Freedom Fighters #3

(July-August 1976)

Superman Saves the Earth (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; Superman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[The Super Sniper] (Table of Contents: 2)

Freedom Fighters / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Martin Pasko

Pencils

Ramona Fradon

Inks

Juan Canale; Vince Colletta (uncredited, see notes)

Colors

Elizabeth Safian

Letters

Ben Oda

Job Number

C-200

Genre

superhero

Characters

Freedom Fighters [Uncle Sam; Doll Man [Darrell Dane]; Black Condor [Richard Grey Jr]; The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]]; David Pearson; Frank; Skragg [Arthur T. Sommar]; Midge Sommar; Kylor; Nimak

Synopsis

Some Qwardian youths turn Arthur Sommar into Skragg the super sniper.

Reprints

• in Hercule (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #10 (décembre 1978) [N&B [B&W]]

Indexer Notes

Story title from promotional text in contemporary The Comic Reader and Amazing World of DC Comics.

The inking credit is a bit of a mystery, as there are no other credits for "Juan Canale." Art-spotters agree that much, but not all, of the inking looks like Vince Colletta's work. Pasko and Conway agree with that assessment, and, in correspondence with Jason Czeskleba, suggest that if Colletta had done the whole job he would have taken credit, and that someone else might have started the job, which Colletta finished. Who that other inker was is uncertain, though both The Comic Reader and Amazing World of DC Comics credited Canale without indication that that is a pseudonym. Nick Caputo adds that in the letters page Fradon and Canale are listed as "two old pros" and he believes Colletta inked the entire issue but for some unknown reason was not credited.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Charms Pops / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Slim Jim / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

U. S. School of Music / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

New American Physique Chest Developer / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Justice for All Includes Children, 5 (Table of Contents: 11)

Justice for All Includes Children!; Superman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Justice for All Includes Children

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Characters

Superman

Synopsis

Superman warns some kids that crashing a party is trespassing.

Indexer Notes

After page 15 of The Super Sniper.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Freedom Fanmail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Tony Isabella

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

C-168; C-241

First Line of Dialogue or Text

1976 is going to be known in one of two categories...

Indexer Notes

Letters page shows two separate job numbers on the "Freedom Fanmail" logo.

Letters from Mike White, and Harvey Sobel.

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Muscle Builders / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Spalding / advertisement / 1 page (report information)