Super-Mystery Comics
#v3#3
(January 1943)
Ace Magazines,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-12-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Periodical House Inc.
- Brand
-
An Ace Magazine
- Editing
- Fred Gardiner (uncredited); Aaron Wyn (per statement of ownership)
Issue Notes
Data for this issue is probably from Howard Keltner's Golden Age Comic Books Index. Statement of Ownership lists: Publisher-A. A. Wyn, Editor-A. A. Wyn, Managing Editor-Frederick Gardener, Business Manager-A. A. Wyn. The book was printed by C & A Publishing Co., Mount Morris IL. Other owners of Periodical House Inc. were Rose Wyn and Warren A. Angel.
Although it says "bi-monthly", the previous issue was 6 months earlier, and the next one is 3 months later.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.
Although it says "bi-monthly", the previous issue was 6 months earlier, and the next one is 3 months later.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.
The Clown is Back Again!
Magno; Davey; The Sword / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtzman)
- Inks
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtzman)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Magno; Davey Landis; The Sword [Arthur Lake]
Indexer Notes
Harvey Kurtzman's first cover.
Bonds for Victory or Bonds for Slavery
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
The inside-front cover. Public Service announcement in comic format to promote the purchase of war bonds.
[The Clown's Drawings of Death]
Magno and Davey / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Magno; Davey; The Clown
The Race Against Death!
Mr. Risk / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtzman)
- Inks
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtzman)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Mr. Risk; Strang (racehorse owner); a murder-maniac (villain)
- Synopsis
- Mr. Risk pits his cunning against a murder maniac who is attempting to get jockeys to throw races or be killed for not doing so.
Indexer Notes
Last appeared in Our Flag Comics #5 (April, 1942).
[The Airplane Assassinations]
Dr. Nemesis / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Robert Turner
- Pencils
- Walter Davoren (signed)
- Inks
- Walter Davoren (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Synopsis
- Origin recap in splash panel.
Indexer Notes
Last appeared in Lightning Comics vol.3 no.1 [#14] (June, 1942). One indexer listed art credits as Harvey Kurtzman.
Cold-Country Justice
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure; crime
- Characters
- John Dawson; Bill Slagle; Caribou Joe
- Synopsis
- John Dawson, a fur trapper, suspects his partner is going to double-cross him.
Indexer Notes
This story appears to be reprinted from Ace's magazine Ace Westerns, dated February 1942. Brant House is a house pseudonym used by Ace Publications. In that magazine the story was credited to Ralph Powers, also a house pseudonym.
[Origin of the Lancer]
The Sword / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Walter Davoren (signed)
- Inks
- Walter Davoren (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Lancer [Lance Larter](Sword's partner, introduction, origin); Faye Morgana (villain); The Sword
- Synopsis
- Morgana Faye attempts to gain the secrets of a plane's wing mechanism to give to the Nazis.
Indexer Notes
Last appeared in Lightning Comics v3 #1 (June 1942).
[The Food Fires]
Buckskin / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Synopsis
- Buckskin helps find an arsonist setting fire to wheat crops.
- Keywords
- Arson
[The Daily Star Scrap Drive]
Hap Hazard / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Synopsis
- Hap manages to get a scoop destined for a rival newspaper.
Indexer Notes
Last appeared in Lightning Comics vol.3 no.1 (June, 1942).
[The Werewolf's Marauding Raids]
Paul Revere Jr. / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtzman)
- Inks
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtzman)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Paul Revere Jr.; Paul Revere Sr.; Patrick Henry; Betsy Ross; Sheriff (villain)
- Synopsis
- Paul Revere Jr foils a plot by Nazi sympathisers to fuel submarines.
- Keywords
- Werewolf
Indexer Notes
Last appeared in Captain Courageous Comics #6 (March, 1942). Statement of Ownership takes up 2/3 of the 4th tier on the last page.
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Table of Contents
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0.
The Clown is Back Again!
Magno; Davey; The Sword -
1.
Bonds for Victory or Bonds for Slavery
-
2.
[The Clown's Drawings of Death]
Magno and Davey -
3.
The Race Against Death!
Mr. Risk -
4.
[The Airplane Assassinations]
Dr. Nemesis -
5.
Cold-Country Justice
-
6.
[Origin of the Lancer]
The Sword -
7.
[The Food Fires]
Buckskin -
8.
[The Daily Star Scrap Drive]
Hap Hazard -
9.
[The Werewolf's Marauding Raids]
Paul Revere Jr.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Craig Delich
- Hector G. Dueñas G.
- Gregory Fischer
- Jochen G.
- Del Gruber
- Edgar Loftin
- Daniel Martinez
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
- Tom Zsolt
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