetis (introduction); Prince Pizga (villain, introduction, death)

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You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60699-160-2
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