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Issue: Spotlight Comics #3
Publication Date: March 1945
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Issues: #3 of 3 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagChesler / Dynamic
Brand: Harry "A" Chesler Jr. Features Syndicate, N.Y.
Indicia Publisher: Our Army Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry "A" Chesler
Disclose Notes: Indicia notes: "Art and editorial work created by Harry "A" Chesler, Jr. Features Syndicate, 163 W. 23rd Street, New York 11, N. Y."
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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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First Line: Terror gripped the city when the king of crime was crowned...
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: next appearance in RED SEAL COMICS #14
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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): "Globe" Trotter [Steve Trotter]; Fang; Barto
First Line: When the very existence of a peaceful tribe is threatened...
Synopsis: Three white men kill the Congar village chief and impersonate a "night god" to demand tribute from their diamond mine.
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From Content Item: FlagScoop Comics #3 published March 1942
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Cop Killer

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Ripley Waters Real Estate

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Pete; Broomjaw; Ripley; Eva
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: next appearance in RED SEAL COMICS #14
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First Line: Bull Gomez laughed at the law...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: next appearance in RED SEAL COMICS #14
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Barry Kuda; Algie; Queen Merma; Merma's warriors; King Crag (villain); Crag Men (villains, some die)
First Line: After having rid the Octo Land of a tyrannical ruler...
Synopsis: Having freed Octoland from a tyrannical ruler, Barry prepares to turn the Sunken City back over to Queen Merma when they discover that it has been overtaken by the Crag Men. Barry and Algie join forces with some of the kingdom's guards to re-take the place, eventually bringing King Crag to surrender his forces to the Queen.
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From Content Item: FlagYankee Comics #4 published March 1942
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Next appearance in Red Seal Comics #14.
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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Mother Hubbard; The Ogres [Krunch; others unnamed] (villains); The Gnomes (villains)
First Line: A terrible tale we now unfold...
Synopsis: Mother Hubbard senses that the Ogres are out once again to taste the flesh of infants, so she mixes some potions together and administers it to the baby eaters, and their eyeballs pop out. However, the Gnomes promise to retrieve the Ogre's eyes if the Ogres supply one bag of gold to them every day. They agree and supply the gold, then the Gnomes go out and secure eyes from children. Mother Hubbard intervenes and the eyes are returned to their owners.
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From Content Item: FlagScoop Comics #3 published March 1942
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: Next to last panel has "Scoop Comics" replaced by "Spotlight Comics" and the last panel has been revised to remove Scoop Comics promo.

Mother Hubbard always speaks in rhymes.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Credits confirmed by Craig Delich.
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Rescue For Revenge

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First Line: Anything can happen in the Orient...
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