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Cover: Alex Kotzky
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Fantastic Comics #12

Nov 1940 · Fox · 0.10 USD
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An anthology issue featuring multiple heroes: Samson uses his superhuman strength to lift a huge ship into the air; Space Smith, operating from Mars Observatory, is assigned the task of transporting gold to Earth and becomes embroiled in conflict with hostile forces; Sub Saunders confronts underwater dangers; and Stardust battles giant vultures that emerge from Earth's inner atmosphere, destroying military fortifications, bombing planes, and attacking ships and transports before swooping down on panic-stricken survivors.

Contains 9 stories
Roulf's Fifth Column
13 pp · Superhero
SamsonDavidRoulf (villain, introduction)
The Demi-Thing
6 pp · Adventure
Flip FalconChongo (villain, introduction, death, a Demi-Thing)

Inventor Flip Falcon projects himself into the Fourth Dimension to investigate a disturbance, only to discover that a condemned criminal called Chongo has stolen a deadly ray and brought it back to threaten Earth. Racing against time, Falcon must venture into the dimension itself to confront the rogue Demi-Thing before his weapon destroys humanity.

The Witch of the Volcano
8 pp · Adventure, Historical
Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick]King Raton (villain, introduction)Kataka (villain, introduction, death)

The Golden Knight Sir Richard of Warwick seeks out the Witch of the Volcano, Kataka, hoping to obtain a deadly potion on behalf of the villain King Raton—but a chance encounter with the sinister sorceress and her unsettling ways leaves him and his companion Alice eager to escape the mountain's treacherous slopes. What unfolds between the Knight's dangerous errand and his retreat from Kataka's lair makes for a tense adventure rooted in 1940s pulp sensibilities.

Menace In Mexico
6 pp · Adventure
Yank Wilson
The Galactic Gold Robbery
6 pp · Science Fiction
Space SmithDianna (introduction)
The Underground City
5 pp · Adventure
Captain Kidd
Suicide Attempt #3
2 pp · Adventure
Professor Fiend
The Vultures of Kaos [Kaos and the Vultures]
7 pp · Science Fiction, Superhero
StardustKaos (villain, introduction, turned into a worm)
The Serpent of Doom
7 pp · Adventure
Sub SaundersMephisto (villain, introduction, death, a snake)The Serpent Lady (villain, introduction)

Sub Saunders hunts the dreaded poison serpent Mephisto deep beneath the waves, only to discover the monster serves a sinister mistress—the Serpent Lady—who's draining the blood of captured men in her underwater lair. When Sub infiltrates her domain to free the prisoners, he must contend with both the Lady's enslaved minions and her monstrous guardian serpent to stop her deadly operation.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $200
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $6,503
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $1,453
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CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $1,233
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $1,015
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $790*
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $670*
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 · 3 in census $474
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 · 2 in census $354
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Full credits

writer, artist, inker, letterer Fletcher Hanks
cover pencils, inks Alex Kotzky

Reprints

Reprinted in Supermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 #[nn] (2009), You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! #[nn] (2009), Fletcher Hanks : œuvres complètes #[nn] (2018)

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