All-American Comics #3 (1939) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Series: All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: June 1939
Key date: 1939-06-00
On-sale date: 1939-04-25
Indicia publisher: All-American Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer	Hop Harrigan
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
2	-	comic story	10	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: William A. Smith; inks: Stan Asch; letters: Harry Lampert
3	-	comic story	0.6	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher
4	Flirting with a Married Cat	comic story	0.4	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher
5	-	comic story	2	pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert
6	-	comic story	0.6	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
7	-	comic story	0.4	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
8	-	cartoon	1	script: Robert L. Ripley; pencils: Robert L. Ripley; inks: Robert L. Ripley; letters: Robert L. Ripley
9	-	comic story	0.4	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby; letters: Percy Crosby
10	-	comic story	0.6	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby
11	-	comic story	0.4	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby
12	-	comic story	0.6	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby
13	-	activity	1	script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent; letters: A. W. Nugent
14	-	comic story	0.6	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
15	-	comic story	0.4	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
16	John Quigley, Lou Gehrig, Ralph Flanagan	cartoon	1	script: Walter Galli; pencils: Walter Galli; inks: Walter Galli; letters: Walter Galli
17	"The Red, White and Beautiful--Long May It Wave..."	comic story	1	script: Walter Galli; pencils: Walter Galli; inks: Walter Galli; letters: Walter Galli
18	-	comic story	0.6	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher
19	Knocking Over Easter Eggs	comic story	0.4	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher
20	Home from a Walk Early	comic story	1	script: Edwina Dumm; pencils: Edwina Dumm; inks: Edwina Dumm
21	-	comic story	4	script: Jon Elby; pencils: Jon Elby; inks: Jon Elby; letters: Jon Elby
22	-	comic story	1	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon Mayer	Ma Hunkel (intro); Huey Hunkel (intro); Sisty Hunkel (intro)
23	-	comic story	1	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon Mayer
24	-	comic story	1	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon Mayer
25	-	comic story	1	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon Mayer
26	The Mystery Men of Mars [Part 3]	comic story	6	script: Carl Claudy; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan Asch	Alan Kane; Ted Dolliver
27	-	comic story	1	script: Fontaine Fox; pencils: Fontaine Fox; inks: Fontaine Fox; letters: Fontaine Fox
28	-	comic story	1	script: George Storm; pencils: George Storm; inks: George Storm
29	-	comic story	1	script: George Storm; pencils: George Storm; inks: George Storm
30	-	comic story	1	script: George Storm; pencils: George Storm; inks: George Storm
31	Wind-Blown Hat	comic story	1	script: Edwina Dumm; pencils: Edwina Dumm; inks: Edwina Dumm
32	-	comic story	0.6	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher
33	Lamp Light	comic story	0.4	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher
34	Death's Sweepstakes (Part Two)	text story	2	script: Loring Dowst; pencils: Ben Flinton; inks: Ben Flinton
35	-	comic story	0.6	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
36	-	comic story	0.4	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
37	-	activity	1	script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent; letters: A. W. Nugent
38	-	comic story	0.4	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby; letters: Percy Crosby
39	-	comic story	0.6	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby
40	-	comic story	0.4	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby
41	-	comic story	0.6	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby
42	The Bridge That Makes the Devil Dizzy	cartoon	1	script: Robert L. Ripley; pencils: Robert L. Ripley; inks: Robert L. Ripley; letters: Robert L. Ripley
43	-	comic story	0.6	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
44	-	comic story	0.4	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes
45	-	text article	1	letters: typeset
46	Donora, Pennsylvania	text article	0.8	pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); letters: typeset
48	-	comic story	0.6	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher
49	One Way to Fish	comic story	0.4	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher
50	-	comic story	1	script: Fontaine Fox; pencils: Fontaine Fox; inks: Fontaine Fox; letters: Fontaine Fox
51	The "Happy" Family	comic story	1	script: Edwin Alger; pencils: Calvin Fader; inks: Calvin Fader
52	Visitors Not Wanted!	comic story	1	script: Edwin Alger; pencils: Calvin Fader; inks: Calvin Fader
53	Startling Developments!	comic story	1	script: Edwin Alger; pencils: Calvin Fader; inks: Calvin Fader
54	A Desperate Move!	comic story	1	script: Edwin Alger; pencils: Calvin Fader; inks: Calvin Fader
55	-	comic story	1	script: Richard Rick; pencils: Richard Rick; inks: Richard Rick; letters: Richard Rick
56	-	comic story	1	script: Richard Rick; pencils: Richard Rick; inks: Richard Rick; letters: Richard Rick
57	-	comic story	1	script: Richard Rick; pencils: Richard Rick; inks: Richard Rick; letters: Richard Rick
58	-	comic story	1	script: Richard Rick; pencils: Richard Rick; inks: Richard Rick; letters: Richard Rick
59	-	comic story	1	script: Fontaine Fox; pencils: Fontaine Fox; inks: Fontaine Fox; letters: Fontaine Fox
60	Movie Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); letters: typeset

Plus 1.2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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