Digital Comic Museum - Fantastic Comics 022 (diff ver) -JVJ


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An incomplete comic from the JVJ Collection.
A new scan by Soothsayr, edit by Yoc.
Fills from previous version and fiche. IFC recreated with fiche and Blue Beetle ad from the same month.

Issue: #22
Published: September 1941, 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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Samson
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Samson David Nazis

Comic Story (14 pages)	The Death Mark of the Dragon!
Featuring:	Samson and David
Synopsis:	Samson and David investigate a series of deaths involving America's defense industries and discover that a brother and sister, called The Dragon and Orchid, are behind the deaths as they attempt to secure the secret plans for a Navy bomber.
Credits:	Pencils: Al Carreno [as Alex Boon] (credited) \| Inks: Al Carreno [as Alex Boon] (credited)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Samson [Sam] David Admiral Caliber J. Rembrandt Speedball (artist) Lila Dee The Dragon (villain, Introduction) Orchid (villain, The Dragon's Sister, Introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Abducted Envoy
Featuring:	Yank Wilson
Credits:	Script: Grant Ferguson (by-line)(credited)
Characters:	Bette Dana (introduction) Moosefoot Johnson (introduction) Leo (villain, Introduction) Juan (villain, Introduction) Alexis (villain, Introduction) Rose (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	An Undying Evil
Featuring:	The Queen of Evil
Synopsis:	In Thebes, 1000 BC, Nagana is "called the daughter of Isis", a faithful worshiper, but she is envious of the goddess' hold over the city and plots evil. Isis strikes back at her, leveling the temple, and Nagana spends the next 3000 years as a statue until archaeologists uncover her and she comes back to life. Isis realizes that she cannot destroy Nagana directly, so she resurrects Kalkor, a faithful worshiper and priest-to-be that had stood up against Nagana in Thebes.
Credits:	Pencils: Louis Cazeneuve \| Inks: Louis Cazeneuve
Genre:	Fantasy
Characters:	Nagana [Queen Of Evil] (villain, Introduction, Origin) Kalkor (introduction) Isis

Comic Story (5 pages)	Peril in Shanghai
Featuring:	Captain Kidd
Credits:	Script: Bill Bossert (by-line)(credited) \| Pencils: Pierce Rice \| Inks: Louis Cazeneuve
Characters:	Grimes (villain, Introduction, Death)

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Scorpion Strikes Back
Featuring:	Banshee
Credits:	Pencils: Louis Cazeneuve \| Inks: Louis Cazeneuve
Characters:	The Scorpion (villain)

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Airplane Kidnapping
Featuring:	Black Fury
Credits:	Script: Mark Howell (by-line)(credited) \| Pencils: Dennis Neville \| Inks: Dennis Neville
Characters:	Bim Bagley (villain, Introduction)

Text Story (2 pages)	The Rescue of Lady Rowena
Credits:	Script: Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel] \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (5 pages)	Derelicts of the Black Gas
Featuring:	Space Smith
Credits:	Script: John W. Fawcett ? \| Pencils: ? [as Hank Christy] (signed) \| Inks: ? [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Bumpy Aire (Diana's Cousin, Introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	A roadster whips down the street...
Featuring:	Bonnie O'Toole
Credits:	Script: Alice Markey (by-line)(credited)
Characters:	Bonnie O'Toole (first Appearance)

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