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Big 3 (1940 Fox) comic books

  • Issue #5
    Big 3 (1940 Fox) 5
    Published Sep 1941 by Fox.

    Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Alex Boon, Basil Berold (all pseudonyms) and Nathaniel Nitkin. A collection of superhero comics from Fox Feature Syndicate, featuring the first version of the Blue Beetle. Blue Beetle faces The Condor, a murderous modern-day pirate who dresses like a 17th-century pirate; A sinister organ grinder and his monkey put Samson and David on the trail of the art thief called The Wasp; The Flame battles Nazi saboteurs. Blue Beetle: The Condor; Samson: The Sting of the Wasp; Wings Over Albania; The Flame: The Factory Furnace Fury; Blue Beetle: Menace of the Murdering Mailman. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Big 3 (1940 Fox) 7
    Published Jan 1941 by Fox.
    • 8" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Oxidation. Brittle.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Basil Berold (both pseudonyms), Roland "Ramona" Patenaude and Gene Rider. A collection of superhero comics from Fox Feature Syndicate, featuring the first version of the Blue Beetle. The Blue Beetle investigates a murder seemingly committed by a 30-foot-tall giant; V-Man must protect Father Duroc, creator of the V-Man power, from Nazi assassins; The Flame faces a villain who uses deadly flammable gas, forcing him to fight in his human identity. Blue Beetle: The Giant's Dagger; V-Man: The Meeting That Death Attended; Power Dive; The Flame: The Tomb of the Tortured Death; Blue Beetle: Death At the Ball. Final issue of the series. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.