Issue Details

Issue	#v3#1
Published	January 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Lloyd Jacquet (listed in statement of ownership); Joe Hardie (actual)
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.

Cover Details

Characters	Fantom of the Fair
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks	Paul Gustavson (signed)
Notes	Original indexer listed art credits as Robert Butts but is signed Gustavson.

8 page Fantom of the Fair story "No. Grimes!! I won't sell the coal mines"

Characters	Fantom of the Fair
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks	Paul Gustavson (signed)
Reprinted	in Fantoman (Centaur, 1940 series) #4

6 page Daredevil Barry Finn story "H-mm--looks pretty bad"

Characters	Barry Finn
Genre	adventure
Script	Tarpe Mills
Pencils	Tarpe Mills (signed)
Inks	Tarpe Mills
Letters	Tarpe Mills?

7 page Inner Circle story "Podin' me guv'nor"

Genre	adventure
Script	Lochlan Field
Pencils	Lochlan Field (signed)
Inks	Lochlan Field
Letters	Lochlan Field?

8 page Tippy Taylor on Fantasy Isle story "A fortune teller told me that I was going on a long trip soon"

Characters	Tippy Taylor
Genre	fantasy
Script	George Loomis
Pencils	George Loomis (signed)
Inks	George Loomis
Letters	George Loomis?

2 page text story "The False Mask"

Genre	detective
Script	Ray Gill (signed)
Pencils	Sam Gilman (signed illo)
Inks	Sam Gilman
Letters	typeset

7 page Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire story "While waiting for Lugoff"

Characters	Don Dixon
Genre	fantasy
Script	Bob Moore?
Pencils	Carl Pfeufer?
Inks	Carl Pfeufer?
Notes	Art credits from features appearance in Dell's The Funnies

7 page The Bullet story "The story opens in Dr. Vernon's hanger, where a sleek, bullet-like ship rests"

Genre	adventure
Script	Ralph Butts

8 page Jon Linton story "You don't mean that 'Satan-Rex' and this Eric Von Hochwalt are the same man?"

Characters	Jon Linton
Genre	science fiction
Script	Harry Campbell
Pencils	Harry Campbell (signed)
Inks	Harry Campbell
Letters	Harry Campbell?

1 page Stranger than Fiction story "Sir Basil Zaharoff"

Genre	fact
Script	Walter Galli
Pencils	Walter Galli (signed)
Inks	Walter Galli
Letters	Walter Galli?

9 page Speed Centaur story "Prince Albert - I have a plan that will regain your throne"

Characters	Speed Centaur; Reel McCoy
Genre	fantasy; superhero
Script	Malcolm Kildale?
Pencils	Malcolm Kildale (signed)
Inks	Malcolm Kildale
Letters	Malcolm Kildale

1 page Adam the Atom Smasher story "Wow!! Adam's gadget is causing the Earth to spin at terrific speed!!"

Genre

humor