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Publisher: Ace Magazines

Title: Four Favorites
Issue: 3
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: January 1942
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Aaron A. Wyn

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Four Favorites #3 CGC 7.0
Owner: the420kid

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Features:Magno; Lash Lightning; Raven; Vulcan
Pages:1
Pencils:Jim Mooney (signed)
Inks:Jim Mooney (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Magno; Lash Lightning; The Raven; Vulcan


Story Title: Shooting High - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:House ad for Super-Mystery and Lightning Comics, with cover reproductions


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Magno, the Magnetic Man
Pages:16
Genre:superhero
Characters:Magno; Davey; Mrs. Attilla (Han's mother); Karl van Dramm (movie director); Hans Attilla (villain, death); Pedro (villain, Han's assistant); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:Magno and Davey must stop a relative of Attila the Hun and a master scientist working for the Nazis, who has invented a U-Ray Gun, capable of freezing and paralyzing Allied forces, and who has kidnapped a movie director to film his conquest of the Allies.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Vulcan
Pages:14
Pencils:Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Inks:Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Vulcan; Bud; Bill; Captain Peters; Diana (ambulance driver for the Chinese Red Cross); the Nazis (villains, many die)
Synopsis:Vulcan, at the request of government officials, travels by ship to the Burma Road to be of assistance in protecting munition shipments that are being sent along that route, and joins two American Police officers who are aboard the ship for the same reason.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Lash Lightning
Pages:16
Pencils:Red Holmdale (signed)
Inks:Red Holmdale (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Lash Lightning; Gail Lindon; Professor Lindon; Professor Grosskop (villain)
Synopsis:Lightning must halt the destructive activities of Professor Grosskop, who is trying to destroy Boulder Dam in Colorado as well as disrupting electricity in the area to hinder the war effort at production plants.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:The Raven
Pages:10
Pencils:George Wilson (signed)
Inks:George Wilson (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Raven [Danny Darten]; Mike (raven's assistant); Lola Lash (Darten's fiancee); Police Chief Lash; Mayor Dobbs; Tony Foyle (villain)
Synopsis:The Raven must prevent the proceeds from the Policeman's Ball, some $15,000 to be donated to the poor, from falling into the hands of a gang of crooks.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Luke and His Magic Flute Ya Gotta Dance
Pages:1
Pencils:Lou Paige [as Paige] (signed)
Inks:Lou Paige [as Paige] (signed)
Letters:Lou Paige?
Genre:humor; children
Characters:Luke; fisherman
Synopsis:Luke goes fishing and uses his flute, not his rod and reel, to bring the fish in.


Story Title: Graveyard Shift - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:adventure
Characters:Un-named hotel clerk; Thorne (policeman); Berkey (policeman); "Mex" Merkle [as Joe Burke] (villain, counterfeiter, death); Sharp Face (villain)
Synopsis:A hotel clerk witnesses the death of a "cowboy" and the theft of thousands of dollars in a bag he was carrying, only to discover that the man was a counterfeiter.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Mr. Whiskers
Pages:5
Genre:adventure
Characters:Mr. Whiskers [Jim Clay] (introduction); FBI Chief Foster; Mr. Grieveh (villain, Hindu cult leader)
Synopsis:Mr. Whiskers learns that the Diamond of Taron, stolen in Arabia by a jewel thief, was cut into three parts which have made their way into the hands of three innocent jewel dealers, and whom have been kidnapped by a Hindu cult and are soon to be sacrificed to the god of Taron!


Story Title: Smashing Through! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:House ad for Our Flag and Banner Comics, with partial cover reproductions


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