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Issue: Super Spy #1

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Publication Date: October 1940

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Issues: #1 of 2 Issues

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Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

Centaur

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: Centaur Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: 08/05/1940

Volume: none

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): ?

Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.

Printed in U.S.A.

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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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2 Content Items
- Mystery of the Missing Mummy [Story on Interior Page(s)]1
- Vanishing Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times from Content Items in other Issues.

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Content Items (11 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

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Pages: 1

The Case of the Phantom Fisherman and the Contrary Weathervane

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Character(s): Super Spy 5Y-8R (Intro)

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Pages: 7

Mystery of the Missing Mummy

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Colorist(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Operator #38 Chic Farrell

Character(s): Prof. Stone; his neice; Geprge Graves

First Line: It seems that these picture signs read...

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From Content Item: Flag

Funny Picture Stories v3 #2 published March 1939
was Mystery of the Missing Mummy [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 7

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Scotty of the Skyways

Character(s): Scotty; Joan Marshal; Bernie; Peter Marshal

First Line: I'm so glad to see you again, Joan!

Synopsis: Joan asks Scotty to fly her and her brother, Peter, to their father's gold mine in lower Burma. Although they crash their plane, they manage to reach the mine and thwart the villain who has jumped their claim.

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Pages: 6

The Twin Terror Case

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Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Feature(s): Gary Ross

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Pages: 7

Flight Three

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Max Dodge

Penciller(s): Max Neill (signed) (illustration)

Inker(s): Max Neill (signed) (illustration)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, aviation

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Pages: 2

Part II - Conclusion

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Character(s): Dr. Nelson; Ted Nelson; Pat; Lucifer; Lahu; Sergeant Heath

First Line: The African Queen silently slips into the harbor of Zonga...

Synopsis: Setting out from Zango, Dr. Nelson, his son, and his son's fiancée travel to a lost city. When no word is heard from them, the police ask Lucifer to find them. He rescues them from natives and takes them to the city, where they find the treasure they sought.

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Pages: 13

Notes: Lahu was named Lah in previous stories.

He Saves the Panama Canal

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Genres: adventure, military

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Pages: 7

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Sparkler [Red Morgan] (introduction, origin)

First Line: Red! Red, come here!

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Pages: 7

Notes: Next appearance in Wham Comics (Centaur, 1940 series) #1 (November 1940).

Vanishing Men

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Colorist(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: mystery, western

Character(s): Phantom of the Hills; Thunder (Phantom's horse); Pete (posse member); Lem (posse member); bank robbers [Joe; rest un-named] (villains, some die); un-named Sheriff (villain, bank robber's boss)

Synopsis: The Sheriff and his posse chase a group of bank robbers into the hills, where they disappear, which they seem to do every time they commit a crime! When the posse decides to pitch camp and await the outlaws to show themselves, the Sheriff decides to look around, and is spotted by the Phantom making his way to the lair of the bandits!

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From Content Item: Flag

Amazing Mystery Funnies v2 #3 published March 1939
was Vanishing Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 7

Edward Oscar Heinrich

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: biography, crime

Character(s): Edward Oscar Heinrich

Synopsis: A brief biography of University of California Professor of Chemistry Edward Oscar Heinrich, and his work as a leading criminologist in America.

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Pages: 1