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Issue: Great Comics #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1942
 
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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: 12 (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:
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
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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
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Jap War Spurs Futuro to Kidnap Hitler

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?; typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Futuro
Futuro
Reprinting
FlagAnti-Hitler Comics #1 published January 1992
as America's Comic Book War Against Nazism! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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).
[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
various (other figures)
various (other figures)
typeset
Subject Matter
Futuro; Kid Bagdad; The Octopus; Madame Strange; Bud Wilson; The Great Zarro
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Each feature has a drawing, a teaser blurb, and a page number.
Futuro Kidnaps Hitler and Takes Him to Hades!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero, war
Futuro
Futuro (introduction); Benito Mussolini (villain); Futurians [Faith; Justice; Freedom; Truth; Courage]; Nimbus (dog); Schmidt; Violet; Orchid; Iris
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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FlagAnti-Hitler Comics #1 published January 1992
as Futuro Kidnaps Hitler and Takes Him to Hades! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
15
Futuro's lone appearance.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Khaki Kid
Bud Wilson
Uncle Sam's very young nephew...
Twelve-year old Bud tries to join the army and causes trouble.
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Miscellaneous
4
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Great Zarro
The Great Zarro; Major Whalen; Rags; Heinz; Fritz
America is at war!!!
Zarro becomes an officer of the U.S. Army Air Corps Intelligence to fight war enemies.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
Last appearance.
[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Help your country destroy the enemies of freedom!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
How readers can get 2 U. S. Defense stamps.
How He Became Master of the Gigantic Genie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Kid Baghdad
Kid Bagdad; Caliph of Bagdad; The Unholy Three
Kid Bagdad is sent to get a cask for the Caliph.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
10
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Madame Strange (American girl reporter); Perry (U.S. Navy's ace spy chaser); The Octopus (villain); Octopus' gang (villains)
The Yellow Peril reaches greedy claws for America's far eastern outposts.
Madame Strange seeks to stop the evil plans of The Octopus, who has decided now to seize American planes for his Emperor.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
9
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.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Willing Willie
Willie
Where did you get the new hat, pal?
A hat store is giving away hats based on someone's personality.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Lost City (Part 1)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy
The Lost City
Bruce Gordon; Dr. Manyus; Reynolds; Natcha Manyus; Zolok; Tom Dolan; Dr. Colton; Andrews; Burke; Gorzo; Hoogo; Appolyn; Pierre
Zolok, master of the Lost City seeks to rule the world.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
17
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).
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
The Lost City
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Promo for the continuation of the Lost City story in upcoming issues of Great Comics and Choice Comics.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?; ? (photograph)
?; ? (photograph)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Zolok (photo of William 'Stage' Boyd); Hoogo (photo of Sam Baker); Bruce Gordon (photo of Kane Richmond); Dr. Manyus (photo of Josef Swickard); Natcha Manyus (photo of Claudia Dell)
Living dead men the Lost City
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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