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Issue: Great Comics #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #3 of 3 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagGreat Comics
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Great Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/27/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
$0.15 USD foreign countries
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Some page numbers in the table of contents scan are difficult to read, so the story order in this index still needs confirmation.

Indicia (scan provided by Frank Motler):
Great Comics, No. 3, 1942. Published bi-monthly by Great Comics Publications, Inc., 220 West 42nd St., New York City. Entire contents Copyrighted, 1942 by Great Comics Publications, Inc. Yearly Subscription in the U. S. A. $1.00; Canada $1.50; Foreign $2.10. Single copies 10 cents in the U. S. A. and Canada; 15 cents in Foreign Countries. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material.
Printed in U. S. A.
Distributed by American News Company

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall
Inker(s): Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Futuro
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In Content Item: FlagAnti-Hitler Comics #1 published January 1992
as America's Comic Book War Against Nazism! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reed Crandall artist credit from Rudy Palais and his copy of the original cover proof as shown to Roger Hill (story posted to GCD-Chat list by Roger Hill on 14 August 2018).
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall (Futuro figure); various (other figures)
Inker(s): Reed Crandall (Futuro figure); various (other figures)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Each feature has a drawing, a teaser blurb, and a page number.
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Futuro Kidnaps Hitler and Takes Him to Hades!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rudy Palais
Inker(s): Rudy Palais
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, war
Feature(s): Futuro
Character(s): Futuro (introduction); Hitler (villain); Satan (villain); Benito Mussolini (villain)
Synopsis: Because of all that Hitler has been doing on planet Earth, Futuro decides that maybe Hell is the place for him and takes him there. Hitler can't stand it and wants out of there as quickly as possible.
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In Content Item: FlagAnti-Hitler Comics #1 published January 1992
as Futuro Kidnaps Hitler and Takes Him to Hades! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Futuro's lone appearance.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pagsilang Isip [as Silang Isip] (signed)
Inker(s): Pagsilang Isip [as Silang Isip] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Khaki Kid
First Line: Uncle Sam's very young nephew...
Synopsis: Too young to join the army but old enough to get the General's goat! (from table of contents)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Great Zarro
First Line: America is at war!!!
Synopsis: In his startling new role as a U.S. Army Air Corps Intelligence Officer. (from table of contents)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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How He Became Master of the Gigantic Genie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Víctor Estenio Pazmiño [as VEP] (signed)
Inker(s): Víctor Estenio Pazmiño [as VEP] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kid Baghdad
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jean Press (signed)
Penciller(s): Pagsilang Isip [as Silang Isip] (signed)
Inker(s): Pagsilang Isip [as Silang Isip] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Madame Strange
Character(s): Madame Strange (American girl reporter); Perry (U.S. Navy's ace spy chaser); The Octopus (villain); Octopus' gang (villains)
First Line: The Yellow Peril reaches greedy claws...
Synopsis: Madame Strange seeks to stop the evil plans of The Octopus, who has decided now to seize American planes for his Emperor.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.

Last panel blurb alerts readers to look for the next Madame Strange story which will reveal if The Octopus survived from drowning. However, this was the last story and that outcome never was published.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Willing Willie
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Lost City (Part 1)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rudy Palais
Inker(s): Rudy Palais
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): The Lost City
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Movie adaptation story continued from Choice Comics (Great Comics Publications, 1941 Series) #3 ([April] 1942).

Rudy Palais artist credit from Rudy Palais and his copy of the original cover proof as shown to Roger Hill (story posted to GCD-Chat list by Roger Hill on 14 August 2018).

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