Wonderworld Comics #11 (1940) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series)
Issue: #11
Publication date: March 1940
Key date: 1940-03-00
On-sale date: 1940-01-29
Indicia publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: Gary Preston, The Flame, Yarko.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine	The Flame, Gary Preston
1	-	text article	1	letters: ?; typeset
2	The Origin of the Flame	comic story	9	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine	The Flame Origin, Gary Preston Origin
3	The Twin Jewels of Blood	comic story	8	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner	Yarko Origin
4	In Guatemala	comic story	6	script: S. M. Iger; pencils: S. M. Iger; inks: S. M. Iger	Shorty Shortcake
5	The Loraine Spies	comic story	8	pencils: Vic Todd; inks: Vic Todd	Patty O'Day; Ham; Lord Mike; Captain Egroe (villain; intro)
6	The Strange Pit of Persia	comic story	8	script: Bob Powell; pencils: Arthur Dean; inks: Arthur Dean	Dr. Fung
7	Tommy Taylor in Norway	text story	2	pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell	Tommy Taylor; Bobby Jordan; Mrs. Jordan; Korik
8	Fire At the T-Bar-Nine	comic story	8	pencils: Cecilia Munson; inks: Cecilia Munson	The Phantom Rider [Tex Maxon]; Streak (horse)
9	Armour Vs. Automobiles	comic story	2		Don Quixote
10	Stranded In Spider Cavern	comic story	8	script: Nordling; pencils: Nordling; inks: Nordling	Spark Stevens
11	U-Boats Sink Three Ships...22 Killed	comic story	4	pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska	K-51
13	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine	Samson; Yank Wilson

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Golden-Age Greats #3 ISBN 1-56225-007-8	1995	On eBay ›
The Lou Fine Comics Treasury #[nn]	1991	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #109 of 31#12 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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