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5July 1941
$0.10

Samson #5

Fox · July 1941 · on sale 1941-05-02

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Identification plate

Series
Samson (Fox, 1940 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
July 1941
Key date
1941-07-00
On-sale date
1941-05-02
Indicia publisher
Fox Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Samson
1Battle Against Balocomic story13script: Alex BoonBalo (Villain; Intro); Horst (Villain; Intro)
2Army of the Wolfcomic story13script: Alex BoonThe Wolf (Villain; Intro; Death)
3Case of the Blackmailed Secretarycomic story5script: Willis B. Rensie; pencils: Willis B. Rensie; inks: Willis B. RensieJohann Kamp (Villain; Intro); Victory Society (Villain; Intro)
5Treachery in the Airtext story2script: Nathaniel NitkinBig Yank Martin
6The Molecule N Formulacomic story13script: Alex BoonBaron Vee (Villain; Intro)
7Murder on the Aircomic story8script: Anthony BrooksHans Feuer (Villain; Intro)
8Von Hamm's Aircraft Sabotagecomic story6script: Floyd KellyMajor Von Hamm (Villain; Intro); Kolz (Villain; Intro)
9Here Are the Winners of the Kooba Treasure Huntactivity0.67letters: ?; typeset
10The Blue Beetle Coast to Coastpromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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