Fantastic Comics #1 Values

COVER DETAILS

Characters: Samson

Pencils: Lou Fine

Inks: Lou Fine

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STORY DETAILS

Story #1 Story #2 Story #3 Story #4 Story #5 Story #6 Story #7 Story #8 Story #9 Story #10 Story #11 (11 Stories)

Title: The Coming of Samson

Characters: Samson; Thorga (villain, introduction); Thorganians

Pages: 13.000

Script: Toni Blum

Pencils: Alex Blum

Inks: Alex Blum

Reprints: Samson (Fox, 1940 series) #1 (Fall 1940)

Notes: Writer id by Bob Hughes based on stylistic analysis. Earlier appearance and origin revealed in Samson #1.

Title: In the Land of Nod

Characters: Buzzy (introduction)

Pages: 2.000

Script: Rolland Livingstone (signed)

Pencils: Rolland Livingstone (signed)

Inks: Rolland Livingstone (signed)

Notes: Only appearance. Rolland Livingstone is a real person, not a pen name for Jerry Iger. He is listed in Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Title: The Arrival of Stardust

Characters: Stardust (introduction)

Pages: 6.000

Script: Fletcher Hanks

Pencils: Fletcher Hanks

Inks: Fletcher Hanks

Letters: Fletcher Hanks

Title: Origin of the Golden Knight

Characters: The Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick] (introduction, origin); King Richard the Lion-Hearted (introduction); Saracens (villains); a witch

Pages: 8.000

Script: Grieg Chapian ?; Toni Blum ?

Pencils: Grieg Chapian

Inks: Grieg Chapian

Title: Captured By Skomah

Characters: Space Smith (introduction); Dianna (introduction); Skomah (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: Space Smith and Dianna are captured by the mad Martian scientist Skomah and his Imp Men, but make good their escape.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)

Pencils: Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)

Inks: Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)

Letters: Fletcher Hanks

Notes: First line of dialogue reads: "The Brain wants all Earth people destroyed!"

Title: The Planet of Death

Pages: 2.000

Script: William T. Libby (signed)

Letters: typeset

Title: The U. S. A. Invaded!!

Characters: Yank Wilson (introduction); Joe (introduction); the President (introduction); The Eskimongolians (villains, introduction); Raxola (villain, introduction)

Pages: 6.000

Script: Jack Farr

Pencils: Jack Farr

Inks: Jack Farr

Letters: J

Notes: Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-3-13.

Title: 200 miles from his camp...

Characters: Captain Kidd (introduction, a pilot); Von Haupt (villain, introduction, death)

Pages: 5.000

Script: Toni Blum

Pencils: Bill Bossert

Inks: Bill Bossert

Title: Deep down in a gloomy, ancient, subterranean cellar...

Characters: Professor Fiend (introduction)

Pages: 4.000

Script: Fred Schwab

Pencils: Fred Schwab

Inks: Fred Schwab

Letters: Fred Schwab

Title: Into the Fourth Dimension

Characters: Flick Falcon (introduction); Adele (introduction); Three-Armed Men (villains, introduction, Martians)

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Don Rico

Inks: Don Rico

Title: At the Bottom of the Sea

Characters: Sub Saunders (introduction); Lt. Dirk (introduction); Queen Lantida (introduction); Atlanteans (introduction); Naulus (villain, introduction); the frog-men (villains, introduction)

Pages: 6.000

Script: Toni Blum ?

Pencils: Henry Kiefer [as Karl Kief] (signed)

Inks: Henry Kiefer [as Kark Kief] (signed)

Notes: Writer id by Bob Hughes

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