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3December 1948
$0.10

Complete Mystery #3

Marvel · December 1948 · on sale 1948-10-01

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Identification plate

Series
Complete Mystery (Marvel, 1948 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
December 1948
Key date
1948-12-00
On-sale date
1948-10-01
Indicia publisher
Prime Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Fear in the Nightcover1pencils: Gene Colan
1Fear in the Night !comic story25script: Stan Lee; pencils: Carl Burgos; inks: Carl Burgos
2That Sleepy Mantext story2script: Stan Lee
3Ad for Sport Pixpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
4Hi, Friends!letters page1letters: typeset
5Call a Spade a Spade!comic story2script: Allen Bellman; pencils: Allen BellmanSkip McCoy

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