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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published October 1941
Frequency bimonthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Notes Data for this issue from Jerry Bails index cards & Howard Keltners index. Additional information added from scan by Henry Andrews. Indicia: October, 1941, Number 3. The Arrow is published bi-monthly by Comic Corporation of America, 215 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y. Application for entry as second class matter pending at the Post Office at New York, N. Y. Single copies, 10c. Yearly subscription 60c in the U.S.A. (other countries 85 c). Copyright 1941 by Comic Corporation of America. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. Printed in U.S.A.

Cover Details

Characters The Arrow [Ralph Payne]
Genre superhero
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson
Notes Data for this issue from Jerry Bails index cards & Howard Keltners index. Additional information added from scan by Henry Andrews. Indicia: October, 1941, Number 3. The Arrow is published bi-monthly by Comic Corporation of America, 215 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y. Application for entry as second class matter pending at the Post Office at New York, N. Y. Single copies, 10c. Yearly subscription 60c in the U.S.A. (other countries 85 c). Copyright 1941 by Comic Corporation of America. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. Printed in U.S.A.

10 page The Arrow story "U.S. military secrets, mysteriously sent to Germany, help the master spy....."

Characters The Arrow [Ralph Payne]; Jane Markham; B-12 (British agent); Lord Hawford (villain)
Synopsis The Arrow assists British agent B-12 and Jane, his assistant, in tracking down how vital military information is being to sent to Gestapo agent, Lord Hawford.
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Lubbers (signed)
Inks Bob Lubbers (signed)
Reprinted from ?; in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #81 (2010)

8 page Jungle Prince story "So that he may rule supreme..."

Characters Kelo [Jungle Prince] (introduction and origin); Carnov (villain; introduction)

7 page The Rainbow story "Jim Travis, college graduate, calls at the home of his sweetheart..."

Characters The Rainbow [Jim Travis] (introduction; origin); Elsie Norris (introduction); Black Rufus (villain; introduction)
Synopsis Inspired by a comic book he has read, Jim Travis decides to take up a bizarre mantle and fight crime.
Genre superhero
Script Ed Herron [as Eddy Herron] (signed)
Pencils Al Plastino [as Alfredo Plastino] (signed)
Inks Al Plastino [as Alfredo Plastino] (signed)
Reprinted from ?

6 page Dash Dartwell, the Human Meteor story "Dashford (Dash) Dartwell, is a student at Dravrah University..."

Characters Dash Dartwell (introduction; origin); Dr. Drew Moss; Bettie Moss (daughter of Dr. Moss); Butch (villain); five un-named gangsters (villains)
Synopsis Young Dash Dartwell, a scrub track athlete for Dravrah University, agrees to take Metalo-Tablets, invented by Professor Moss, a bio-chemistry teacher at the college, to see what effects it would have on the human body. When three of Dravrah's star track members are kidnapped by crooks, Dash is allowed to participate in the Elay Relays and sets three world records in three events, and culminates the day by capturing the six dangerous criminals responsible for the kidnappings.
Genre superhero
Pencils Harry Francis Campbell [as Harrison Camp] (signed)
Inks Harry Francis Campbell [as Harrison Camp] (signed)
Notes Interesting note: if one spells the names of the two colleges running in the relays backwards, you have "Harvard" (Dravrah) and "Yale" (Elay).
Reprinted from Amazing Man Comics (Centaur, 1939 series) #21 (March, 1941)?

2 page text story "Trial Run Terror"

Script Tom Russell
Pencils Sam Glanzman
Inks Sam Glanzman
Letters typeset

8 page Randall Ross story "The Case of the Vanishing Thugs"

Characters Randall Ross (introduction)
Pencils Steve Dahlman
Inks Steve Dahlman

7 page Duke Collins story "He Foils a Plot At the Panama Canal"

Characters Duke Collins (introduction)
Pencils R. C. Fuller
Inks R. C. Fuller

7 page Keith Butler story "You see that blond fellow speaking with Toby over there?"

Characters Keith Butler (introduction)
Script ? (Stanley Allen Drake)

9 page The Arrow story "A familiar figure, the Arrow, speeds over the narrow winding road..."

Characters The Arrow [Ralph Payne]
Genre superhero
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson
Notes All stories in #1 and #2 are taken from DC's inventory.