Publishers / Fawcett / America's Greatest Comics (1941) / #3
3May 13 - August 12, 1942
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America's Greatest Comics #3

Fawcett · May 13 - August 12, 1942 · on sale 1942-05-13

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Series
America's Greatest Comics (Fawcett, 1941 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
May 13 - August 12, 1942
Key date
1942-05-13
On-sale date
1942-05-13
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
100

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Tokiocover1pencils: Mac Raboy; inks: Mac RaboyCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]
1Captain Marvelpromo (ad from the publisher)1Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
2-credits, title page1
3The Magno-Raycomic story21pencils: Ray Harford, C. C. Beck; inks: Ray Harford, C. C. BeckCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Steamboat; Beautia Sivana; Shazam (inset); Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain)
4The Baffling Mortocomic story15pencils: Phil Bard; inks: Phil BardMorto (villain, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); Benito Mussolini (villain); Hirohito (villain)
5Leads the Freedom Fightcomic story18pencils: Mac Raboy; inks: Mac RaboyStuart Corby [Admiral Corby's nephew] (introduction)
6Aaron's Perfect Planstext story2script: Pauline Tyson Stephens
7The Baffling Case of the Murdered Millionairecomic story20script: Otto Binder; pencils: Phil Bard; inks: Phil BardThe Strange Man With Cats (villain, introduction, death)
8-comic story1
9The Man Who Lived a Million Yearscomic story15script: Otto Binder; pencils: Don Rico; inks: Don RicoMan of the Ages (villain, introduction)

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