Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

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".