Liberty Scouts #3
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | August 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: bi-monthly | Editing: Joseph Hardie (uncredited) |
| Notes | August, 1941. Number 3. Liberty Scouts Comics is published bi-monthly by Comic Corporation of America, 215 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y. Entered as second class matter February 20, 1941 at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Single copies 10c (15c in Canada). Yearly subscription 60c in the U. S. A. (other countries 85c). Copyright, 1941, by Comic Corporation of America. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. No actual person is named or delineated in this fiction magazine. Printed in the U. S. A. |
| Featuring | Liberty Scouts |
| Credits | Pencils: Myron Strauss | Inks: Myron Strauss |
| Advertisement | This Beautiful Desk for only $1.00 (1 page) |
| Featuring | Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | "I hearby swear in each of you as a special U. S. agent" (15 pages) |
| Featuring | Liberty Scouts |
| Credits | Pencils: Myron Strauss |
| Content | Characters: Liberty Scouts [Smokey Henry; Skipper Henry; Strut Henry]; Mr. P. Henry (the Scouts' father); President Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Notes | next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1 |
| Publisher advertisement | On Guard! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Letter explaining that the team and magazine name are changing to the Liberty Guards and Liberty Guards Comics respectively due to the characters' uniforms not being Scout uniforms and because the Boy Scouts of America were concerned that readers may think the magazine was being published by them. |
| Featuring | Liberty Guards Comics |
| Credits | Script:? [as Smokey] |
| Content | Characters: Liberty Guards [Smokey Henry; Skipper Henry; Strut Henry] (renamed from Liberty Scouts) |
| Cartoon | "I demand a recount!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Life At Its Worst |
| Credits | Script: Ray Houlihan (signed) | Pencils: Ray Houlihan (signed) | Inks: Ray Houlihan (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four single-panel humor cartoons. According to Jerry Bails' Who's Who, Ray Houlihan scripted his fillers and his other Centaur stories. |
| Comic Story | "Mighty Mars, god of war, dissatisfied with the progress of the aggressor..." (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Man of War |
| Notes | next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1 Henry Andrews disputes the previous Paul Gustavson pencils/inks credit here. While a number of Man of War's poses are similar, compared to the previous story the faces are different, the figures are less detailed and fluid, and the action is less dynamic. The flaming sword is rendered with a different effect, the explosion marking Man of War's appearance is less detailed, and the ink line is much heavier throughout the story. Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. confirms via email that this is definitely not Paul Gustavson, nor any Gustavson that he knows. |
| Comic Story | "Purple plague hits defence industries in U.S." (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Vapo-Man |
| Credits | Pencils: Sam Gilman (signed) | Inks: Sam Gilman (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Vapo-Man [Bradford Cole] |
| Notes | next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1 |
| Text Story | Midnight Mantrap (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Robert Turner (credited) | Pencils: Lew Glanzman [as Glanz] | Inks: Lew Glanzman [as Glanz] | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story | "Introducing Red Riley, the hard-boiled fighting officer..." (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Red Riley |
| Credits | Script: Robert Tuner (signed) | Pencils: Bob Lubbers (signed) | Inks: Bob Lubbers (signed) |
| Content | Characters: Red Riley (introduction) |
| Notes | next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1 |
| Comic Story | "1783! The American Revolution has been won!" (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Sentinel |
| Credits | Pencils: George Wilson | Inks: George Wilson |
| Content | Characters: The Sentinel (introduction, origin) |
| Notes | next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1 |
| Comic Story | "I'll admit I don't know a thing about a car" (7 pages) |
| Featuring | The Fire-Man |
| Credits | Script: Martin Filchock (signed) | Pencils: Martin Filchock (signed) | Inks: Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Fire-Man [Jim]; Nancy |
| Notes | next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1 Jerry Bails' Who's Who confirms that Filchock scripted his Fire-Man stories. |
| Comic Story | "What're ya doin Dopey?" (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Dopey Danny Day |
| Credits | Pencils: Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed) | Inks: Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed) |
| Content | Characters: Dopey Day |
| Notes | next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1 |
| Filler | Lt. Frank Luke, Jr. (1 page) |
| Featuring | Amazing Airmen |
| Credits | Script: Joseph A. Kaliff (signed) | Pencils: Joseph A. Kaliff (signed) | Inks: Joseph A. Kaliff (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
| Notes | Jerry Bails' Who's Who confirms that Kaliff scripted his own fillers. Inside back cover. |
| Publisher advertisement | You Too Can Be a Liberty Guard! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Coupon to use to enroll as a Liberty Guard. |
| Featuring | Liberty Guards |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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