Into The Mysterious Labyrinths Of The Home Of The Devil!

As mentioned last time, Don Rico returned for just a few more episodes of Flip Falcon In The Fourth Dimension. And he brought Lucifer back with him...

While that ended Rico's run (as far as confirmed credits go), Flip had another 5 or 6 adventures, depending on how you count. (Yes, that again. We'll get there. Hells - maybe we'll even finally get to my favorite Caveman comic someday.)

page art by Don Rico from Fantastic Comics #s 14-16 (1941)

Things Ought To Start Popping Any Minute Now!

Let's continue with our look at Flip Falcon In The Fourth Dimension. While the writer is yet unknown, the previous stories we saw were all drawn by Don Rico. The other artists on the strip are mysteries like the author. But, let's see what they looked like without Don, eh?

This first one seems a bit of a precursor to silver age Batman and Atom tales...

It is fairly amazing how many heroes had scientist friends with time travel quests for them. That one, from back in 1940, seems to be one of the earliest of those tales.

Of course, Flip travels not through just space & time, but the realms in between...

In the following issue Don Rico returned...

page art by unknown from Fantastic Comics #s 11-13 (1940)

We Give Bad Guys The Boot - In Super Hero Suits

Man. It's one of those days.

Woke up feeling like i'm in the wrong universe...

Well...  At least they're not dolls...

How many sides were on that damn bed?

Now, if you'll excuse me... I've got a corn dog craving that needs to be destroyed...

screens from the wrong world? (Legends Of Tomorrow and Guardians Of The Galaxy)