Fantastic Comics #22 Values

Publisher: Fox, 1941

About Fantastic Comics #22

Hitler / U-boat / flag cover featuring Samson and David.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Samson; David; Nazis

Pencils: Alex Blum ?

Inks: Alex Blum ?

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Title: The Death Mark of the Dragon!

Characters: Samson [Sam]; David; Admiral Caliber; J. Rembrandt Speedball (artist); Lila Dee; The Dragon (villain, introduction); Orchid (villain, the Dragon's sister, introduction)

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.

Pages: 14.000

Pencils: Al Carreno [as Alex Boon] (credited)

Inks: Al Carreno [as Alex Boon] (credited)

Notes: Pencils and inks credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr; the previous indexer had credited Roland Patenaude ?. The Who's Who also indicates that Carreno did this feature.

Title: The Abducted Envoy

Characters: Bette Dana (introduction); Moosefoot Johnson (introduction); Leo (villain, introduction); Juan (villain, introduction); Alexis (villain, introduction); Rose (villain, introduction)

Pages: 6.000

Script: Grant Ferguson (by-line)(credited)

Title: An Undying Evil

Characters: Nagana [Queen of Evil] (villain, introduction, origin); Kalkor (introduction); Isis

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.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Louis Cazeneuve

Inks: Louis Cazeneuve

Notes: Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr, at Digital Comics Museum, credits the pencils to Pierce Rice

Title: Peril in Shanghai

Characters: Grimes (villain, introduction, death)

Pages: 5.000

Script: Bill Bossert (by-line)(credited)

Pencils: Pierce Rice

Inks: Louis Cazeneuve

Notes: last appearance Pencils and inks credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr at Digital Comics Museum; the previous indexer credited Bill Bossert ?.

Title: Derelicts of the Black Gas

Characters: Bumpy Aire (Diana's cousin, introduction)

Pages: 5.000

Script: John W. Fawcett ?

Pencils: ? [as Hank Christy] (signed)

Inks: ? [as Hank Christy] (signed)

Notes: Last appearance during the 1940s. The Courier-News of Bridgewater, New Jersey, had a filler article printed on Monday, February 21, 1944 (page 6) which talks about U.S. Army Air Corps Technical Sergeant John W. Fawcett awaiting his next assignment after taking part in 25 bomber missions over Europe. It mentions that before he joined, he wrote Space Smith. Exact stories at this time are not known. Article provided by Steven Thompson and posted to the Comics History Exchange page on Facebook (25 December 2016).

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	15

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