Issue: #8
Published: July 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Victor Fox
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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Cover (1 page) |
The Mask of Fire |
Featuring: |
Samson |
Credits: |
Pencils: Joe Simon | Inks: Joe Simon | Letters: typeset |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
Samson |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
A Trip Into the Unknown |
Featuring: |
Flip Falcon |
Credits: |
Pencils: Don Rico | Inks: Don Rico |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Flip Falcon |
Text Story (2 pages) |
The Green Crust |
Credits: |
Script: Dirk Dedd (signed) | Letters: typeset |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Space Leeches of Bloodu [Planet Bloodu] |
Featuring: |
Space Smith |
Synopsis: |
Space Smith and Dianna escape imprisonment at the the hands of the leech-like inhabitants of the planet Bloodu. |
Credits: |
Script: Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed) | Pencils: Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed) | Inks: Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed) | Letters: Fletcher Hanks |
Genre: |
Science Fiction |
Characters: |
Space Smith Dianna Bloodusians (villains, Introduction) Trekurs (villains, Introduction) |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Captain Kidd |
Credits: |
Pencils: Bill Bossert | Inks: Bill Bossert |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Captain Kidd |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Professor Fiend |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab [as Boris Plaster] (signed) | Pencils: Fred Schwab [as Boris Plaster] (signed) | Inks: Fred Schwab [as Boris Plaster] (signed) | Letters: Fred Schwab |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Professor Fiend |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Emerald Men of Asperus |
Featuring: |
Stardust |
Synopsis: |
Stardust prevents the Emerald Men of Asperus from using gas bombs to enslave the people of Earth.
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Credits: |
Script: Fletcher Hanks (signed) | Pencils: Fletcher Hanks (signed) | Inks: Fletcher Hanks (signed) | Letters: Fletcher Hanks |
Genre: |
Science Fiction Superhero |
Characters: |
Stardust The Emerald Men (villains, Introduction) |
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