Issue Details

Issue	#v3#2
Published	July 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Aaron A. Wyn
Notes	Original data for this issue is from Howard Keltner's Golden Age Comic Books Index, checked and updated for order by Peter Croome (August 2007) against a scanned copy of the comic.

Cover Details - "Meet Mr. Risk As He Battles The Hangman's Curse"

Characters	Magno; Davey; Buckskin; Mr. Risk; The Clown (vignette)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Joe Gallagher?
Inks	Joe Gallagher?
Notes	Original data for this issue is from Howard Keltner's Golden Age Comic Books Index, checked and updated for order by Peter Croome (August 2007) against a scanned copy of the comic.

13 page Magno and Davey story "Terror reaches icy fingers into the hearts of the innocent citizens..."

Characters	Magno; Davey; The Clown
Genre	superhero

10 page Mr. Risk story "The Curse of the Haunted Headsman"

Characters	Mr. Risk; Abdul; Hugo Streeter
Genre	superhero; adventure
Notes	Last appeared in Our Flag Comics #5 (April, 1942).

8 page Kay McKay, Air Hostess story "Kay McKay, lovely "World-Wide Airlines" hostess now finds herself riding the clouds..."

Characters	Kay McKay; Eric Lane; Mark Jergen
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Sam Schwartz [as Samm] (signed)
Inks	Sam Schwartz [as Samm] (signed)
Notes	Various indexers list: last appeared in Our Flag Comics #5 (April, 1942), or last appeared in Captain Courageous Comics #6 (March, 1942). Art credits from Nigel Cantwell, 8/22/2006.

10 page Buckskin story "The Black Buzzard and the Wings of Death"

Characters	Buckskin [Robert Blake]; Talon; Mr. Jessup; The Black Buzzard
Genre	superhero

8 page Captain Gallant and his Mini-Sub story "You give me gold.. I will deliver gun powder as I promised!"

Characters	Capt. Gallant; Baron Von Kurth
Genre	adventure
Notes	Last appearance in Super-Mystery Comics, next appears in Four Favorites #8. Last panel says "Capt. Gallant sails north to the Arctic wilderness in the next issue of Super-Mystery Comics!! Brrr-r-r!!"

2 page text story "Owlhoot Hostage"

Genre	Adventure
Script	Cliff Howe (credited)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Cliff Howe name is a byline, possibly Lester Dent, according to Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

13 page Vulcan story "The great victory mine in England menaced by flames!"

Characters	Vulcan; Joan
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Inks	Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Notes	Last appearance. Art credits from Nigel Cantwell, 8/22/2006. Last panel states "Vulcan appears in every issue of Super-Mystery Comics on sale at your newstand".