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| Date | | Number: v3 3 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Super-Mystery Comics v3 3 (alt) | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: bi-monthly | Editing: Fred Gardiner (uncredited); Aaron Wyn (per statement of ownership) |
| Notes | Data for this issue is probably from Howard Keltner's Golden Age Comic Books Index. Statement of Ownership lists: Publisher-A. A. Wyn, Editor-A. A. Wyn, Managing Editor-Frederick Gardener, Business Manager-A. A. Wyn. The book was printed by C & A Publishing Co., Mount Morris IL. Other owners of Periodical House Inc. were Rose Wyn and Warren A. Angel. Although it says "bi-monthly", the previous issue was 6 months earlier, and the next one is 3 months later. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1. |
| Cover | The Clown is Back Again! / 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Magno; Davey Landis; The Sword [Arthur Lake] |
| Pencils | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Inks | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Notes | Harvey Kurtzman's first cover. |
| PSA | Bonds for Victory or Bonds for Slavery (1 page) |
| Genre | War |
| Pencils | Lou Ferstadt (signed) |
| Notes | The inside-front cover. Public Service announcement in comic format to promote the purchase of war bonds. |
| Comic Story | The Clown's Drawings of Death / Magno the Magnetic Man (13 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Magno; Davey; The Clown |
| Pencils | Ferstadt Studio |
| Inks | Ferstadt Studio |
| Comic Story | The Race Against Death! / Mr. Risk (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Risk pits his cunning against a murder maniac who is attempting to get jockeys to throw races or be killed for not doing so. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Mr. Risk; Strang (racehorse owner); a murder-maniac (villain) |
| Pencils | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Inks | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Notes | Last appeared in Our Flag Comics #5 (April, 1942). |
| Comic Story | The Airplane Assassinations / Doctor Nemesis (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Origin recap in splash panel. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Script | Robert Turner |
| Pencils | Walter Davoren (signed) |
| Inks | Walter Davoren (signed) |
| Notes | Last appeared in Lightning Comics vol.3 no.1 [#14] (June, 1942). One indexer listed art credits as Harvey Kurtzman. |
| Text Story | Cold-Country Justice (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | John Dawson, a fur trapper, suspects his partner is going to double-cross him. |
| Script | Brant House |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure; Crime |
| Characters | John Dawson; Bill Slagle; Caribou Joe |
| Notes | This story appears to be reprinted from Ace's magazine Ace Westerns, dated February 1942. Brant House is a house pseudonym used by Ace Publications. In that magazine the story was credited to Ralph Powers, also a house pseudonym. |
| Comic Story | Origin of the Lancer / The Sword (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Morgana Faye attempts to gain the secrets of a plane's wing mechanism to give to the Nazis. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Lancer [Lance Larter](Sword's partner, introduction, origin); Faye Morgana (villain); The Sword |
| Pencils | Walter Davoren (signed) |
| Inks | Walter Davoren (signed) |
| Notes | Last appeared in Lightning Comics v3 #1 (June 1942). |
| Comic Story | The Food Fires / Buckskin (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Buckskin helps find an arsonist setting fire to wheat crops. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Joe Gallagher ? |
| Inks | Joe Gallagher ? |
| Comic Story | The Daily Star Scrap Drive / Hap Hazard (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hap manages to get a scoop destined for a rival newspaper. |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Pencils | Joe Gallagher |
| Inks | Joe Gallagher |
| Notes | Last appeared in Lightning Comics vol.3 no.1 (June, 1942). |
| Comic Story | The Werewolf's Marauding Raids / Paul Revere, Jr. (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Paul Revere Jr foils a plot by Nazi sympathisers to fuel submarines. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Paul Revere Jr.; Paul Revere Sr.; Patrick Henry; Betsy Ross; Sheriff (villain) |
| Pencils | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Inks | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Notes | Last appeared in Captain Courageous Comics #6 (March, 1942). Statement of Ownership takes up 2/3 of the 4th tier on the last page. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
