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Issue: Amazing Mystery Funnies #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1940
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Issues: #1 of 24 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCentaur
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Centaur Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/07/1939
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: January, 1940. Vol. 3, Number 1. AMAZING MYSTERY FUNNIES is published monthly by Centaur Publications, Inc., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, Editorial and Executive offices: 215 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y.

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 441345.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantom of the Fair
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Original indexer listed art credits as Robert Butts but is signed Gustavson.

Art credits verified by Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantom of the Fair; Grimes; Carlton; Lefty; Hank
First Line: No. Grimes!! I won't sell the coal mines
Synopsis: Grimes hires Lefty and Hank to sabotage Carlton's coal mine with dynamite blasts but the Fantom uncovers the culprits.
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In Content Item: FlagFantoman #4 published December 1940
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Barry Finn; Frogga; Dacia Zaroff; Fritz von Heim; Ogden Cadman Jr.
First Line: H-mm--looks pretty bad
Synopsis: Dacia convinces von Heim to assault American ships with his submarine in order to boost his munitions manufacturing. Barry Finn encounters the submarine after Frogga wrecks its periscope but Dacia escapes.
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Pages: 6
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Inner Circle [Murdoch; Carlos; Swede; Colonel Rogers]; Pepe
First Line: Podin' me guv'nor...
Synopsis: Agent Murdoch discovers the Itorian secret society the Blue Hand are carrying out a wave of bombings in London. The Inner Circle raises a fighting force of thirty men to invade Itoria and capture the Blue Hand's leaders.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The Blue Hand and Itoria are obvious stand-ins for the real-life Black Hand and Italy.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Tippy Taylor; Hunk O'Clay; Mr. Doaks
First Line: A fortune teller told me that I was going on a long trip soon.
Synopsis: Tippy and his pilot Hunk head towards Borneo to report on a typhoon but the storm crashes their plane. Washed up on the island of Phantasy, Tippy encounters dinosaurs and meets an old inventor who has built synthetic robots but needs special elements to bring them to life. Tippy begins the search in Tinilonia, a land where Tippy's height makes him a giant to the locals.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art is heavily inspired by Roy Crane.
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The False Mask

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Faces Jeffre
First Line: "Calling all cars..."
Synopsis: The criminal Faces Jeffre is a master of disguise but is found out by a grocery clerk who realizes Faces is far too precise in relaying information.
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Pages: 2
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, science fiction
Character(s): Don Dixon; Princess Wanda; Tania; Vigo; Taal; Kul
First Line: While waiting for Lugoff...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : Moore and Pfeufer were the creators throughout the entire 1935 to 1941 run.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): The Bullet
Character(s): Craig Stewart; Khan; Dr. Raymond Vernon; Cole Hammond; Carlos Espada (dies); Captain de Cortez
First Line: The story opens in Dr. Vernon's hanger, where a sleek, bullet-like ship rests
Synopsis: After Dr. Vernon gives him the Bullet, an advanced plane, Stewart goes to Novania with his valet Khan to help his friend Hammond fend off a coup led by Carlos Espada. Stewart pilots the Bullet in an aerial battle against Espada and drives Espada's plane to a fiery end.
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jon Linton; Professor Kane; Burke; Lisa; Satan-Rex [Erich von Hochwalt]; Lak Dahl (dies); Lin-Yan
First Line: You don't mean that 'Satan-Rex' and this Eric Von Hochwalt are the same man?
Synopsis: Lak Dahl dies after helping Jon. Satan-Rex captures Jon and his friends and brings them to the City of the Mists. Satan-Rex demands Jon become his ally and Jon agrees.
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Pages: 8
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Sir Basil Zaharoff

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Sir Basil Zaharoff
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Speed Centaur; Reel McCoy; Prince Albert of Avon; Sir Morbid (dies); Knights of Doom; Tweeps; Sir Wrechard
First Line: Prince Albert - I have a plan that will regain your throne without a war...
Synopsis: Speed and Reel help Prince Albert against his uncle Sir Morbid. Speed Centaur ends Morbid's threat by kicking over the entire mountain on which his castle rests.
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Pages: 9
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Adam
First Line: Wow!! Adam's gadget is causing the Earth to spin at terrific speed!!
Synopsis: Adam uses his super-sensitive molecule magnet to put the Earth back in order but accidentally returns people to the wrong parts of the world as cannibals invade his lab.
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