Issue: #3
Published: April 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Abner Sundell
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover, Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).
On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 447052.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Steel Sterling |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed) | Inks: Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Steel Sterling |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Mugsy |
| Credits: |
Script: Kin Platt [as Quincy] (signed) | Pencils: Kin Platt [as Quincy] (signed) | Inks: Kin Platt [as Quincy] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Mugsy (dog) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Death to the Scarlet Avenger [Part 1] |
| Featuring: |
Scarlet Avenger |
| Synopsis: |
Scarlet Avenger battles the airship of Texa who will steal the government's caches of gold bullion. |
| Credits: |
Script: Harry Shorten | Pencils: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed) | Inks: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Scarlet Avenger (Jim Kendall) Texa (introduction, Villain) |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
Captured by the Germans |
| Featuring: |
War Eagles |
| Synopsis: |
The twins and Kermit have bailed out over German territory and been taken prisoners. The twins manage to escape in a German plane and later return to rescue Kermit. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ed Smalle [as Ed Smalle Jr] (signed) | Inks: Ed Smalle [as Ed Smalle Jr] (signed) |
| Genre: |
War |
| Characters: |
Tim Shane (pilot) Tom Shane (pilot) Kermit (pilot) Herr Schultz (villain) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Disappearing Trains |
| Featuring: |
Mr. Satan |
| Synopsis: |
Trains with payrolls get wrecked and passengers killed by a gang that has built a fake rail switch. |
| Credits: |
Script: Harry Shorten | Pencils: Edd Ashe | Inks: Edd Ashe |
| Genre: |
Adventure Superhero |
| Characters: |
Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw) Sheriff (gang Leader) |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Shield; Wizard; Midshipman; Westpointer |
| Genre: |
Adventure Superhero |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
Battle in Hell |
| Featuring: |
Zambini the 'Miracle Man' |
| Synopsis: |
Satan plots the downfall of Zambini, and there is a fiery battle between them in the flames of his burning pit. Zambini turns Satan's men into rabbits, and Satan himself is killed when Hell freezes over. |
| Credits: |
Script: Joe Blair | Pencils: Elmer Wexler [as El Wexler] (signed) | Inks: Elmer Wexler [as El Wexler] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Zambini (magician) Satan (death, Villain) |
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