Monday Madness FANTASTIC COMICS "Space Smith and the Case of the Criminal Cousin"

When I said this strip was using old gangster movies for plots, I wasn't kidding...

...as this never-reprinted adventure from Fox's Fantastic Comics #18 (1941) clearly demonstrates!

And both Space and Diana get into civilian (1940s-style) clothing for the finale!

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Monday Madness FANTASTIC COMICS "Space Smith and the Death of a Planetary Policeman!"

This series has become "gangsters in space"...

...with plots right out of the then-popular crime films of the 1930s, transposed into the future!

This never-reprinted tale from Fox's Fantastuc Comics #17 (1941) isn't a bad story, just...familiar.

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Monday Madness FANTASTIC COMICS "Space Smith vs Colt the Cosmic Criminal"

Gangsters wearing 20th Century fashions continue to menace Space Smith and Diana...

...as this somewhat anachronistic series continues its' journey into weirdness!

This never-reprinted story from Fox's Fantastic Comics #16 (1941) demonstrates the value of having a colorist who can keep track of who's who as almost everyone is mis-colored somewhere in this tale!

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Monday Madness FANTASTIC COMICS "Space Smith vs the Interstellar Insurance Pirates"

Yeah, I know the title's a little...weird...

...but, it'll make sense by the end of the story, I promise!

This never-reprinted story from Fox's Fantastic Comics #15 (1941) points out that, just as man's virtues will follow us into space, so will our vices!

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Monday Madness FANTASTIC COMICS "Space Smith vs Skull Charter"

The fad of wearing "retro" 1940s clothing has spread to the mass populace...

...in the future of Space Smith!

The current unknown writer and artist of this never-reprinted story from Fox's Fantastic Comics #14 (1941) seem to think either the series is set "present day" with added super-science goodies (like Flash Gordon), or a future where we still have 1940s-style clothing and furniture!
Weird, eh?

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Monday Madness FANTASTIC COMICS "Space Smith Rescues Doctor Kum of Jupiter"

As Space Smith struggles to find an ongoing artist...

...Earth's criminal element is apparently going through a retro-fashion fad, wearing 1940s suits and fedoras!

Space and Diana save the President of the "Federated States of Earth"!
Does that mean he's the President of the whole Earth, or just a part of it?
The unknown writer and artist of this never-reprinted story from Fox's Fantastic Comics #13 (1940) never make it clear!

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Monday Madness FANTASTIC COMICS "Space Smith vs the Interplanetary Gold Pirates"

The artist round-robin continues as the Space Smith strip seeks a distinctive identity...

...and a bit of continuity consistency!

But this never-reprinted tale from Fox's Fantastic Comics #12 (1940) can't even keep the spelling of Space's girlfriend/aide Diana consistent, making her "Dianna"!
It's not a bad tale.
It just doesn't offer anything to separate Space from the numerous other space adventurers!

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Monday Madness FANTASTIC COMICS "Space Smith and the Sinister Sandblasts of Space"

What will Space Smith be like without Fletcher Hanks?

Well, it certainly reads differently than under the wild imagination of Hanks...

This never-reprinted tale from Fox's Fantastic Comics #9 (1940) is another artist trying to imitate Dick Calkins' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century art, as did a fill-in illustrator HERE.

However, the next issue brings in a radically-different approach...

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