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Issue: Four Favorites #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #3 of 32 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAce Magazines
Brand: An Ace MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Ace Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/05/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Aaron A. Wyn
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Mooney (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Magno; Lash Lightning; Raven; Vulcan
Character(s): Magno; Lash Lightning; The Raven; Vulcan
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #81 published January 2010
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Pages: 1
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Shooting High

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: House ad for Super-Mystery and Lightning Comics, with cover reproductions
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Magno, the Magnetic Man
Character(s): Magno; Davey; Mrs. Attilla (Han's mother); Karl van Dramm (movie director); Hans Attilla (villain, death); Pedro (villain, Han's assistant); the Nazis (villains)
First Line: Magno, the world's greatest master of magnetism, and his young friend Davey, use their great power to wage a constant battle against the powers of evil....
Synopsis: Magno and Davey must stop a relative of Attila the Hun and a master scientist working for the Nazis, who has invented a U-Ray Gun, capable of freezing and paralyzing Allied forces, and who has kidnapped a movie director to film his conquest of the Allies.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Inker(s): Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vulcan
Character(s): Vulcan; Bud; Bill; Captain Peters; Diana (ambulance driver for the Chinese Red Cross); the Nazis (villains, many die)
First Line: The Burma Road is Bombed
Synopsis: Vulcan, at the request of government officials, travels by ship to the Burma Road to be of assistance in protecting munition shipments that are being sent along that route, and joins two American Police officers who are aboard the ship for the same reason.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Red Holmdale (signed)
Inker(s): Red Holmdale (signed)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lash Lightning
Character(s): Lash Lightning; Gail Lindon; Professor Lindon; Professor Grosskop (villain)
First Line: Lightning, master of the electric bolts in the sky, has vowed to aid human liberty and justice.
Synopsis: Lightning must halt the destructive activities of Professor Grosskop, who is trying to destroy Boulder Dam in Colorado as well as disrupting electricity in the area to hinder the war effort at production plants.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Wilson (signed)
Inker(s): George Wilson (signed)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Raven
Character(s): The Raven [Danny Darten]; Mike (raven's assistant); Lola Lash (Darten's fiancee); Police Chief Lash; Mayor Dobbs; Tony Foyle (villain)
First Line: Police Chief Lash is the bitter enemy of the Raven and has sworn to catch him, dead or alive.
Synopsis: The Raven must prevent the proceeds from the Policeman's Ball, some $15,000 to be donated to the poor, from falling into the hands of a gang of crooks.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lou Paige [as Paige] (signed)
Inker(s): Lou Paige [as Paige] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Lou Paige?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Luke and His Magic Flute Ya Gotta Dance
Character(s): Luke; fisherman
First Line: Say kid, what do you expect to catch with that contraption?
Synopsis: Luke goes fishing and uses his flute, not his rod and reel, to bring the fish in.
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Graveyard Shift

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Brant House (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Un-named hotel clerk; Thorne (policeman); Berkey (policeman); "Mex" Merkle [as Joe Burke] (villain, counterfeiter, death); Sharp Face (villain)
Synopsis: A hotel clerk witnesses the death of a "cowboy" and the theft of thousands of dollars in a bag he was carrying, only to discover that the man was a counterfeiter.
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Mr. Whiskers
Character(s): Mr. Whiskers [Jim Clay] (introduction); FBI Chief Foster; Mr. Grieveh (villain, Hindu cult leader)
First Line: Jim Clay, former actor who discarded his makeup kit to join the Federal Bureau of Investigation, makes use of his dramatic ability.......
Synopsis: Mr. Whiskers learns that the Diamond of Taron, stolen in Arabia by a jewel thief, was cut into three parts which have made their way into the hands of three innocent jewel dealers, and whom have been kidnapped by a Hindu cult and are soon to be sacrificed to the god of Taron!
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Smashing Through!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: House ad for Our Flag and Banner Comics, with partial cover reproductions
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Disclose Notes: This is the inside-back cover

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