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1Fall 1940
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Big 3 #1

Fox · Fall 1940 · on sale 1940-10-07

First appearance: David
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Identification plate

Series
Big 3 (Fox, 1940 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
Fall 1940
Key date
1940-10-07
On-sale date
1940-10-07
Indicia publisher
Fox Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of David - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Adventures of the 3 World's Greatest Heroes!cover1The Blue Beetle, David First, The Flame, Dan Garret, Gary Preston, Samson
2Borgo, the Mirror Murderercomic story15pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Charles NicholasBlue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Mike Mannigan; Ralph James (death); Frank James (death); Allan James (death); Fred James; Dell James; Dr. Frantz; Borgo (villain, introduction)
3The Inner Crime Ringcomic story13pencils: Alex Boon; inks: Alex BoonSamson; David; Professor Brun; Dr. Blood (villain, introduction, death)
4The Jewel Smuggling Murderscomic story9pencils: Basil Berold; inks: Basil BeroldThe Flame [Gary Preston]; The Water-Front Gang [Spike, rest un-named](villains, introduction, death for all)
5The Shylock Menacecomic story9pencils: Basil Berold; inks: Basil BeroldThe Flame [Gary Preston]; Spike and other gangsters (villains, introduction, deaths of all)
6The Flying Dutchman Goes Moderntext story2script: Nathaniel NitkinCaptain Hetherington; Hardy; Captain Van Der Decken; Korvettenskapitan von Martz (villain); Oberleutnant von Seidorff (villain); Rothmann (villain)
7What a Team!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typesetSamson; the Flame; Blue Beetle; The Dart; Green Mask; Rex Dexter; Ace
8The Ultimatum of Lobarcomic story6pencils: Michael Griffith; inks: Michael GriffithCosmic Carson; Lobar (villain, introduction, death); Gargantuans (villains, introduction, death)
9The Submarine Citycomic story8pencils: Richard Crater; inks: Richard CraterGordon; Wanda; Jan; Jim; Dr. Doom (villain); Venusians [Jarg, rest un-named](villains, introduction)
10The Blue Beetle Coast to Coastpromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetBlue Beetle

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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