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Issue Details

Issue	#3 [A-1 #134]
Published	July-August 1955
Frequency	every other month
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Vincent Sullivan (publisher); Raymond C. Krank (editor)
Notes	Indicia states: STRONGMAN No. 3 (A-1 No. 134).

Cover Details - "The Deadly Hour!"

Characters	Stongman
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Cover is unsigned.
Reprinted	in Power of Strongman (AC, 1989 series) #1 [as pin-up]

1 page Strongman foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Strongman is the strongest human being alive today..."

Characters	Strongman
Synopsis	Introductory page featuring facts about Strongman's training.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Bob Powell [as Powell]
Inks	Bob Powell [as Powell]

8 page Strongman story "Too Many For Strongman"

Characters	Strongman; The General
Synopsis	Spies accidentally deliver plans to The General and have to get them back.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Bob Powell [as Powell]
Inks	Bob Powell [as Powell]
Reprinted	in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #61

1 page Muscle Building activity "The Two Hand Snatch"

Synopsis	Detailed instructions on how to lift weights.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	Bob Powell [as Powell]
Inks	Bob Powell [as Powell]

7 page Strongman story "The Deluge"

Characters	Strongman; The General
Synopsis	Strongman saves the residents of Pineville and captures escaped convicts during a flood.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Bob Powell [as Powell]
Inks	Bob Powell [as Powell]
Reprinted	in America's Greatest Comics (AC, 2002 series) #2

1 page Muscle Building story "World Champs"

Characters	Doug Hepburn; Norbert Schemansky; Dmitri Ivanov
Synopsis	Facts about world famous weight-lifters.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	Bob Powell [as Powell]
Inks	Bob Powell [as Powell]

2 page text story "Snowed In"

Characters	Warden John Dow; Ranger Robert Jones
Genre	Adventure
Letters	Typeset

8 page Strongman story "The Deadly Hour"

Characters	Strongman; The General; Johnathon Reeve
Synopsis	Johnathon Reeve plans revenge on the company that overlooked him for President by blowing up the clock tower. Strongman has to stop the clock from setting off the bomb.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Bob Powell [as Powell]
Inks	Bob Powell [as Powell]
Reprinted	in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #37.