Issue: #20
Published: May 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
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: "Space Patrol" is listed on the cover as a feature you will see inside, but there is no "Space Patrol" story inside.
Story order, additional story sequences and details for this issue from Bud Plant, December 2007.
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 451771.
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| Comic Story (8 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
Professor Whitley has invented a destructive device and is kidnapped by the notorious Bender gang for the secret of its power. The Fantom saves the professor and his daughter from death and pursues the gang to their hideout, where he destroys the device in the interest of humanity. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Fantom Of The Fair Professor Whitley Alice Whitley Bender (villain) Windy Lefty |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Kern'l Kilgore |
| Synopsis: |
International soldier of fortune Kilgore finds himself in the Balkans, where he becomes inadvertently embroiled in a plot to overthrow the repressive government. Resisting arrest, he escapes and is contacted by an agent of The Phantom Princess, who warns him to lie low, but he ignores the advice and is captured and taken to the city gates. |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Kern'l Kilgore |
| Text Article (1 page) |
The Story of Fantastic Fiction |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
Selkirk observes first-hand the repressive practices of a group of racketeers who fire on fishing vessels refusing to pay for 'protection'. He telegraphs John Henry, a fellow member of the Inner Circle who is waiting for him so they can return to the States together, to ready a scheme to protect the innocent fishermen of Angcok. |
| Genre: |
Adventure Spy |
| Characters: |
George Selkirk John Henry |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
Bill and Davey have been shanghaied by Jamaica Jones, and wake up aboard a vessel at sea. Jones tries to persuade them to help him, but a giant squid grabs Bill and pulls him under the water. Bill is victorious, but the trio find themselves stranded on a remote island with little hope of rescue. |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Bill Bilson Davey Jamaica Jones |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Chapter 4 |
| Synopsis: |
Tippy Taylor, on Fantasy Isle, completes the quest set by the wizard in order to activate his robot army, but has no idea how to return to the subterranean castle. |
| Genre: |
Adventure Fantasy |
| Characters: |
Tippy Taylor |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Tiger |
| Synopsis: |
Jim visits his old friends Bill and Mary at their jungle plantation, only to learn that a rogue tiger is terrorizing the region. The three go on a safari to kill the animal. |
| Genre: |
Adventure Jungle |
| Characters: |
Jim Bill Mary |
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