International Comics #3

(July-August 1947)

The Statues of Stanley Killen (Table of Contents)

Van Manhattan / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox?

Pencils:

Howard Purcell

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Van Manhattan; Stanley Killen [villain, D]; Hiram Mustard [Villain]; Slick Joe Trent (villain, D).

Synopsis:

Van investigates the murder of a sculptor to see if there is a connection between his killing and the theft of jewels from a local diamond shop.

Indexer Notes

Art revisions from Lee Bachelor (p) to Purcell and Lee Bachelor (i) to ?, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-16-09.

Countess Sophia's Painting (Table of Contents)

Igor the Archer / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

period

Characters:

Igor Rostov; Boris; Countess Sophia; Czar (villain).

Synopsis:

Igor is now a hunted man after his father was tortured to death on the rack, and meets up with the sister of Countess Sophia, whom he attempts to rescue from the Czar.

Indexer Notes

Artist rervision from Schaffenberger to Moldoff, much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-16-09.

none (Table of Contents)

Juan Meatbal / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Juan Meatbal

The Goodwill Potion (Part 2) (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Bob Steele; Betty Steele; Ronny; Hammer [villain].

Indexer Notes

Characters added by Craig Delich 1-22-09.

none (Table of Contents)

That's Madelon / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Madelon; Pierre Mordrain.

Indexer Notes

The last panel of the story is titled "Madelon's Manual: Positive Advice for Better Negatives" tells readers to use a yellow filter to get their lights and shadows right in a snow scene. Notes and some info added by Craig Delich 1-16-09.

Early Life of Benjamin Franklin (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Allen Simon

Inks:

Allen Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

Benjamin Franklin

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