Bulletman #3

(January 14 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel Picture Puzzle / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[The Lightning King] (Table of Contents: 2)

Bulletman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Jack Binder Shop; Ed Dobrotka ?

Inks:

Jack Binder Shop; Ed Dobrotka ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent; Sergeant Kent; Rodney B. Kent (distant cousin of Susan's); George L. Kent (Rodney's brother); Maxwell Kent (death); The Lightning King [Professor Willis Kent; aka Prefessor John Willoughby] (villain, introduction, death); Lightning King's gang [Bugs Jonker (underworld gang chief); others un-named] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis:

An airliner traveling near a castle in the mountains on a clear day is suddenly struck by lightning and many passengers are killed, including Susan's distant cousin. When another distant cousin's life is threatened, Susan decides to investigate: as Bulletgirl, and discovers a wholesale plot to murder anyone named Kent!

Keywords:

Evening Standard

Indexer Notes

The indicia on the splash page lists W. H. Fawcett, Jr. as President, Elliott D. Odell as the Advertising Director, Roscoe K. Fawcett as Circulation Director, Ralph Daigh as Editorial Director, and Al Allard as Art Director.

On page 2, panel 3, a newspaper listing the fatalities from the airliner crash lists artist Pete Riss.

Binder Shop credit by Craig Delich, per Bill Schelly, in Alter Ego #147 (July 2017).

["Smashing to the Top!"] (Table of Contents: 3)

America's Greatest Comics / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils:

Mac Raboy

Inks:

Mac Raboy

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Characters:

Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]

Indexer Notes

Illustrated house advertisement for America's Greatest Comics #1 (1941) featuring a reproduction of the cover.

["Yipee! Gene Autry is in the Comics!"] (Table of Contents: 4)

Gene Autry Comics / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Gene Autry

Indexer Notes

Illustrated house advertisement for Gene Autry Comics #1 (December 1941), with on sale date of December 31st.

[The Octopus] (Table of Contents: 5)

Bulletman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Don Rico ?

Inks:

Don Rico ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Buletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Joe (street cleaner); Mr. Meade; Mary (Mr. Meade;s maid); Jeeves (Mr. Meade's butler); The Octopus [Mr. Appleby] (villain, a reformer, introduction); Octopus' gang [Crusher; Monk; other un-named] (villains, introduction for all)

Keywords:

Daily Pop-Off; News

[Dropping Into the Parachute Corps] (Table of Contents: 6)

Private Ward / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Bill Ward

Pencils:

Bill Ward

Inks:

Bill Ward

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; military

Characters:

Private Ward (introduction); Private Enterprise (introduction); Colonel Deakyne (introduction); General Carter (introduction)

Synopsis:

Fate hits Private Ward hard when he attempts to ask the Colonel for a promotion.

Keywords:

Camp Udope

[The Case of the Murdered Millionaire] (Table of Contents: 7)

Bulletman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Charles Sultan

Inks:

Charles Sultan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Casey (Policeman); Mike (Policeman, death); Jake (Policeman, death); Henry Roberts (millionaire banker, death); Miss Lake (Robert's secretary); The Hunchback [Miller] (not connected with prior two Hunchbacks, villain, Robert's accountant, introduction, death)

Synopsis:

The strange death of a prominent banker leads the Bullet duo into an investigation that brings them face to face with a killer hunchback!

Keywords:

Hawkmoor

Swords For Two (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Manly Wade Wellman [as "Juan Lopez"] (credited)

Pencils:

? (spot illustration)

Inks:

? (spot illustration)

Letters:

Typeset

Characters:

Stacey Hughes (American good will ambassador); Old Carlo (A,merican Secret Service agent); un-named landlord; Dan Pablo Gorgo (villain, death)

Synopsis:

An argument in a South American cafe leads to a duel.

Indexer Notes

The illustration appears to have a signature that is difficult to read.

[Mystery Island] (Table of Contents: 9)

Bulletman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Bulletman [Jim Barr] [aka Fritz]; Miss Lloyd; Captain Glume; Mr. Wood; Petie (sailor, death); The Black Rat (villain, introduction); McKeefe (villain, killer); Pitelli (villain)

Synopsis:

An ad in the newspaper for a rather dangerous and mysterious voyage to Mystery Island, from which no one has ever returned alive, perks the interest of the Police as well as Susan and Jim.

Reprints:

• in Captain Marvel, Jr.: "The Case of the Poison Press" (Fawcett, 1946 series) #[nn] (1946)

Keywords:

Fate (a ship); Mystery Island

Indexer Notes

Black Rat apparently dies at the end of the story.

["Absolutely Free!"] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Comicscope / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Remington Portable Type writer / advertisement / 1 page (report information)