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Fall 1940; ctc; Scanned by bhcomics and uploaded by freddyfly.
Ads and text along with 3 covers fiche fills by darkmark. This upload restores the paper ads and text. |
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freddyfly |
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re MB's description: the original uploader was me: Freddyfly. I uploaded what I had... no junk pages. Yes, scans were originally by 'bhcomics', with whom I trade scans, but he's not interested in uploading or credit. MB has added most of the junk pages, and my upload had been removed, so he now gets credit for the upload. |
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BobR |
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I applaud anyone who adds missing pages back to a scanned comic. I wouldn't buy a comic with ads or text pages cut out nor will I download one except to fix it. |
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theorbys |
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Big 3 are Blue Beetle, The Flame (twice) with his fire gun, and super strong Samson (who is also a regular Goldilocks). There is also a Cosmic Carson story, but the most interesting by far is Dr. Doom, a mad scientist working with aliens, by Richard Crater. It has some strange and genuinely different art that would be worthy of someone like Fletcher Hanks. Weird story. |
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SteveD |
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The Dr Doom is by Dick Briefer, early enough to not have settled on a particular style, perhaps |
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ghmcleod |
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Thank You |
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Grand Comic Database Information™ on Big 3 #1
Issue: #1
Published: Fall 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Victor Fox
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, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
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| Comic Story (13 pages) |
The Inner Crime Ring |
| Featuring: |
Samson and David |
| Synopsis: |
Samson has to battle the vicious Dr. Blood and his "Inner Crime Ring, which, because it needs capital, goes on a robbery spree, killing anyone who gets in their way. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Al Carreno [as Alex Boon] (signed) | Inks: Al Carreno [as Alex Boon] (signed) |
| Characters: |
Samson David Professor Brun Dr. Blood (villain, Introduction, Death) |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
What a Team! |
| Synopsis: |
Illustrated house promotional ad for the 9 leading comics the company produced, including un-numbered covers to issues of Rex Dexter, The Green Mask, The Flame, Samson, Fantastic, Mystery Men, Weird, the Blue Beetle and Wonderworld Comics. |
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Pencils: various | Inks: various | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Samson The Flame Blue Beetle The Dart Green Mask Rex Dexter Ace |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Ultimatum of Lobar |
| Featuring: |
Cosmic Carson |
| Synopsis: |
In denying Lobar a base for his battle rockets on Earth, Carson must fend off an invasion force from the villain, who hopes to wipe out the earthlings and become ruler of the universe. All of Carson's rockets are destroyed except his, and he and his men are then strapped to tables by Lobar, and his scientists are set to inject them with a serum which creates a chemical gas that bloats the human body to three times its normal size before it explodes! |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? [as Michael Griffith] (signed) | Inks: ? [as Michael Griffith] (signed) |
| Characters: |
Cosmic Carson Lobar (villain, Introduction, Death) Gargantuans (villains, Introduction, Death) |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
The Submarine City |
| Featuring: |
Dr. Doom |
| Synopsis: |
Jan and Wanda enter a weird underwater city, inhabited by Venusians, who plan to conquer the Earth as soon as Dr. Doom changes the Earth's atmosphere to that of Venus. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Dick Briefer [as Richard Crater] (signed) | Inks: Dick Briefer [as Richard Crater] (signed) |
| Characters: |
Gordon Wanda Jan Jim Dr. Doom (villain) Venusians [Jarg, Rest Un-named](villains, Introduction) |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
The Blue Beetle Coast to Coast |
| Featuring: |
Blue Beetle |
| Synopsis: |
Promotional ad for the Blue Beetle radio show. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Blue Beetle |
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