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Issue: Bulletman #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #3 of 15 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): France Herron ?
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]
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In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
In Content Item: FlagBulletman [Mighty Midget Comic] #11 published January 1942
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #45 published January 2004
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Bob Rogers verified doing the backgrounds in interview with Roger Hill in Alter-Ego #7 (Winter, 2001).
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): ?; most typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel Picture Puzzle
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Illustrated house advertisement for the new Captain Marvel Picture Puzzle (with photo of the puzzle itself), scene taken from the cover of Whiz Comics #12 (January 1941), plus other art panels. Puzzle cost 25 cents.
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The Lightning King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Binder Shop
Inker(s): Jack Binder Shop
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent; Sergeant Kent; Rodney B. Kent (distant cousin of Susan's); George L. Kent (Rodney's brother); Maxwell Kent (death); The Lightning King [Professor Willis Kent; aka Prefessor John Willoughby] (villain, introduction, death); Lightning King's gang [Bugs Jonker (underworld gang chief); others un-named] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: An airliner traveling near a castle in the mountains on a clear day is suddenly struck by lightning and many passengers are killed, including Susan's distant cousin. When another distant cousin's life is threatened, Susan decides to investigate: as Bulletgirl, and discovers a wholesale plot to murder anyone named Kent!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: The indicia on the splash page lists W. H. Fawcett, Jr. as President, Elliott D. Odell as the Advertising Director, Roscoe K. Fawcett as Circulation Director, Ralph Daigh as Editorial Director, and Al Allard as Art Director.

On page 2, panel 3, a newspaper listing the fatalities from the airliner crash lists artist Pete Riss.

Binder Shop credit by Craig Delich, per Bill Schelly, in Alter Ego #147 (July 2017).
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): America's Greatest Comics
Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]
First Line: Smashing to the Top!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated house advertisement for America's Greatest Comics #1 (1941) featuring a reproduction of the cover.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Gene Autry Comics
Character(s): Gene Autry
First Line: Yipee! Gene Autry is in the Comics!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated house advertisement for Gene Autry Comics #1 (December 1941), with on sale date of December 31st.
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The Octopus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Buletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Joe (street cleaner); Mr. Meade; Mary (Mr. Meade;s maid); Jeeves (Mr. Meade's butler); The Octopus [Mr. Appleby] (villain, a reformer, introduction); Octopus' gang [Crusher; Monk; other un-named] (villains, introduction for all)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Dropping Into the Parachute Corps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Ward
Penciller(s): Bill Ward
Inker(s): Bill Ward
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Private Ward
Character(s): Private Ward (introduction); Private Enterprise (introduction); Colonel Deakyne (introduction); General Carter (introduction)
Synopsis: Fate hits Private Ward hard when he attempts to ask the Colonel for a promotion.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Case of the Murdered Millionaire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Casey (Policeman); Mike (Policeman, death); Jake (Policeman, death); Henry Roberts (millionaire banker, death); Miss Lake (Robert's secretary); The Hunchback [Miller] (not connected with prior two Hunchbacks, villain, Robert's accountant, introduction, death)
Synopsis: The strange death of a prominent banker leads the Bullet duo into an investigation that brings them face to face with a killer hunchback!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Swords For Two

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman [as "Juan Lopez"] (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Stacey Hughes (American good will ambassador); Old Carlo (A,merican Secret Service agent); un-named landlord; Dan Pablo Gorgo (villain, death)
Synopsis: An argument in a South American cafe leads to a duel.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The illustration appears to have a signature that is difficult to read.
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Mystery Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr] [aka Fritz]; Miss Lloyd; Captain Glume; Mr. Wood; Petie (sailor, death); The Black Rat (villain, introduction); McKeefe (villain, killer); Pitelli (villain)
Synopsis: An ad in the newspaper for a rather dangerous and mysterious voyage to Mystery Island, from which no one has ever returned alive, perks the interest of the Police as well as Susan and Jim.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: The Black Rat apparently dies at the end of the story.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Comicscope
First Line: Absolutely Free!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from the Comicscope Company of America, offer made to the readers of Bulletman, for the new Comicscope, a giant camera projector, costing 25 cents. Comes with 20 free pictures of the Official U.S. Army and Navy Planes "Wings of Victory".
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remington Portable Type writer
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the back cover.

Illustrated Remington Rand Company advertisement for their new portable typewriter, available on a free trial basis. Readers can get the typewriter on a plan costing just 10 cents a day. For $1 nore, readers can also get a beautiful walnut-grain desk to hold the typewriter.

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