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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published January 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Victor Fox

Cover Details

Characters Samson
Genre Superhero
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine

13 page Samson story "The Attack of Dragor"

Characters Samson; Dragor (villain, introduction); Ratonians (villains, introduction)
Genre Super-hero
Script Will Eisner ? [as Alex Boon] (signed)
Pencils Alex Blum [as Alex Boon] (signed)
Inks Alex Blum [as Alex Boon] (signed)
Reprinted in Samson (Fox, 1940 series) #1 (Fall 1940)

6 page Stardust story "Rip-The-Blood"

Characters Stardust; Rip-The-Blood (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis Stardust prevents Rip-the-Blood from tricking the United States into entering a war with Capania.
Genre science fiction; superhero
Script Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Pencils Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Inks Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Letters Fletcher Hanks
Notes First line of text reads: "Stardust again visits the earth..."
Reprinted in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]

8 page Golden Knight story "Saladin's Hostage"

Characters The Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick]; Lady Elissa (introduction); Saladin (villain, introduction); Saracens (villain)
Genre Fantasy
Pencils Grieg Chapian
Inks Grieg Chapian

6 page Yank Wilson story "Sabotage Rampant In the U.S.A."

Characters Yank Wilson; Count Lustig Von Blackgard (villain, introduction); Czolgotz (villain, introduction); Anschuluzz (villain, introduction); Tryzvoin (villain, introduction); Schuldoki (villain, introduction)
Genre War
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-3-13.

2 page none text story "West of Tanganyika"

Script Alan Defoe (signed)
Letters typeset

6 page Space Smith story "The Battle of the Earth Against the Martian Ogres"

Characters Space Smith; Dianna; the Martians (villains)
Synopsis Space Smith and Dianna prevent Martian ogres from destroying the Earth.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Pencils Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Inks Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Letters Fletcher Hanks
Reprinted in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]

5 page Captain Kidd story "[There's the island of Morgia, Freddy."

Characters Captain Kidd; The Voice (villain, introduction, death)
Script Toni Blum ?
Pencils Bill Bossert
Inks Bill Bossert

4 page Professor Fiend story "[In case anyone is interested..."

Characters Professor Fiend
Script Fred Schwab
Pencils Fred Schwab
Inks Fred Schwab
Letters Fred Scawab
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-3-13.

6 page Flick Falcon story "Return To Mars"

Characters Flick Falcon; Three-Armed Men (villains); the Martians (villains)
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Don Rico
Inks Don Rico
Notes 2nd Martian story this issue.

7 page Sub Saunders story "The Rebels of the Deep"

Characters Sub Saunders; Naulus (villain, death); the frog-men (villains)
Pencils Henry Kiefer [as Karl Kief] (signed)
Inks Henry Kiefer [as Kark Kief] (signed)