Fantastic Comics #5 (1940) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Samson Crumbles the Mighty War Machine	cover	1	pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine	Samson
1	Eelo the Fish Man	comic story	13	pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Alex Blum	Samson; Eelo (villain, introduction, death); Marie de Jean; Prof. Brun; Tom de Graf
2	The Heidites of Mercury	comic story	6	pencils: Don Rico; inks: Don Rico	Flip Falcon; the Mercurians (introduction)
3	The Legend of the Haunted Well: Part 2	comic story	8	pencils: Grieg Chapian; inks: Grieg Chapian	Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick]; Guest Star: Alice; Black Death (villain, introduction, death)
4	The Inventions of Prof. Snead	comic story	6		Yank Wilson; Professor Snead (villain, introduction, death)
5	Battle on Venus	text story	2	script: R. M. Brunnei
6	Island in Space [The Hoppers]	comic story	6	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks	Space Smith; Dianna; The Hoppers (villains, introduction)
7	-	comic story	6	script: Toni Blum; pencils: Bill Bossert; inks: Bill Bossert	Captain Kidd
8	-	comic story	4	script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab; letters: Fred Schwab	Professor Fiend
9	Miracle Men	comic story	6	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks	Stardust
10	The Vanishing Vessels	comic story	7	pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry Kiefer	Sub Saunders; King Kelpa (villain, introduction, death)

Collection	Year
I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! #[nn] ISBN 9781560978398	2007	On eBay ›
You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-160-2	2009	On eBay ›

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