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Issue: Big 3 #Fall Edition No. 1 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1940
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Issues: #Fall Edition No. 1 of 7 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: A Fox Feature Comic FPView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/07/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Fox
Disclose 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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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Adventures of the 3 World's Greatest Heroes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Blue Beetle; Samson, the Flame; David (inset)
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In Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #4 published May 2009
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Pages: 1
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Refresh with Kooba

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kooba
First Line: The long tall drink that's tangy and cooling as an ocean breeze!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Interior front cover with indicia.
Kooba Cola Drink was a marketing ploy by Victor Fox and did not exist.
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Borgo, the Mirror Murderer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Mike Mannigan; Ralph James (death); Frank James (death); Allan James (death); Fred James; Dell James; Dr. Frantz; Borgo (villain, introduction)
First Line: Smashing down upon the underworld rackets comes the Blue Beetle...
Synopsis: The Blue Beetle and Joan go after a vicious criminal mastermind, who seeks to murder the James brothers, a group of scientists who once fired him for stealing radium.
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In Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #4 published May 2009
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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The Inner Crime Ring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Samson; David; Professor Brun; Dr. Blood (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Out of the mists of history comes the Mighty Samson.
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.
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In Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #4 published May 2009
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Jewel Smuggling Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Flame [Gary Preston]; The Water-Front Gang [Spike, rest un-named](villains, introduction, death for all)
First Line: So you were going to squeal to the D.A.; you won't be able to squeal from now on!
Synopsis: The Flame battles a ruthless gang of jewel smugglers, saving a girl several times in the process, whose intent was to squeal to the District Attorney about the gang's activities.
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In Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #4 published May 2009
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Pages: 9
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The Shylock Menace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Character(s): The Flame [Gary Preston]; Spike and other gangsters (villains, introduction, deaths of all)
First Line: So you haven't got the money...this'll be a lesson to you...you'll pay up next time!
Synopsis: The Flame battles a murdering gang of money lenders, who are trying to bleed dry people who borrowed money from them.
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In Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #4 published May 2009
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Pages: 9
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The Flying Dutchman Goes Modern

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (two illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (two illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain Hetherington; Hardy; Captain Van Der Decken; Korvettenskapitan von Martz (villain); Oberleutnant von Seidorff (villain); Rothmann (villain)
First Line: Himmel, look at that!
Synopsis: German U-Boat U-134 found a likely target and rose to the surface to attack. But none of the shells had any impact on the ship, which they discovered, to their horror, to be The Flying Dutchman!
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In Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #4 published May 2009
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Pages: 2
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What a Team!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Samson; the Flame; Blue Beetle; The Dart; Green Mask; Rex Dexter; Ace
First Line: 9 leaders among comic magazines! Every issue a touchdown!
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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In Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #4 published May 2009
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Pages: 1
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The Ultimatum of Lobar

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Cosmic Carson; Lobar (villain, introduction, death); Gargantuans (villains, introduction, death)
First Line: I, Lobar, demand a base for our battle rockets on Earth.
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!
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In Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #4 published May 2009
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Michael Griffith was a pen-name for Jack Kirby, but the art here doesn't appear to be by him.
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The Submarine City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Gordon; Wanda; Jan; Jim; Dr. Doom (villain); Venusians [Jarg, rest un-named](villains, introduction)
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.
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In Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #4 published May 2009
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Blue Beetle Coast to Coast

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, superhero
Character(s): Blue Beetle
First Line: Consult your local newspaper, or better call your favorite local station, for the schedule of this super-thriller.
Synopsis: Promotional ad for the Blue Beetle radio show.
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From Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #4 published May 2009
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Pages: 1
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Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Interior back cover. Full page of novelty advertisements.
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Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Kobe!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kooba
First Line: Come on, boys and girls, get on the trail of treasure!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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