Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	Fall 1941
Frequency	quarterly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	France Herron?

Cover Details

Characters	Mr. Scarlet; The Black Thorn
Genre	superhero

7 page Mr. Scarlet story "The Mummy Ray"

Characters	Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler] (special prosecutor); Miss Wade (his secretary); The Black Thorn (introduction; villain) [Henry Hawley]; Phineas Cox (inventor of the mummy ray)
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder?
Pencils	Jack Binder?
Inks	Jack Binder?

9 page Mr. Scarlet story "The Black Clown"

Characters	Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler] (special prosecutor); Miss Wade (his secretary); The Black Clown (introduction; villain) [Harry Parrish]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Binder?
Inks	Jack Binder?

10 page Mr. Scarlet story "The Laughing Skull"

Characters	Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler] (special prosecutor); Miss Wade (his secretary); The Laughing Skull [John Dodd](banker; introduction; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Binder?
Inks	Jack Binder?

10 page Atom Blake story "The Worlds of Time [Part 2]"

Characters	Atom Blake (boy wizard); Stuart Blake (his father); Black Monster (villain; introduction; a robot)
Pencils	Pierce Rice?
Inks	Pierce Rice?

5 page Jim Dolan story "The Plot to Kill Jim Dolan"

Characters	Jim Dolan (detective-magazine editor); Sally Alden (his secretary); Orranto (villain; introduction; gang czar); Zara (girl spy)
Genre	adventure
Pencils	James Wilcox
Inks	James Wilcox
Letters	Zara (I)

2 page text story "Death Strikes Four"

Script	Carl Formes (LaRac Semrof)
Letters	typeset

8 page Rick O'Shay story "The Nazi Big Bertha"

Characters	Rick O'Shay (American soldier of fortune)
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Ken Battefield?
Inks	Ken Battefield?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes

House ad for Whiz comics with a panel from each story

12 page The Hunchback story "Scaletti's Saboteurs"

Characters	The Hunchback [Allen Lanier]; Betty Brenton (his sweetheart)
Genre	superhero