Issue: #3
Published: April 1942, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: 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. 3.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (photograph) | Inks: ? (photograph) | Colours: ? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (12 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Rusty O'Reilly |
| Synopsis: |
Rusty, Brune and Donner escape Keene's raid of the spys' hotel in Panama City, Rusty posing as spy queen Madam Q. Their plane crashes in the Brazilian jungle, and the spies and Rusty are captured by indians. Brune and Donner escape the indian camp, but are killed by curare darts. |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Rusty O'Reilly Major Keene Brune (spy) Donner (spy) |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Pepsi and Pete, the Pepsi-Cola Cops |
| Synopsis: |
The two Pepsi-Cola cops melt the ice off of an airplane's wings with toasted bread. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Rube Goldberg (credited) | Inks: Rube Goldberg (credited) |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Pepsi Pete Waldo |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
The Setting of the Rising Sun |
| Featuring: |
Hank and Lank |
| Synopsis: |
The Japanese have dug a tunnel beneath the Pacific all the way to New York, planning an invasion. The protagonists by accident discover the plan and conquer the entire Japanese army. |
| Credits: |
Script: Frank Thomas | Pencils: Frank Thomas (signed) | Inks: Frank Thomas (signed) |
| Genre: |
Humor Superhero |
| Characters: |
Hank Lank Bubbles Lord High Mucki-Muck General Fanny-Hang-Low |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
Lifebuoy soap makes a private ready for a date even after an entire day of K.P. |
| Credits: |
Letters: ?; typeset |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Text Story (1 page) |
Red-Bearded Fakir of Ipi |
| Featuring: |
True Spy Stories |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Spy |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Sherman Was Right, Especially When You're Dealing With the Weaker Sex |
| Featuring: |
Seaman Sy Wheeler |
| Synopsis: |
Sy and Clarence ride to a weekend in the country on a train, but women keep falling into Sy's arms whenever his fiancée Kitty appears. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walt Kelly | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly | Letters: Typeset (?) |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Syclops "Sy" Wheeler Clarence Kitty Tootsie A Young Lady On The Train The Young Lady's Boychild |
| Cartoon (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Party Line |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? [as dm] (signed) | Inks: ? [as dm] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Humor Erotica |
| Text Story (1 page) |
The Ordeal of Edith Cavell |
| Featuring: |
True Spy Stories |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Spy |
| Text Story (1 page) |
Haile Selassie's Native Girl-Spy |
| Featuring: |
True Spy Stories |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Spy |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (spot illustration) | Inks: ? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Three Wishes |
| Synopsis: |
If granted three wishes the protagonist would wish for opportunities to murder Hitler, and hurt Mussolini and Hirohito. |
| Credits: |
Script: David Berg (credited) | Pencils: David Berg (credited) | Inks: David Berg (credited) | Letters: David Berg |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Cartoon (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Text Story (3 pages) |
Dear Ethel |
| Synopsis: |
Bingle and his pal, Corporal Gilligan visit Gilligan's grandfather, Major Brewster, who was in the Spanish-American war. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (spot illustrations) | Inks: ? (spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
W.B. Bingle Gilligan Major Brewster |
| Activity (1 page) |
Winners in Camp Comics $100 Contest |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder ..." |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (spot illustrations) | Inks: ? (spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Cartoon (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Grin and Bear It |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Lichty (credited) | Inks: Lichty (credited) |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Cartoon (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Grin and Bear It |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Lichty (credited) | Inks: Lichty (credited) |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
28% Less Nicotine |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (photographs) | Inks: ? (photographs) | Colours: ? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
| Characters: |
Test Pilot Marshall Headle |
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