Price: 0.10 USD; 0.10 CAD; 0.15 USD (Foreign Countries)
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-01-27
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Jap War Spurs Futuro to Kidnap Hitler
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Futuro / cover / 1 page

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typeset
  • Genre:science fiction
Characters:
Futuro
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Reed Crandall artist credit from Rudy Palais and his copy of the original cover proof as shown to Roger Hill (story posted to GCD-Chat list by Roger Hill on 14 August 2018).

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Some page numbers in the table of contents scan are difficult to read, so the story order in this index still needs confirmation.

Indicia (scan provided by Frank Motler):
Great Comics, No. 3, 1942. Published bi-monthly by Great Comics Publications, Inc., 220 West 42nd St., New York City. Entire contents Copyrighted, 1942 by Great Comics Publications, Inc. Yearly Subscription in the U. S. A. $1.00; Canada $1.50; Foreign $2.10. Single copies 10 cents in the U. S. A. and Canada; 15 cents in Foreign Countries. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material.
Printed in U. S. A.
Distributed by American News Company

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.

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(Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Reed Crandall (Futuro figure)
various (other figures)
Inks:
Reed Crandall (Futuro figure)
various (other figures)
Letters:
typeset
Characters:
Futuro; Kid Bagdad; The Octopus; Madame Strange; Bud Wilson; The Great Zarro

Indexer Notes

Each feature has a drawing, a teaser blurb, and a page number. Scan provided by Frank Motler, and used to reorder the sequences in this index.

Reed Crandall Futuro figure artist credit from Rudy Palais as told to Roger Hill (story posted to GCD-Chat list by Roger Hill on 14 August 2018). Per Palais, Crandall was originally scheduled to do work on the Futuro feature, but his heavy workload prevented that and the Futuro feature went to another artist to work on.

Futuro Kidnaps Hitler and Takes Him to Hades!
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Futuro / comic story / 15 pages

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  • Genre:superhero; war
Characters:
Futuro (introduction); Benito Mussolini (villain); Futurians [Faith; Justice; Freedom; Truth; Courage]; Nimbus (dog); Schmidt; Violet; Orchid; Iris
Synopsis:
Because of all that Hitler has been doing on planet Earth, Futuro decides that maybe Hell is the place for him and takes him there. Hitler can't stand it and wants out of there as quickly as possible.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Futuro's lone appearance.

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Khaki Kid / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Uncle Sam's very young nephew...
Characters:
Bud Wilson
Synopsis:
Twelve-year old Bud tries to join the army and causes trouble.

[no title indexed]
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Great Zarro / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:America is at war!!!
Characters:
The Great Zarro; Major Whalen; Rags; Heinz; Fritz
Synopsis:
Zarro becomes an officer of the U.S. Army Air Corps Intelligence to fight war enemies.

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

[no title indexed]
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activity / 1 page

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Letters:
typeset
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Help your country destroy the enemies of freedom!

Indexer Notes

How readers can get 2 U. S. Defense stamps.

How He Became Master of the Gigantic Genie
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Kid Baghdad / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)
Inks:
Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Kid Bagdad; Caliph of Bagdad; The Unholy Three
Synopsis:
Kid Bagdad is sent to get a cask for the Caliph.

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Madame Strange / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
Jean Press (signed)
Pencils:
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?
Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Yellow Peril reaches greedy claws for America's far eastern outposts.
Characters:
Madame Strange (American girl reporter); Perry (U.S. Navy's ace spy chaser); The Octopus (villain); Octopus' gang (villains)
Synopsis:
Madame Strange seeks to stop the evil plans of The Octopus, who has decided now to seize American planes for his Emperor.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

Last panel blurb alerts readers to look for the next Madame Strange story which will reveal if The Octopus survived from drowning. However, this was the last story and that outcome never was published.

[no title indexed]
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Willing Willie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
T. Herman (credited)
Pencils:
T. Herman (credited)
Inks:
T. Herman (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
T. Herman (credited)
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Where did you get the new hat, pal?
Characters:
Willie
Synopsis:
A hat store is giving away hats based on someone's personality.

The Lost City (Part 1)
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The Lost City / comic story / 17 pages

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  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Bruce Gordon; Dr. Manyus; Reynolds; Natcha Manyus; Zolok; Tom Dolan; Dr. Colton; Andrews; Burke; Gorzo; Hoogo; Appolyn; Pierre
Synopsis:
Zolok, master of the Lost City seeks to rule the world.

Indexer Notes

Movie adaptation story continued from Choice Comics (Great Comics Publications, 1941 Series) #3 ([April] 1942).

Rudy Palais artist credit from Rudy Palais and his copy of the original cover proof as shown to Roger Hill (story posted to GCD-Chat list by Roger Hill on 14 August 2018).

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Jap War Spurs Futuro to Kidnap Hitler
    Futuro
  2. [no title indexed]
  3. Futuro Kidnaps Hitler and Takes Him to Hades!
    Futuro
  4. ["Uncle Sam's very young nephew..."]
    Khaki Kid
  5. ["America is at war!!!"]
    Great Zarro
  6. ["Help your country destroy the enemies of freedom!"]
  7. How He Became Master of the Gigantic Genie
    Kid Baghdad
  8. ["The Yellow Peril reaches greedy claws for America's far eastern outposts."]
    Madame Strange
  9. ["Where did you get the new hat, pal?"]
    Willing Willie
  10. The Lost City (Part 1)
    The Lost City
  11. ["The Lost City"]
  12. ["Living dead men the Lost City"]
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