Big 3
#7
(January 1942)
Fox,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-11-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fox Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fox Feature Comic FP
- Editing
- Victor Fox (editor)
Issue 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.
[no title indexed]
Blue Beetle; The Flame; V-Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- V-Man [Jerry Steele]; The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; The Flame [Gary Preston]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- World War II
Indexer Notes
Art identification based on Patenaude‘s signed covers for Mystery Men Comics #31 (February, 1942) and V...- Comics #2 (March, 1942), which feature the Blue Beetle and V-Man appearing consistent with how they’re drawn on this cover. Similarities include small heads which are smoothly well-rounded, dotted eyes with no irises, small noses, wide smiles showing teeth, and pronounced chests with a few bumps drawn to convey the ribs.
The Giant's Dagger
Blue Beetle / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Charles Nicholas (signed) (house name)
- Pencils
- Al Carreño ? (sourced)
- Inks
- Paul Norris (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan; Mike (a Policeman); The Giant's Dagger [Tom Patten] (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- The Beetle comes up against an opponent who carries a giant dagger around in a violin case and, in the end, discovers that the Giant is actually Tom Patten, who had murdered his wife for valuable jewels, then was sent to prison, but escaped during a fire which horribly disfigured his face.
- Reprints
-
in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #111 (2019) [black and white ]
-
- Keywords
- The Roxdon Jewels
The Tomb of the Tortured Death
The Flame / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flame [Gary Preston]; Adolf Hitler (villain); Hans (villain, introduction, death)
- Reprints
The Meeting That Death Attended
V-Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- V-Man [Jerry Steele]; Mickey (leader of the V-Boys Defense Corps); Ginger Dare; Clarkson (a pilot, death); Father Duroc (guest-star); Professor Schnell (villain, introduction, death); Herr Baron (villain, introduction); Von und Zu Schutz (villain, introduction); Countess Talya (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- V-Man must go up against a villainous group of Nazis intent on discovering the location of Father Duroc, the man who created V-Man and the leader of the European V-Groups.
- Reprints
- in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #6 (2011) [in black & white]
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #98 (2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Half of the last page is an illustrated promotional ad which asks readers to enlist in the Boys Defense Corps.
The Feature Logo for this story is "V-Man, for Defense of Democracy".
Death at the Ball
Blue Beetle / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Crotin (villain, introduction)
- Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Blue Beetle; The Flame; V-Man -
1.
The Giant's Dagger
Blue Beetle -
2.
The Tomb of the Tortured Death
The Flame -
3.
Power Dive
-
4.
The Meeting That Death Attended
V-Man -
5.
Death at the Ball
Blue Beetle
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