Fantastic Comics #8 (1940) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Mask of Fire	cover	1	pencils: Joe Simon; inks: Joe Simon	Samson
1	The Plot of Prince Diablo	comic story	13	pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Alex Blum	Samson; Prince Fernando Diablo (villain, introduction, death)
2	A Trip into the Unknown	comic story	6	pencils: Don Rico; inks: Don Rico	Flip Falcon
3	Duel with Saladin	comic story	8	pencils: Grieg Chapian; inks: Grieg Chapian	Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick]; Saladin (villain, death); Saracens (villain)
4	The House of Four Elms	comic story	6	pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska	Yank Wilson; Emil and other un-named spies (villains, introduction)
5	The Green Crust	text story	2	script: Dirk Dedd (signed); letters: typeset
6	The Space Leeches of Planet Bloodu	comic story	6	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks	Space Smith; Dianna; Bloodusians (villains, introduction); Trekurs (villains, introduction)
7	-	comic story	6	pencils: Bill Bossert; inks: Bill Bossert	Captain Kidd
8	-	comic story	2	script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab; letters: Fred Schwab	Professor Fiend
9	The Emerald Men of Asperus	comic story	6	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks	Stardust; The Emerald Men (villains, introduction)
10	The Octopeople of Ectroia	comic story	7	pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry Kiefer	Sub Saunders; Guest Star: Lantida; The Octopeople (villains, introduction)

Collection	Year
You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-160-2	2009	On eBay ›

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