''Fantastic Comics'' was an American

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title published by

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during the

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. The title introduced the characters Banshee, Black Fury (John Perry), Nagana, Queen of Evil,

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, 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

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. In 2008, as part of the Next Issue Project,

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revived the title with a single issue, "#24". This issue features the following characters: *

, 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

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, written and illustrated by Jim Rugg * Professor Fiend, written and illustrated by

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* Sub Saunders, written and illustrated by Ashley Wood * Stardust the Super Wizard, written by Joe Keatinge and illustrated by

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* A prose piece featuring Carlton Riggs by B. Clayton Moore with illustration by

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* Comics magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1939 Magazines disestablished in 1941 Superhero comics 1939 comics debuts 1941 comics endings Defunct American comics Magazines about comics Golden Age comics titles {{comics-stub