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Issue: Amazing Mystery Funnies #23 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #23 of 24 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCentaur
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Centaur Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/13/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Story order, additional story sequences and details for this issue from Bud Plant, December 2007.

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. 3.
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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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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantom of the Fair
First Line: Splitting seconds, The Fantom's leap into thin air saved the life of the foreman!
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantom of the Fair; Steve Marra (crook); Mr. Martin
First Line: I want all those laborers working for the Acme Construction Company...
Synopsis: Steve Marra tries to force Martin, the owner of a construction firm, to pay for 'protection', but he refuses. Accidents quickly occur, and ultimately the foreman of the site is shot. The Fantom uncovers Marra's hideout and sees that justice is done.
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Nick Nelson; Kodi
First Line: Because of a sudden accumulation of slag...
Synopsis: Nick and Kodi are obliged to land on Mars to effect a minor repair to their rocketship. A gigantic creature attacks them and the ship is destroyed. After a series of adventures they rocket out of the atmosphere wearing spacesuits, and are picked up by a passenger ship.
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Speed Centaur [Jerry R. McCoy]; Reel McCoy
First Line: Sea monster strikes again!
Synopsis: A giant squid is destroying shipping. Speed evolves a plan to kill it by feeding it a torpedo.
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): George Selkirk; Bentley; Markham
First Line: George Selkirk, leader of the Inner Circle...
Synopsis: Selkirk is still with the Bntleys on their oil field. They receive an ultimatum to leave the area within three days, but Selkirk calls fellow Inner Circle member Markham to join him and together they rescue Bentley's niece from the Khan.
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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Tippy Taylor; the evil witch; the Queen of the Fairies
Synopsis: Tippy has escaped from the clutches of the evil queen and entered a realm where he is greatly reduced from his normal size. He comes upon a village where everyone is frozen in time. A talking caterpillar tells him they are under a spell cast by an evil witch, and that he should go to the witch's house and get the antidote. While still searching, the witch returns and senses his presence.
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Too Smart

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Steve Raymond; Jerry Marvin; Spider McCoy
First Line: Raymond of the Interspace Intelligence...
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bill Bilson; Davey; Cap'n Lash; Miss Trew; Pedro
First Line: There she be, Davey...
Synopsis: Bill signs aboard a windjammer. Davey stows away and is treated kindly by ship owner Miss Trew. The crew mutiny, but Bill saves the day.
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Larry Kane; Sandra Marsh; Mr. Hayward
First Line: While acting as correspondent...
Synopsis: While on an assignment in war-torn Balta, Larry rescues another correspondent, Sandra March. She later returns the favour when he is under attack from hostile troops.
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jon Linton; Dr. Kane; Lisa Kane
First Line: Time: 2000 A.D.
Synopsis: Jon's ship is hurled across dimensional planes, finally alighting in the Fifth Dimension
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Walter Galli
Penciller(s): Walter Galli
Inker(s): Walter Galli
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stranger Than Fiction
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Disclose Notes: Printed on inside back cover.

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