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| Name | Great Comics 3 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.10 CAD; 0.15 USD (Foreign Countries) | Pages: 68 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Some page numbers in the table of contents scan are difficult to read, so the story order in this index still needs confirmation. Indicia (scan provided by Frank Motler): Great Comics, No. 3, 1942. Published bi-monthly by Great Comics Publications, Inc., 220 West 42nd St., New York City. Entire contents Copyrighted, 1942 by Great Comics Publications, Inc. Yearly Subscription in the U. S. A. $1.00; Canada $1.50; Foreign $2.10. Single copies 10 cents in the U. S. A. and Canada; 15 cents in Foreign Countries. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Printed in U. S. A. Distributed by American News Company The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1. |
| Cover | Jap War Spurs Futuro to Kidnap Hitler / 1 page |
| Feature | Futuro |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Futuro |
| Pencils | Reed Crandall |
| Inks | Reed Crandall |
| Notes | Reed Crandall artist credit from Rudy Palais and his copy of the original cover proof as shown to Roger Hill (story posted to GCD-Chat list by Roger Hill on 14 August 2018). |
| Contents | No Title (1 page) |
| Pencils | various (other figures) |
| Inks | various (other figures) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Futuro; Kid Bagdad; The Octopus; Madame Strange; Bud Wilson; The Great Zarro |
| Pencils | Reed Crandall (Futuro figure) |
| Inks | Reed Crandall (Futuro figure) |
| Notes | Each feature has a drawing, a teaser blurb, and a page number. Scan provided by Frank Motler, and used to reorder the sequences in this index. Reed Crandall Futuro figure artist credit from Rudy Palais as told to Roger Hill (story posted to GCD-Chat list by Roger Hill on 14 August 2018). Per Palais, Crandall was originally scheduled to do work on the Futuro feature, but his heavy workload prevented that and the Futuro feature went to another artist to work on. |
| Comic Story | Futuro Kidnaps Hitler and Takes Him to Hades! (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Because of all that Hitler has been doing on planet Earth, Futuro decides that maybe Hell is the place for him and takes him there. Hitler can't stand it and wants out of there as quickly as possible. |
| Feature | Futuro |
| Genre | Superhero; War |
| Characters | Futuro (introduction); Benito Mussolini (villain); Futurians [Faith; Justice; Freedom; Truth; Courage]; Nimbus (dog); Schmidt; Violet; Orchid; Iris |
| Pencils | Rudy Palais |
| Inks | Rudy Palais |
| Notes | Futuro's lone appearance. |
| Comic Story | No Title (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Twelve-year old Bud tries to join the army and causes trouble. |
| Feature | Khaki Kid |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Bud Wilson |
| Pencils | Pagsilang Isip (signed) |
| Inks | Pagsilang Isip (signed) |
| First Line | Uncle Sam's very young nephew... |
| Comic Story | No Title (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Zarro becomes an officer of the U.S. Army Air Corps Intelligence to fight war enemies. |
| Feature | Great Zarro |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Great Zarro; Major Whalen; Rags; Heinz; Fritz |
| First Line | America is at war!!! |
| Notes | Last appearance. |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Help your country destroy the enemies of freedom! |
| Notes | How readers can get 2 U. S. Defense stamps. |
| Comic Story | How He Became Master of the Gigantic Genie (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kid Bagdad is sent to get a cask for the Caliph. |
| Feature | Kid Baghdad |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Kid Bagdad; Caliph of Bagdad; The Unholy Three |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño (signed) |
| Story | Madame Strange (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Madame Strange seeks to stop the evil plans of The Octopus, who has decided now to seize American planes for his Emperor. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Madame Strange (American girl reporter); Perry (U.S. Navy's ace spy chaser); The Octopus (villain); Octopus' gang (villains) |
| Script | Jean Press (signed) |
| Pencils | Pagsilang Isip (signed) |
| Inks | Pagsilang Isip (signed) |
| First Line | The Yellow Peril reaches greedy claws for America's far eastern outposts. |
| Notes | Last appearance. Last panel blurb alerts readers to look for the next Madame Strange story which will reveal if The Octopus survived from drowning. However, this was the last story and that outcome never was published. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A hat store is giving away hats based on someone's personality. |
| Feature | Willing Willie |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Willie |
| Script | T. Herman |
| Pencils | T. Herman |
| Inks | T. Herman |
| Letters | T. Herman |
| First Line | Where did you get the new hat, pal? |
| Comic Story | The Lost City (Part 1) (17 pages) |
| Synopsis | Zolok, master of the Lost City seeks to rule the world. |
| Feature | The Lost City |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Bruce Gordon; Dr. Manyus; Reynolds; Natcha Manyus; Zolok; Tom Dolan; Dr. Colton; Andrews; Burke; Gorzo; Hoogo; Appolyn; Pierre |
| Pencils | Rudy Palais |
| Inks | Rudy Palais |
| Notes | Movie adaptation story continued from Choice Comics (Great Comics Publications, 1941 Series) #3 ([April] 1942). Rudy Palais artist credit from Rudy Palais and his copy of the original cover proof as shown to Roger Hill (story posted to GCD-Chat list by Roger Hill on 14 August 2018). |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | The Lost City |
| Notes | Promo for the continuation of the Lost City story in upcoming issues of Great Comics and Choice Comics. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Pencils | ?; ? (photograph) |
| Inks | ?; ? (photograph) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Zolok (photo of William 'Stage' Boyd); Hoogo (photo of Sam Baker); Bruce Gordon (photo of Kane Richmond); Dr. Manyus (photo of Josef Swickard); Natcha Manyus (photo of Claudia Dell) |
| First Line | Living dead men the Lost City |
| Notes | Back cover. |
| 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 | |
