Digital Comic Museum - Big 3 Comics 004 (paper)-c2c


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Issue: #4
Published: July 1941, 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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	The Blue Beetle; Samson; The Flame
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] Samson The Flame [Gary Preston]

Comic Story (18 pages)	The Wicked Work of the Web
Featuring:	The Blue Beetle
Synopsis:	The Beetle must face The Web, who has blown up the city water supply and has created a panic in his attempt to take over the city.
Credits:	Script: Robert Kanigher ? \| Pencils: Al Carreno [as Charles Nicholas] (signed) \| Inks: Al Carreno [as Charles Nicholas] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] Mike Mannigan (Policeman) Joan Mason Dr. Franz The Web (introduction, Villain, Death)

Comic Story (13 pages)	The Terror Campaign
Featuring:	Samson and David
Synopsis:	After Samson saves a runaway trolley from crashing, he discovers that the brake rods had been damaged, and a nearby car of thugs leads the Man of Might to the Ace Auto Body Company and a man named Slim Gordo.
Credits:	Pencils: Pierce Rice [as Alex Boon] (signed) \| Inks: Art Cazeneuve
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Samson David Mr. Dana (city Mayor) Dana's Un-named Daughter Johann Sanf (villain, Introduction, Death) Slim Gordo (villain, Introduction) Spike (villain)

Text Story (2 pages)	Bridge in Danger
Credits:	Script: N. N. Nathaniel (signed) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure

Comic Story (14 pages)	The Cole Plant Sabotage
Featuring:	The Flame
Synopsis:	A notorious Nazi spy, adept at impersonation, captures the owner of the Cole Plane Plant and disguises himself as the owner in order to destroy the plant from within.
Credits:	Pencils: Lou Fine ? [as Basil Berold] (signed) \| Inks: Lou Fine ? [as Basil Berold] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Flame [Gary Preston] Mr. Cole Dot Cole (Mr. Cole's Daughter) Hans (villain, Introduction) Un-named Nazi Spies (villains, Introduction For All)

Comic Story (13 pages)	The Warning of Baron Siva
Featuring:	Samson and David
Synopsis:	The plane carrying the nation's Defense Board is attacked and brought down by enemy aircraft, and a Baron Siva thus warns that, soon, all of America will be slaves to the New Order. Samson and David vow to locate the Board and free them from the enemy's clutches.
Credits:	Pencils: Pierce Rice [as Alex Boon] (signed) \| Inks: Arturo Cazeneuve
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Samson David Baron Siva (introduction, Villain)

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