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3July 1939
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Wonderworld Comics #3

Fox · July 1939 · on sale 1939-05-28

First appearance: The FlameFirst appearance: Gary Preston
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Identification plate

Series
Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
July 1939
Key date
1939-07-00
On-sale date
1939-05-28
Indicia publisher
Bruns Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

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

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

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Lou Fine
1The Flying Dreadnaughtcartoon1script: Floyd Kelly; pencils: Floyd Kelly; inks: Floyd Kelly; letters: Floyd Kelly
2Captain Flagg's River Piratescomic story7script: Will Eisner; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou FineThe Flame First, Gary Preston First
3Sasha Siemel Game Hunter Extraordinary!cartoon1script: Ward Trotter; pencils: Ward Trotter; inks: Ward Trotter; letters: Ward TrotterSasha Siemel
4Felix Carvajalcartoon1script: Victor Fox; pencils: Victor Fox; inks: Victor Fox; letters: Victor FoxFelix Carvajal
5Death and the Devilcomic story8script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will EisnerYarko; Death (villain, introduction); The Devil (villain, introduction)
6-comic story6script: S. M. Iger; pencils: S. M. Iger; inks: S. M. Iger
7Case of the Stolen Silvercomic story5script: Adolphe Barreaux; pencils: Adolphe Barreaux; inks: Adolphe BarreauxPatty O'Day
8-cartoon1pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou FineHenry Lewis
9The Charm Bracelet Murdercomic story6script: Arthur Dean; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellDoctor Fung; Harvey Barlowe (villain, introduction)
10The Childrens' Crusade [Part 2]text story2script: William E. Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner
11Rounding Up the Counterfeiterscomic story5pencils: Cecelia Munson; inks: Cecelia MunsonTex Maxon; Blake (villain, introduction); Harris (villain, introduction)
12Bat Mastersontext article1Bat Masterson
13Don Quixote at the World's Faircomic story2
14Hong Kong Assignmentcomic story5script: Willis B. Rensie; pencils: Willis B. Rensie; inks: Willis B. RensieK-51; Lin Sun (villain, introduction); Sigmund (villain, introduction, death)
15Chinatown at War Againcomic story5script: Harold VanceMob Buster Robinson; Tong Sin (villain, introduction)
16Wonderworld Stamp Clubtext article1pencils: various (stamp artwork); inks: various (stamp artwork); letters: typeset
17-cartoon1script: Glenda Carol; pencils: Glenda Carol; inks: Glenda Carol; letters: Glenda CarolHarpo Marx; Cary Grant; Gene Raymond; Elissa Landi; Lewis Stone; Stan Laurel
18The Scourgecomic story7script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus NordlingSpark Stevens; The Scourge (villain, introduction)
19Belly Busters in a Radio Studiocomic story1script: S. M. Iger; pencils: S. M. Iger; inks: S. M. Iger

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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