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Issue Details

Issue #v2#12
Published December 1939
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Joseph Hardie [as Uncle Joe]
Notes Small caption on cover reads: "the only double feature magazine!", and the two small circular illustrations show "Speed" Centaur & Fantom of the Fair.

Cover Details

Characters "Speed" Centaur; Fantom of the Fair
Genre Superhero
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson?
Letters typeset
Notes Small caption on cover reads: "the only double feature magazine!", and the two small circular illustrations show "Speed" Centaur & Fantom of the Fair.

Half page biography (nonfictional) Meet the Artist Who Draws "Speed Centaur"

Script Joseph Hardie (as Uncle Joe)
Pencils Malcolm Kildale
Inks Malcolm Kildale
Notes The inside front cover has a short text feature on Malcolm Kildale, accompanied by a small (self?) portrait of the artist. Text signed "Uncle Joe", Editor.

Half page Amazing-Man promo (ad from the publisher) "AMAZING-MAN COMICS"

Characters Amazing-Man
Genre Superhero

8 page Fantom of the Fair story

Characters Fantom of the Fair
Synopsis The story is set in a steel mill in Pennsylvania.
Genre Superhero
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson
Notes "As winter draws near, the world's fair closes its gates until the spring... the Fantom turns elsewhere in his work of safeguarding human life and upholding justice." The story is set in a steel mill in Pennsylvania.

6 page Daredevil Barry Finn story

Characters Barry Finn
Genre Superhero
Script Tarpe Mills
Pencils Tarpe Mills
Inks Tarpe Mills

7 page Space Patrol story

Characters Nick Nelson; Kodi;Owen Kosterman
Synopsis Nick Nelson and Kodi pursue "notorious space bandit" Owen Kosterman to the jungles of Venus, and encounter a couple of couple of cannibalistic spider men.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Basil Wolverton
Pencils Basil Wolverton
Inks Basil Wolverton
Notes 1st appearance.

6 page Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire story

Characters Don Dixon
Genre Adventure
Notes continuing story

2 page Looking over your magazines text article

Script John Giunta
Pencils John Giunta
Inks John Giunta
Notes A text feature devoted to reviews of fan magazines. Fanzines reviewed include FANTASY NEWS (James V. Taurasi), NEW FANTOM, THE FANTAST (C.S. Youd), FANTASCIENCE DIGEST (Bob Madle, Jack Agnew) and SPACEWAYS (Harry Warner, Jr.).

8 page John Linton flyer scientist adventurer story

Characters John Linton
Genre Science Fiction
Script Harry Francis Campbell
Pencils Harry Francis Campbell
Inks Harry Francis Campbell
Notes A continuing story, set in the year 2009 A.D.

1 page Stranger than Fiction! text article

Pencils Walter Galli
Inks Walter Galli
Notes A page of surprising and curious facts.

9 page Speed Centaur story

Characters Speed Centaur; Reel McCoy
Synopsis Speed Centaur and Reel McCoy explore a cave which carries them back in time.
Genre Superhero
Script Malcolm Kildale
Pencils Malcolm Kildale
Inks Malcolm Kildale
Notes To be continued.

1 page Adam the atom-smasher story

Genre Humor
Notes a humor strip featuring a scientist and an ignoramus.