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Cover of Weird Comics (1940) #5

Weird Comics (1940) #5

Fox 1940–1942 series Cover date Aug 1940

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About this issue

Weird Comics #5 (1940) is issue #5 of Fox's Weird Comics (1940–1942), with a cover date of August 1940. Written by Bert Whitman and drawn by Pierce Rice, Don Rico and Bert Whitman.

Creators

Writer
Bert Whitman
Pencillers
Pierce Rice, Don Rico, Bert Whitman
Inkers
Louis Cazeneuve, Pierce Rice, Don Rico, Bert Whitman
Cover artist
Bert Whitman

The stories

Caius, known in ancient Rome as the terror of Roman racketeers, by magical incantations, is put into a deep sleep for 2200 years, awakening in a museum. Upon exiting into the modern world, he sees a vicious gang attempting to kill a young boy, Ace Barlow, and saves him. He adopts the boy and trains him to be his sidekick and together they battle against the Ricarno Gang, responsible for killing Ace's parents.

“On the Ice Planet”

Blast stops Keero's coup to seize the throne of Ilera.

“The Man-Ape”

“Boanga's Zombie Corps”

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.