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Science Comics (1940 Fox) 1 graded by CGC

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    Science Comics (1940 Fox) #1 CGC 0.5
    Published Feb 1940 by Fox Feature Syndicate.

    Science Comics (1940 Fox) 1 CGC 0.5

    1st app. Electro (later Dynamo), the Eagle, Marga

    Paper: Off white to white

    INCOMPLETE. 3/4 of front cover missing. Chipping to upper back side corner bracket.

    Label #2022559005

    Starts Jan 3

    Cover by Lou Fine. Stories by Rodney Weems and Bert Whitman. Art by Emil Gershwin, Robert Webb, George Tuska, and Bert Whitman. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics featuring sci-fi heroes and some of the very first superheroes. Scientist Bill Powers discovers anti-gravitation fluid that gives his specially designed wings the power of flight, and becomes The Eagle; Jim Andrews, aka Electro, uses his new electrical super-powers to seek the kidnapped daughter of the President; Cosmic Carson battles the Fang Men of Jupiter. Other heroes making their debut in this issue include Perisphere Payne, Marga the Panther Woman, and Navy Jones, plus the first super-villain named Dr. Doom. Classic damsel in distress cover by Lou Fine. Origin of the Eagle; The Origin of Electro; The Fang Men of Jupiter; Perisphere Payne: The Space Slavers; Origin of Marga, the Panther Woman; Death On the Air Waves; Dr. Doom: The Shrinking Serum; Origin of Navy Jones. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.