Issue | #3 |
Published | January 1942 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Aaron A. Wyn |
Characters | Magno; Lash Lightning; The Raven; Vulcan |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Jim Mooney |
Inks | Jim Mooney |
Reprinted | in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #81 (2010) |
Characters | Magno; Davey; Mrs. Attilla (Han's mother); Karl van Dramm (movie director); Hans Attilla (villain, death); Pedro (villain, Han's assistant); the Nazis (villains) |
Synopsis | Magno and Davey must stop a relative of Attila the Hun and a master scientist working for the Nazis, who has invented a U-Ray Gun, capable of freezing and paralyzing Allied forces, and who has kidnapped a movie director to film his conquest of the Allies. |
Genre | superhero |
Reprinted | in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #81 (2010) |
Characters | Vulcan; Bud; Bill; Captain Peters; Diana (ambulance driver for the Chinese Red Cross); the Nazis (villains, many die) |
Synopsis | Vulcan, at the request of government officials, travels by ship to the Burma Road to be of assistance in protecting munition shipments that are being sent along that route, and joins two American Police officers who are aboard the ship for the same reason. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Maurice Gutwirth (signed) |
Inks | Maurice Gutwirth (signed) |
Reprinted | in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #81 (2010) |
Characters | Lash Lightning; Gail Lindon; Professor Lindon; Professor Grosskop (villain) |
Synopsis | Lightning must halt the destructive activities of Professor Grosskop, who is trying to destroy Boulder Dam in Colorado as well as disrupting electricity in the area to hinder the war effort at production plants. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Red Holmdale (signed) |
Inks | Red Holmdale (signed) |
Reprinted | in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #81 (2010) |
Characters | The Raven [Danny Darten]; Mike (raven's assistant); Lola Lash (Darten's fiancee); Police Chief Lash; Mayor Dobbs; Tony Foyle (villain) |
Synopsis | The Raven must prevent the proceeds from the Policeman's Ball, some $15,000 to be donated to the poor, from falling into the hands of a gang of crooks. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | George Wilson (signed) |
Inks | George Wilson (signed) |
Notes | Art credits added by Craig Delich 2010-5-29. |
Reprinted | in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #81 (2010) |
Characters | Luke |
Synopsis | Luke goes fishing and uses his flute, not his rod and reel, to bring the fish in. |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | Lou Paige [as Paige] (signed) |
Inks | Lou Paige [as Paige] (signed) |
Letters | Lou Paige? |
Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-5-29. |
Reprinted | in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #81 (2010) |
Characters | Un-named hotel clerk; Thorne (policeman); Berkey (policeman); "Mex" Merkle [as Joe Burke] (villain, counterfeiter, death); Sharp Face (villain) |
Synopsis | A hotel clerk witnesses the death of a "cowboy" and the theft of thousands of dollars in a bag he was carrying, only to discover that the man was a counterfeiter. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Brant House (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-5-29. |
Reprinted | in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #81 (2010) |
Characters | Mr. Whiskers [Jim Clay] (introduction); FBI Chief Foster; Mr. Grieveh (villain, Hindu cult leader) |
Synopsis | Mr. Whiskers learns that the Diamond of Taron, stolen in Arabia by a jewel thief, was cut into three parts which have made their way into the hands of three innocent jewel dealers, and whom have been kidnapped by a Hindu cult and are soon to be sacrificed to the god of Taron! |
Genre | adventure |
Reprinted | in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #81 (2010) |