Bulletman #3

(January 14 1942)

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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).

[no title indexed] (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

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Smashing to the Top!

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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yipee! Gene Autry is in the Comics!

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 Miniature] (Fawcett, 1946 series) (1946)

Keywords

Fate (a ship); Mystery Island

Indexer Notes

The Black Rat apparently dies at the end of the story.

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Comicscope / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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