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Issue Details

Issue #v3#5
Published July 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing Aaron A. Wyn
Notes Data for this issue is from Howard Keltner's Golden Age Comic Books Index. Revised from an actual copy by Gary Watson, August 2008.

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Magno; Davey; The Clown
Genre superhero
Pencils Lou Ferstadt (signed)
Inks F. O. (signed)
Notes Data for this issue is from Howard Keltner's Golden Age Comic Books Index. Revised from an actual copy by Gary Watson, August of 2008.

13 page Magno the Magnetic Man story "The Clown found a new partner, the Torcher..."

Characters Magno; Davey; The Clown (villain); the Torcher (villain; introduction; death)
Genre superhero
Pencils Lou Ferstadt (signed)
Inks Lou Ferstadt (signed)

7 page Buckskin story "Barn of the Doomed"

Characters Buckskin; The Banshee (Sheriff Temple; villain; introduction)
Genre superhero
Pencils Harvey Kurtzman (signed)
Inks Harvey Kurtzman (signed)
Notes Last appearance.

5 page Hap Hazard story "Hap Hazard, demon copy boy of the Daily Star, rushes pell mell into another plot of murder and intrigue..."

Characters Hap Hazard
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Louis Ferstadt [as L. F.] (signed)
Inks Martin Taras [as M. T.] (signed)

2 page text story "Hell-Trapped Triggers"

Genre adventure
Script Brant House (signed)
Letters typeset

13 page The Sword story "The ways of the Orient are many, and mystery shrouds the customs of ancient China."

Characters The Sword; Lancer; Faye Morgana (villainess)
Genre superhero

8 page Mr. Risk story "A frantic phone call and Mr. Risk, the man who knows no fear, .........."

Characters Mr. Risk; Abdul; Laurie Starr (photographer); Lucky Larsen (death); Jackie Flowers (villain)
Synopsis Mr. Risk must save the life of the photographer at the Glamour Palace, who has taken a photo of a murder in progress, and whose life is now in danger from the murderers.
Genre superhero; adventure
Pencils Harvey Kurtzman [as H. Kurtzman] (signed)
Inks Harvey Kurtzman [as H. Kurtzman] (signed)
Reprinted in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #81 (2010)

8 page Paul Revere Jr. story "House up ahead...looks kind of large!"

Characters Paul Revere, Jr.; the Man With the Iron Skull (introduction; death)
Genre adventure
Pencils L. B. Cole (signed)
Inks L. B. Cole (signed)