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1Fall 1940
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Samson #1

Fox · Fall 1940 · on sale 1940-08-10

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Identification plate

Series
Samson (Fox, 1940 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
Fall 1940
Key date
1940-10-00
On-sale date
1940-08-10
Indicia publisher
Fox Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10; 0.15 CAD
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Edd Ashe; inks: Edd Ashe; colors: Mike OkamotoSamson
1-comic story14script: Alex Boon; pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveSamson [Sam ?] (origin); David (origin); Samson's mother (intro); The Mask (intro, dies); Dr. Dag (intro, dies); Ko (intro, dies)
2The Coming of Samsoncomic story13script: Alex Boon; pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Alex Blum; editing: Victor FoxSamson (intro); Thorga (villain, intro)
3Wing Turnercomic story3script: Floyd Kelly; pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska; editing: Victor FoxWing Turner
4-comic story13script: Alex Boon; pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Alex Blum; editing: Victor FoxSamson; Dragor (villain, intro); Ratonians (villains, intro)
5Samson and the Murder Ringtext story2script: ? [as Edward Young]; letters: typesetSamson
6-comic story13script: Will Eisner; pencils: Alex BlumSamson; VILLAIN: J. B. Reegan (intro)
7K-51 Spies at Warcomic story4script: Willis Rensie; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell

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