Volume: #2, Issue: #3
Published: March 1939, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, 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: Vol. 2, Number 3. March, 1939. AMAZING MYSTERY FUNNIES is published monthly by Centaur Publications, Inc., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. Editorial and executive offices: 220 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
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| Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page) |
Hello Boys and Girls |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Chuck Thorndike | Inks: Chuck Thorndike | Letters: typeset | Editing: Joe Hardie |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Part 1 - The Professors Enemy! |
| Featuring: |
Air-Sub 'DX' |
| Synopsis: |
On their way home after the "Air-Sub" has undergone a series of tests, Professor Gray and the crew fly over Curley's land, who immediately issues orders to bring the DX down, but not to destroy it. |
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Script: Carl Burgos (signed) | Pencils: Carl Burgos (signed) | Inks: Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Genre: |
Adventure Science Fiction |
| Characters: |
Professor Gray Tim Rita Curley (villain) Kirk (villain) |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Dirk the Demon |
| Synopsis: |
Dirk and the Princess arrive for her wedding to Prince Marcus, but they find the place overtaken by men in strange masks. They're captured, but Dirk escapes and frees the royal couple. |
| Credits: |
Script: Bill Everett ? | Pencils: Bill Everett (signed) | Inks: Bill Everett (signed) |
| Genre: |
Science Fiction |
| Characters: |
Dirk The Demon [Dirk Cay] Princess Nemo Prince Marcus |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Pay Off For Mr. Ghost |
| Featuring: |
Pat O'Day |
| Synopsis: |
The Captain ordered Pat to accompany a news reporter over to the Billings place to investigate spooky goings-on, and the pair believe one of Mr. Billing's servants is to blame. However, they discover that all three are in on the plan to scare the Billings' because they haven't been paid, and this investigation would result either in bad publicity for the Billings, or the servant's salaries getting paid. |
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Script: Joe Buresch [as Joseph E. Buresch] (signed) | Pencils: Joe Buresch [as Joseph E. Buresch] (signed) | Inks: Joe Buresch [as Joseph E. Buresch] (signed) | Letters: Joe Buresch ? |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Pat O'Day (detective) Un-named Police Captain Jerry Mays (reporter) Mr. Billings Billing's Wife The Ghost [Billing's Butler] Jane (Billing's Maid) Greta (Billing's Cook) |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Mysterious Poacher |
| Featuring: |
Captain Dale |
| Synopsis: |
Captain Dale and his buddy scouted the area for missing animals, and discovered many of them beheaded or missing entirely, and suspect that a poacher was at work. |
| Credits: |
Script: Howard L. Hastings [as H. L. Hastings] (signed) | Pencils: Howard L. Hastings [as H. L. Hastings] (signed) | Inks: Howard L. Hastings [as H. L. Hastings] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Captain Dale Un-named Corporal Charlie Bigmoose (Indian Tracker) Gus Lucas (poacher) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Fantastic Projects! |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Terry Gilkison | Inks: Terry Gilkison |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Eddie the Odd |
| Synopsis: |
Flung from a meteor and landing on Earth, Eddie is spotted by two large birds, one of whom wants to take Eddie for his kids to play with. But the bird gets tired and drops Eddie into a nudist camp. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Munson Paddock [as Cecelia Munson] (signed) | Inks: Munson Paddock [as Cecelia Munson] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Eddie The Odd Bill (a Bird) Bert (a Bird) |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
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