Digital Comic Museum > Amazing Mystery Funnies v2 009 -fixed

Volume: #2, Issue: #9
Published: September 1939, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Joe Hardie
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: 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 427061.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Dive of Death
Featuring:	Fantom of the Fair
Credits:	Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Fantom Of The Fair (also Inset) Speed Centaur (inset)

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page)	Amazing Facts About Pioneer American Homes
Credits:	Letters: typeset \| Editing: Joe Hardie
Characters:	Speed Centaur The Masked Marvel

Comic Story (8 pages)	Dive of Death!..
Featuring:	Fantom of the Fair
Synopsis:	A struggling Fair show owner has words and more with a fellow competitor who seems to be stealing every idea that he has had. The rival goes so far as to rig a death dive trap for the girl, and might have succeeded if not for the intervention of the Fantom.
Credits:	Script: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Fantom Of The Fair Mr. Adams (Fair Show Owner) Jane Adams (Adam's Daughter) Tony (Adam's Employee) Marcos (villain, Fair Show Owner, Death) Marcos' Henchman (villain, Death)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Air-Sub 'DX'
Synopsis:	Dr. Ralon confirms to Professor Gray that he has succeeded in bringing to life, through his evolutionizing machine, human beings from animals, when a girl and some men enter his lab and kill him. Tom and Gray soon learn that the girl was the first of Dr. Ralon's creations and that she had gone mad, killing the doctor.
Credits:	Script: Carl Burgos (signed) \| Pencils: Carl Burgos (signed) \| Inks: Carl Burgos (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Captain Tim Professor Gray Dr. Ralon (death) Nelson (Ralon's Assistant) Un-named Girl (villain, Ralon's First Created Human, Death) Girl's Men (villains, All Die)

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	The Inner Circle
Synopsis:	Ramsay and Bain head up to Great Bear Lake to meet with agent Kirby in regards to several hijackings of planes loaded with radium.
Credits:	Pencils: Lochlan Field [as L. Field] (signed) \| Inks: Lochland Field [as L. Field] (signed)
Genre:	Adventure Spy
Characters:	The Inner Circle [Major Paul Ramsay John Bain (Canadian Engineer) Kirby Un-named Pilots] Radium Thieves (villains)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Hidden Empire (Part 2)
Featuring:	Don Dixon
Synopsis:	Dagmar threatens to kill Wanda and Dr. Lugoff unless Don consents to become co-ruler of her kingdom. But the Queen's jilted suitor, Taal, has other plans.
Credits:	Script: Bob Moore (signed) \| Pencils: Carl Pfeufer (signed) \| Inks: Carl Pfeufer (signed)
Genre:	Adventure Science Fiction
Characters:	Don Dixon Dr. Lugoff Princess Wanda Dagmar (villain) Taal (villain, Dagmar's Cousin)

Text Story (2 pages)	Rocketship Race
Synopsis:	Tom was determined to win the Rocketship Derby Race, even though his competitor, Regie Saunders, was known for not sticking to the rules!
Credits:	Script: Lloyd Jacquet [as Lloyd Victor] (credited) \| Pencils: George A. Fish [as G.A.F.] (signed) (spot illustration) \| Inks: George A. Fish [as G.A.F.] (signed) (spot illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Thomas Piper Mac (Piper's Mechanic) Riginald Saunders

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	Speed Centaur
Synopsis:	To try and catch up with the Jack Pott gang, Speed assumes the disguise of a true horse and he and Reel follow one of the gang's torpedo's into town. Speed then uses his voice to convince the thug that he is a talking horse, and the thug buys the horse from Reel and takes it and Reel to the gang's hideout.
Credits:	Pencils: Malcolm Kildale (signed) \| Inks: Malcolm Kildale (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Speed Centaur Reel McCoy Jack Pott Gang [Jack Pott (leader) Jim "Droopy" Raws Rest Un-named] (villains)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Daredevil Barry Finn
Synopsis:	Zaroff visits an English scientist, who has invented a process for enlarging any insect to any size that he wishes. Seizing upon the opportunity, Zaroff kills the scientist, seizes the machine for his own purposes, and meets with leaders from the major warring powers, offering (for a price) the use of this invention. Then, accompanied by Dacia, Zaroff sails to New York, planning to release a horde of the giant insects upon the United States, bringing disease, pague and death.
Credits:	Pencils: Tarpe Mills (signed) \| Inks: Tarpe Mills (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Barry Finn Joan Hart Professor Walton (scientist, Death) Sulla (villain, Zaroff's Assistant) Dr. Zaroff (villain) Dacia Zaroff (villain, Zaroff's Daughter) Joseph Stalin (villain, Cameo) Adolf Hitler (villain, Cameo) Benito Mussolini (villain, Cameo)

Comic Story (7 pages)	Knuckle Down!
Synopsis:	Concerned because his name and bout is being pushed out the sports section of the newspaper by the Union school, Champ and his manager conspire to get the team's star pitcher to throw the game in the Junior Baseball Championships.
Credits:	Script: Martin Filchock ? \| Pencils: Martin Filchock [also as Filchock] (signed) \| Inks: Martin Filchock [also as Filchock] (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery Sports
Characters:	Pat Mullen (a Baseball Pitcher) Mr. Mullen (Pat's Father) Mrs. Mullen (Pat's Mother, Cameo) Champ (villain, A Boxer) Champ's Manager (villain)

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