Volume: #2, Issue: #7
Published: July 1939, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Joe Hardie [as Uncle Joe]
Color: Color Cover; Color Interior Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: July, 1939. Vol. 2, Number 7. AMAZING MYSTERY FUNNIES is published monthly by Centaur Publications, Inc., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, Editorial and Executive offices: 220 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 3. Second class permit. Copyright number 419902.
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| Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page) |
Uncle Joe Says: |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ben Thompson (signed) | Inks: Ben Thompson (signed) | Letters: typeset | Editing: Joe Hardie |
| Characters: |
The Masked Marvel |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
2039 A. D. |
| Synopsis: |
Bill and Uncle Oscar are off on a business trip around the solar system, but are pulled over by a rocketcycle cop. When Uncle Oscar threatens the cop, he is sent before a judge who levies a strong sentence and fine for him. |
| Genre: |
Science Fiction |
| Characters: |
Uncle Oscar Bill (Oscar's Nephew) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Part 1: The Conqueror |
| Featuring: |
Air-Sub 'DX' |
| Synopsis: |
Upon hearing that Dr. Montan may yet be alive, according to a diary entry in which the doctor talks of "living diamonds" on Mystery Isle, Tim and company head out to check out the story. But when their ship is forced down miles from their destination, they believe that they were expected, and that "The Conqueror," who has returned, may in fact be Dr. Montan! |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Captain Tim Professor Gray Rita Dr. Montan (mention Only) Turjak (villain) Turjak's Henchman (villain) |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Haunted House |
| Synopsis: |
One day, as Bill, Elsie and Clyde were passing the old Dietrich place, they mused that no one had ever really proced whether the house was really haunted or not as other people had said. So, Bill and Clyde decide to spend a night in the house, not realizing they would become victims of a prank. |
| Credits: |
Script: Rex Lawrence (credited) | Pencils: Ben Thompson ? [as Ben] (signed) (spot illustrations) | Inks: Ben Thompson ? [as Ben] (signed) (spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Bill Wentworth Elsie Clyde |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
The C-20 Mystery |
| Featuring: |
Bobby O'Neill |
| Synopsis: |
While investigating a murder at the Cicero Warehouse, Bob and Micky are led to a dying dope peddler who keeps repeating "C-20", and Bob realizes that it is the number of a scow located nearby. Therein are discovered gang members dead or dying at the hands of Rita May, the drug peddler's sister, who she felt had ruined her sister. As the tale unfolds, Dutch Silver, whose gang brings the drugs into the area, arrives on the scene and there is a shootout. |
| Genre: |
Crime |
| Characters: |
Bobby O'Neill (Policeman) Micky O'Neill (newsreel Cameraman, Bobby's Brother) Jerry Beech (Coast Guard Radio Operator) Shannon (member Of The Coast Guard) Un-named Police Inspector Burke (Policeman) Rosa May (dope Peddler, Death) Rita May (Rosa's Sister) Danny Overman (villain, Death) Dutch Silver (villain) Harry (villain) Sid (villain) |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
You Too Will Want To Read These Exciting Books |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Characters: |
The Lone Ranger [John Reid] |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
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Letters: t |
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