Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	December 1939
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 Coming of Samson"

Characters	Samson [Sam ?] (earlier appearance and origin revealed in Samson #1); Thorga (villain, introduction)
Genre	Super-hero
Script	Will Eisner ?
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum
Reprinted	in Samson (Fox, 1940 series) #1 (Fall 1940)

2 page Buzzy story "In the Land of Nod"

Characters	Buzzy (introduction)
Script	S. M. Iger
Pencils	S. M. Iger ? [as Roland Livingstone] (signed)
Inks	S. M. Iger ? [as Roland Livingstone] (signed)
Notes	Only appearance.

6 page Stardust story "The Arrival of Stardust"

Characters	Stardust (introduction)
Genre	fantasy
Script	Fletcher Hanks
Pencils	Fletcher Hanks
Inks	Fletcher Hanks
Letters	Fletcher Hanks

8 page Golden Knight story "Origin of the Golden Knight"

Characters	The Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick] (introduction, origin); King Richard the Lion-Hearted (introduction); Saracens (villain, introduction, a witch)
Genre	Fantasy
Pencils	Grieg Chapian
Inks	Grieg Chapian

6 page Space Smith story "Captured By Skomah"

Characters	Space Smith (introduction); Dianna (introduction); Skomah (villain, introduction)
Synopsis	Space Smith and Dianna are captured by the mad Martian scientist Skomah and his Imp Men, but make good their escape.
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
Notes	First line of dialogue reads: "The Brain wants all Earth people destroyed!"
Reprinted	in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]

2 page none text story "The Planet of Death"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	William T. Libby (signed)
Letters	typeset

6 page Yank Wilson story "The U. S. A. Invaded!!"

Characters	Yank Wilson (introduction); Joe (introduction); the President (introduction); The Eskimongolians (villains, introduction); Raxola (villain, introduction)
Genre	War
Script	Jack Farr
Pencils	Jack Farr
Inks	Jack Farr
Letters	J
Notes	Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-3-13.

5 page Captain Kidd story "200 miles from his camp..."

Characters	Captain Kidd (introduction, a pilot); Von Haupt (villain, introduction, death)
Script	Toni Blum?
Pencils	Bill Bossert
Inks	Bill Bossert

4 page Professor Fiend story "Deep down in a gloomy, ancient, subterranean cellar..."

Characters	Professor Fiend (introduction)
Script	Fred Schwab
Pencils	Fred Schwab
Inks	Fred Schwab
Letters	Fred Schwab

6 page Flick Falcon story "Into the Fourth Dimension"

Characters	Flick Falcon (introduction); Adele (introduction); Three-Armed Men (villains, introduction, Martians)
Genre	Science Fiction
Pencils	Don Rico
Inks	Don Rico

6 page Sub Saunders story "At the Bottom of the Sea"

Characters	Sub Saunders (introduction); Lt. Dirk (introduction); Queen Lantida (introduction); Atlanteans (introduction); Naulus (villain, introduction); the frog-men (villains, introduction)
Pencils	Henry Kiefer [as Karl Kief] (signed)
Inks	Henry Kiefer [as Kark Kief] (signed)