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Issue: Science Comics #2

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Publication Date: March 1940

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Issues: #2 of 8 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Fox

Brand: FP

Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications, Inc.

On Sale Date: 01/29/1940

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 14 (8 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Victor Fox

Notes: Original index by Lou Mougin, indicia, additional characters, synopses, fillers and ads added by Henry Andrews 12/2008.
Indicia:
SCIENCE COMICS, Vol. 1, No. 2, is published monthly by Fox Publications, Inc. Office of publicaion, 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, Mass. Editorial and Executive offices, 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y. Application for entry as second-class matter at the Post Office at Holyoke, Mass., under the Act of March 3, 1879, pending. Price 10 cents per copy. Subscription rates: 12 issues in the United States, and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, $1.50. The Publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright, 1939, by Fox Publications, inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. The names of all characters that are used are fictitious. Use of a name which is the same as that of any living person is accidental. For advertising rates, address: Advertising Manager, Fox Publications, Inc., 480 Lexington Ave., New York City. Mid-Western Office, 7310 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich. Printed in the U. S. A.

On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 445438.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Content Items (14 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Lou Fine

Inker(s): Lou Fine

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Dynamo

Character(s): Dynamo (formerly Electro)

First Line: With one paralyzing thrust, Dynamo disabled the huge power plant

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Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011

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[untitled]

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Subject Matter

Genres: informational

Feature(s): Science Fights Crime!

Synopsis: Two illustrated accounts of crimes solved by science.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.

The Mail Pirates

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Emil Gershwin? [as Lester Raye] (signed)

Inker(s): Emil Gershwin?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Eagle

Character(s): The Eagle [Ted Powers; Bill Powers] (The Eagle's first name is Ted in the first few panels and Bill in the last few- Bill is used in later appearances); Jason; Blackie (villain; introduction); Blackie's gang of mail pirates (villains; introduction)

Synopsis: The Eagle investigates a series of mail planes that have gone missing while flying over the Rockies. He finds and brings to justice the gang that has been shooting them down and stealing the mail.

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Pages: 8

The Fort Knox Gold Robbery

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Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Robert Webb? [as Harold Weber] (signed)

Inker(s): Robert Webb?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Dynamo

Character(s): Dynamo (formerly Electro)

Synopsis: Dynamo tracks the stolen gold to a mansion where an "artist" was hiding it inside of bronze statues. When the rest of the gang attacks him, Dynamo uses his powers to electroplate them in the gold and delivers them to the federal men.

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Notes: formerly Electro; probably changed due to Timely's Electro from MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS. In some panels (but not all), Dynamo's costume still has an "E" on the front above the lightning bolt.

Master of the Ice Ray

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): George Tuska [as Michael Griffith] (signed)

Inker(s): George Tuska

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Cosmic Carson

Character(s): Cosmic Carson; The Skull-Men (villains; introduction; death)

Synopsis: Cosmic Carson goes in search of a space expedition that never returned. He is captured by the same inhabitants of the planet that the original team was- a race of men with skull-like features. Using his superior strength he escapes, frees the other Earthmen, tricks the Skull Men into destroying their own weapons, and bombs them out of existence as he flies back to Earth.

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Attack On the Moon

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ? [as Arnold Haney] (signed)

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Perisphere Payne

Character(s): Perisphere Payne

Synopsis: Perisphere Payne heads a team sent to help the refueling station on the Moon defeat an invasion. He discovers that the invasion is coming from a city deep in the Moon's core and destroys the city with explosives.

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Build a Fighting Plane

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Notes: Patterns intended to be traced on cardboard, cut out and assembled into a plane.

Build a Super-Locomotive

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Notes: Patterns intended to be traced on cardboard, cut out and assembled into a locomotive.

Uchunko, Ruler of the Jungle

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Emil Gershwin? [as James T. Royal] (signed)

Inker(s): Emil Gershwin?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Marga

Character(s): Marga; Ted Grant; Uchunko (villain; introduction)

Synopsis: Marga and Ted are captured by Uchunko, who believes himself the rightful rule of the jungle. He intends to kill Ted by throwing him in a pit and rule with Marga at his side, but Marga escapes and rescues Ted and the two fight their way back to civilization.

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Gold...1000 Miles Down

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Battle of the Insects

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ? [as Richard Crater] (signed)

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Dr. Doom

Character(s): Dr. Doom (villain); Jan; Wanda

Synopsis: Dr. Doom escapes from Jan and Wanda who pursue him back to Jupiter. He captures them and subjects them and his other captives to his diminishing ray. Shrunken down to insect size, Jan, Wanda and the other captives must fight mosquitoes as one of Dr. Doom's "experiements". When they defeat the mosquitoes Dr. Doom restores their size, and they overpower him and escape, leaving him chained in his lab.

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The Prime Minister Strikes Back

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bert Whitman

Penciller(s): Bert Whitman [as Frank Pensley] (signed)

Inker(s): Bert Whitman [as Frank Pensley] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Navy Jones

Character(s): Navy Jones; Princess Coral; The King; The Prime Minister (villain; death)

Synopsis: The deposed Prime Minister invades and captures the city of the fish men. Navy Jones arrives just in time to save the King from being fed to a giant two-headed carnivorous plant. As the King goes to prepare explosives Navy rescues Princess Coral from the Prime Minister, throwing him into a pen of hungry sea swine. As Navy and the Princess escape, the King blows up the whole city and the invaders that were occupying it.

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5 Direct Hits

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Feature(s): Wonderworld Comics; Mystery Men Comics; Fantastic Comics; Science Comics; Weird Comics

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Johnson Smith & Co.

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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.

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Notes: 30+ small ads, some with illustrations, for products offered by Johnson Smith & Co. Back cover.