Super-Mystery Comics
#v3#6
(October 1943)
Ace Magazines,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Periodical House Inc.
- Brand
-
Ace
- Editing
- Aaron A. Wyn
Issue Notes
Data for this issue is from Howard Keltner's Golden Age Comic Books Index.
[no title indexed]
Magno the Magnetic Man; The Sword / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Lou Ferstadt (signed as Ferstadt)
- Inks
- Lou Ferstadt (signed as Ferstadt)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Magno; Davey; The Sword [Arthur Lake]; Mr. Risk; Dr. Nemesis
[no title indexed]
Magno the Magnetic Man / comic story / 13 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Invisible death reached across the city...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Magno; Davey; the Clown (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Clown is back, this time trying to steal a machine that creates an impenetrable shield.
[no title indexed]
Dr. Nemesis / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm Dodd, Mr. Clark's butler.
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Dr Nemesis [Jim Bradley]; Mary Strong
- Synopsis
- Dr Nemesis investigates murders at a dinner party.
[no title indexed]
Hap Hazard / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lou Ferstadt (signed as L.F.)
- Inks
- Lou Ferstadt (signed as L.F.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bandits, flies, spies, and ghosts...
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Hap Hazard
- Synopsis
- Hap tries to get a story from a publicity shy defence contractor.
- Keywords
- Medium; Newspaper
Indexer Notes
Signed "L.F." in lower left-hand corner of splash panel.
[no title indexed]
The Sword / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- L. B. Cole (signed)
- Inks
- L. B. Cole (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who was the wandering hobo...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Sword [Arthur Lake]; Lancer [Lance Larter]; Merlin [Moe Lynne] (introduction, plant worker); Faye Morgana (villain)
- Keywords
- Lake Aircraft Company; Lakeville; W. C. Fields
Indexer Notes
The Moe Flynn character is a caricature of W. C. Fields.
Death Unlimited
Mr. Risk / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Mr Risk; Abdul; Melvin Meek (villain)
- Synopsis
- Melvin Meek hates bloodshed and violence while he murders people.
Lawman's Creed
text story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Pop Larkin; Jimmy Durango (villain)
- Synopsis
- Pop Larkin wonders whether he is too old at 65 to remain sheriff while trailing a couple of outlaws.
Indexer Notes
This is a reprint of a story that first appeared in the pulp magazine Western Aces, (February 1941) written by Laurence Morgan; Brant House was an Ace house name. Information from FictionMags Index.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Magno the Magnetic Man; The Sword -
1.
["Invisible death reached across the city..."]
Magno the Magnetic Man -
2.
["I'm Dodd, Mr. Clark's butler."]
Dr. Nemesis -
3.
["Bandits, flies, spies, and ghosts..."]
Hap Hazard -
4.
["Who was the wandering hobo..."]
The Sword -
5.
Death Unlimited
Mr. Risk -
6.
Lawman's Creed
-
7.
["He might have been a saboteur..."]
Paul Revere Jr.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Hector G. Dueñas G.
- Gregory Fischer
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- David Wilt
- Tom Zsolt
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