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3Fall 1941
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Jackpot Comics #3

Archie · Fall 1941 · on sale 1941-09-30

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Series: Jackpot Comics (Archie, 1941 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: Fall 1941
Key date: 1941-10-00
On-sale date: 1941-09-30
Indicia publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Carl Hubbell; inks: Carl Hubbell	Steel Sterling; Black Hood; Mr, Justice; Sergeant Boyle; Skull
1	Power Play in Chinatown	comic story	15	script: Joe Blair; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy (policeman); Looney; Charlie Stark (villain, introduction); The Council of Seven [Hip Sing (introduction, death); Wu Yung (introduction, death); two others (introductions, deaths); Ching Lee (introduction); two others (introductions)]
2	Death's Verdict	text story	1	letters: typeset	Steel Sterling
3	The Treasure of Lost Mountain	comic story	15	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Warren King; inks: Warren King	Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Barbara Sutton (reporter); The Mist (villain)
4	Jewels of Doom	text story	1	letters: typeset	Black Hood
5	Case of the Sorcerer's Apprentice	comic story	14	script: Joe Blair; pencils: Sam Cooper; inks: Sam Cooper	Mr. Justice [Royal Wraith]; Ford (villain, introduction, death); Nero (as a ghost, villain)
6	The Yellow Death	comic story	15	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Carl Hubbell; inks: Carl Hubbell	Sergeant Boyle; Corporal Collins (guest-star); Slapsie (guest-star); Ambrose Purdy (introduction); The Nazis (villains)

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