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Fantastic Comics
	Fantastic Comics #1 (December 1939)
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Publisher	Fox Feature Syndicate
Genre	Superhero;
Publication date	December 1939 – November 1941
No. of issues	23
Main character(s)	Black Fury; Samson; Stardust the Super Wizard

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Fantastic Comics was an American comic book superhero anthology title published by Fox Feature Syndicate during the Golden Age of Comic Books. The title introduced the characters Banshee, Black Fury (John Perry), Nagana, Queen of Evil, Samson, and Stardust the Super Wizard.

Publication history

The first issue is cover-dated December 1939. Fantastic Comics continued to run until issue #23 in November 1941.

Most of the characters appearing in Fantastic Comics eventually fell into the public domain. In 2008, as part of the Next Issue Project, Image Comics revived the title with a single issue, "#24". This issue features the following characters:

Samson, written and illustrated by Alex Boon
Flip Falcon
Golden Knight, co-written and illustrated by Thomas Yeates and Bryan Rutherford
Yank Wilson, written and illustrated by Andy Kuhn
Space Smith, written and illustrated by Tom Scioli
Captain Kidd, written and illustrated by Jim Rugg
Professor Fiend, written and illustrated by Fred Hembeck
Sub Saunders, written and illustrated by Ashley Wood
Stardust the Super Wizard, written by Joe Keatinge and illustrated by Mike Allred
A prose piece featuring Carlton Riggs by B. Clayton Moore with illustration by Jason Latour

References

Fantastic Comics at the Grand Comics Database

External links

Fantastic Comics at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

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-'''''Fantastic Comics''''' was an American [[comic book]] [[superhero]] [[comics anthology|anthology]] title published by [[Fox Feature Syndicate]] during the [[Golden Age of Comic Books]]. The title introduced the characters [[Banshee (Fox Feature Syndicate)|Banshee]], [[Black Fury (comics)|Black Fury]] (John Perry), [[Nagana, Queen of Evil]], [[Samson (Fox Feature Syndicate)|Samson]], and [[Stardust the Super Wizard]].
+'''''Fantastic Comics''''' was an American [[comic book]] [[superhero]] [[comics anthology|anthology]] title published by [[Fox Feature Syndicate]] during the [[Golden Age of Comic Books]]. The title introduced the characters Banshee, [[Black Fury (comics)|Black Fury]] (John Perry), Nagana, Queen of Evil, [[Samson (Fox Feature Syndicate)|Samson]], and [[Stardust the Super Wizard]].
 ==Publication history==
 The first issue is [[cover-dated]] December 1939. Fantastic Comics continued to run until issue #23 in November 1941.
-Most of the characters appearing in ''Fantastic Comics'' eventually fell into the [[public domain]]. In 2008, as part of the [[Next Issue Project]], [[Image Comics]] revived the title with a single issue, "#24." This issue features the following characters:
+Most of the characters appearing in ''Fantastic Comics'' eventually fell into the [[public domain]]. In 2008, as part of the [[Next Issue Project]], [[Image Comics]] revived the title with a single issue, "#24". This issue features the following characters:
 * [[Samson (Fox Feature comics)|Samson]], written and illustrated by [[Alex Boon]]
+* Flip Falcon
-* [[Flip Falcon]], written by [[Joe Casey]] and illustrated by [[Bill Sienkiewicz]]
-* [[Golden Knight (Fox Comics)|Golden Knight]], co-written and illustrated by [[Thomas Yeates]] and [[Bryan Rutherford]]
+* Golden Knight, co-written and illustrated by [[Thomas Yeates]] and Bryan Rutherford
-* [[Yank Wilson]], written and illustrated by [[Andy Kuhn]]
+* Yank Wilson, written and illustrated by Andy Kuhn
-* [[Space Smith]], written and illustrated by [[Tom Scioli]]
+* Space Smith, written and illustrated by [[Tom Scioli]]
 * [[Captain Kidd]], written and illustrated by [[Jim Rugg]]
-* [[Professor Fiend]], written and illustrated by [[Fred Hembeck]]
+* Professor Fiend, written and illustrated by [[Fred Hembeck]]
-* [[Sub Saunders]], written and illustrated by [[Ashley Wood]]
+* Sub Saunders, written and illustrated by [[Ashley Wood]]
 * [[Stardust the Super Wizard]], written by [[Joe Keatinge]] and illustrated by [[Mike Allred]]
-* A prose piece featuring [[Carlton Riggs]] by [[B. Clayton Moore]] with illustration by [[Jason Latour]]
+* A prose piece featuring Carlton Riggs by B. Clayton Moore with illustration by [[Jason Latour]]
 == References ==
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+[[Category:Defunct American comics]]
+[[Category:Magazines about comics]]
+[[Category:Golden Age comics titles]]