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classic Fantom of the Fair robot battle cover


Here we have Amazing Mystery Funnies' main attraction, the Fantom of the Fair, beating the metallic stuffing out of an evil robot. This Frank Thomas cover illustration is the type of no-frills, immediate storytelling Golden Age readers ate up in droves. Imagine, if you will, meandering past your local corner newsstand and glimpsing the bright yellow glint off this cover and stopping to witness the mayhem that ensues. You might be hard pressed to continue along your way without flipping a hard-earned dime to the man behind the counter and bringing this comic home to your scruffy little ones, or perhaps as a personal guilty pleasure. This is the kind of cover that also tells the story of comics, and how these nifty four-color magazines worked their way into American's hearts and minds over the decades.