Bulletman #3 Mile High pedigree (Fawcett Publications, 1942) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....

Auction amount: $3,585.00

Sold: May 30, 2015

Bulletman #3 Values

Publisher: Fawcett, 1942

About Bulletman #3

Bulletgirl cover by Mac Raboy. Bill Ward art. Full-page ad for America's Greatest Comics #1.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]

Pencils: Mac Raboy; Bob Rogers (backgrounds)

Inks: Mac Raboy; Bob Rogers (backgrounds)

Notes: Bob Rogers verified doing the backgrounds in interview with Roger Hill in Alter-Ego #7 (Winter, 2001).

Reprints: Bulletman [Mighty Midget Comic] (Samuel E. Lowe & Co., 1942 series) #11 (1942)

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: The Lightning King

Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent; Sergeant Kent; Rodney B. Kent (distant cousin of Susan's); George L. Kent (Rodney's brother); Maxwell Kent (death); The Lightning King [Professor Willis Kent; aka Prefessor John Willoughby] (villain, introduction, death); Lightning King's gang [Bugs Jonker (underworld gang chief); others un-named] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis: An airliner traveling near a castle in the mountains on a clear day is suddenly struck by lightning and many passengers are killed, including Susan's distant cousin. When another distant cousin's life is threatened, Susan decides to investigate: as Bulletgirl, and discovers a wholesale plot to murder anyone named Kent!

Pages: 14.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Jack Binder Shop; Ed Dobrotka ?

Inks: Jack Binder Shop; Ed Dobrotka ?

Notes: The indicia on the splash page lists W. H. Fawcett, Jr. as President, Elliott D. Odell as the Advertising Director, Roscoe K. Fawcett as Circulation Director, Ralph Daigh as Editorial Director, and Al Allard as Art Director. On page 2, panel 3, a newspaper listing the fatalities from the airliner crash lists artist Pete Riss. Binder Shop credit by Craig Delich, per Bill Schelly, in Alter Ego #147 (July 2017).

Title: The Octopus

Characters: Buletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Joe (street cleaner); Mr. Meade; Mary (Mr. Meade;s maid); Jeeves (Mr. Meade's butler); The Octopus [Mr. Appleby] (villain, a reformer, introduction); Octopus' gang [Crusher; Monk; other un-named] (villains, introduction for all)

Pages: 13.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Don Rico ?

Inks: Don Rico ?

Title: Dropping Into the Parachute Corps

Characters: Private Ward (introduction); Private Enterprise (introduction); Colonel Deakyne (introduction); General Carter (introduction)

Synopsis: Fate hits Private Ward hard when he attempts to ask the Colonel for a promotion.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Bill Ward

Pencils: Bill Ward

Inks: Bill Ward

Title: The Case of the Murdered Millionaire

Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Casey (Policeman); Mike (Policeman, death); Jake (Policeman, death); Henry Roberts (millionaire banker, death); Miss Lake (Robert's secretary); The Hunchback [Miller] (not connected with prior two Hunchbacks, villain, Robert's accountant, introduction, death)

Synopsis: The strange death of a prominent banker leads the Bullet duo into an investigation that brings them face to face with a killer hunchback!

Pages: 13.000

Pencils: Charles Sultan

Inks: Charles Sultan

Title: Swords For Two

Characters: Stacey Hughes (American good will ambassador); Old Carlo (A,merican Secret Service agent); un-named landlord; Dan Pablo Gorgo (villain, death)

Synopsis: An argument in a South American cafe leads to a duel.

Pages: 2.000

Script: Manly Wade Wellman [as "Juan Lopez"] (credited)

Pencils: ? (spot illustration)

Inks: ? (spot illustration)

Letters: Typeset

Notes: The illustration appears to have a signature that is difficult to read.

Title: Mystery Island

Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr] [aka Fritz]; Miss Lloyd; Captain Glume; Mr. Wood; Petie (sailor, death); The Black Rat (villain, introduction); McKeefe (villain, killer); Pitelli (villain)

Synopsis: An ad in the newspaper for a rather dangerous and mysterious voyage to Mystery Island, from which no one has ever returned alive, perks the interest of the Police as well as Susan and Jim.

Pages: 14.000

Script: Otto Binder

Reprints: Captain Marvel, Jr.: "The Case of the Poison Press" [Fawcett Miniature] (Fawcett, 1946 series) #[nn] (1946)

Notes: The Black Rat apparently dies at the end of the story.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15

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