Digital Comic Museum - Big 3 Comics 003 (diff ver)


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Issue: #3
Published: May 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Victor Fox (credited); W. W. Scott (actual)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Per Robert Kanigher, W.W. Scott edited his Blue Beetle story. 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. 2.

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 Living Skeletons
Featuring:	The Blue Beetle
Synopsis:	A genius from the Electro Institute uses his knowledge of science to animate skeletons that can fire bullets from their skulls!
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) Dr. Franz Joan Mason (reporter) Dr. Krako (villain, Introduction, Death) Monk (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (13 pages)	The Radium Thieves
Featuring:	Samson and David
Synopsis:	After stealing valuable radium designed to treat the infirm, Dr. Zarr uses it to develop the deadly Z Ray. He then grabs David and intends to turn the death ray on the chained youth.
Credits:	Pencils: Pierce Rice [as Alex Boon] (signed) \| Inks: Art Cazeneuve
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Samson David Un-named Hospital Chief Of Staff Professor Zarr (villain, Introduction, Death) Joe (villain) Mike (villain)

Comic Story (15 pages)
Featuring:	The Flame
Synopsis:	Doctor Drool is resuurected after dying in the electric chair, and the Flame finds it difficult to find a way to kill an enemy who is already dead but continually brought back to life by his assistant.
Credits:	Script: Larry Antonette [as Basil Berold] (signed) \| Pencils: Larry Antonette [as Basil Berold] (signed) \| Inks: Larry Antonette [as Basil Berold] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Flame [Gary Preston] Un-named Juror Un-named Daughter Of The Juror Dr. Drool (villain) Scully (villain, Drool's Assistant)

Text Story (2 pages)	Raider Squadron
Credits:	Script: Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel] (signed) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure

Comic Story (13 pages)	The Latin American Terrorists
Featuring:	Samson and David
Synopsis:	When Dr. Kalt causes terror in South America, Samson and David are quick to chase the demented doctor to his stronghold where Samson endures a gauntlet of death traps, ultimately being sealed in a granite tomb.
Credits:	Pencils: Pierce Rice [as Alex Boon] (signed) \| Inks: Art Cazeneuve
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Samson David Dr. Kalt (villain, Introduction, Death)

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