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Issue: Super-Mystery Comics #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #3 of 48 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAce Magazines
Brand: An Ace MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Periodical House Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/03/1942
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Fred Gardiner (uncredited); Aaron Wyn (per statement of ownership)
Disclose Notes: Data for this issue is probably from Howard Keltner's Golden Age Comic Books Index. Statement of Ownership lists: Publisher-A. A. Wyn, Editor-A. A. Wyn, Managing Editor-Frederick Gardener, Business Manager-A. A. Wyn. The book was printed by C & A Publishing Co., Mount Morris IL. Other owners of Periodical House Inc. were Rose Wyn and Warren A. Angel.
Although it says "bi-monthly", the previous issue was 6 months earlier, and the next one is 3 months later.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.
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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 Clown is Back Again!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Magno; Davey; The Sword
Character(s): Magno; Davey Landis; The Sword [Arthur Lake]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Harvey Kurtzman's first cover.
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Bonds for Victory or Bonds for Slavery

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside-front cover. Public Service announcement in comic format to promote the purchase of war bonds.
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The Clown's Drawings of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Magno and Davey
Character(s): Magno; Davey; The Clown
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Race Against Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery, superhero
Feature(s): Mr. Risk
Character(s): Mr. Risk; Strang (racehorse owner); a murder-maniac (villain)
Synopsis: Mr. Risk pits his cunning against a murder maniac who is attempting to get jockeys to throw races or be killed for not doing so.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Last appeared in Our Flag Comics #5 (April, 1942).
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The Airplane Assassinations

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dr. Nemesis
Synopsis: Origin recap in splash panel.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Last appeared in Lightning Comics vol.3 no.1 [#14] (June, 1942). One indexer listed art credits as Harvey Kurtzman.
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Cold-Country Justice

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Brant House
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime
Character(s): John Dawson; Bill Slagle; Caribou Joe
Synopsis: John Dawson, a fur trapper, suspects his partner is going to double-cross him.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This story appears to be reprinted from Ace's magazine Ace Westerns, dated February 1942. Brant House is a house pseudonym used by Ace Publications. In that magazine the story was credited to Ralph Powers, also a house pseudonym.
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Origin of the Lancer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sword
Character(s): The Lancer [Lance Larter](Sword's partner, introduction, origin); Faye Morgana (villain); The Sword
Synopsis: Morgana Faye attempts to gain the secrets of a plane's wing mechanism to give to the Nazis.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Last appeared in Lightning Comics v3 #1 (June 1942).
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The Food Fires

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Buckskin
Synopsis: Buckskin helps find an arsonist setting fire to wheat crops.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Daily Star Scrap Drive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Hap Hazard
Synopsis: Hap manages to get a scoop destined for a rival newspaper.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Last appeared in Lightning Comics vol.3 no.1 (June, 1942).
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The Werewolf's Marauding Raids

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Paul Revere Jr.
Character(s): Paul Revere Jr.; Paul Revere Sr.; Patrick Henry; Betsy Ross; Sheriff (villain)
Synopsis: Paul Revere Jr foils a plot by Nazi sympathisers to fuel submarines.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Last appeared in Captain Courageous Comics #6 (March, 1942). Statement of Ownership takes up 2/3 of the 4th tier on the last page.

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