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Comic Cavalcade 3

COMIC CAVALCADE #3

Cover Date: Summer 1943
Cover Price: $.15
Publication Date: 1943-06-15

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Cover Credits:
Art: Frank Harry


Story: "The Invisible Invader" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCharles Moulton
ArtHarry G. Peter
LetteringMechanical
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman (between Sensation Comics #19 and #20)

Supporting Character(s):

Major Steve Trevor
Etta Candy
Colonel Darnell

Villain(s):

Nazis

Other Character(s):

Eric Lander (first appearance; builds a "self-disguising space bomber" that is stolen by the Nazis and destroyed)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
New London, CT

Story Reprinted in:

Comic Cavalcade Archives #1 (2005)
Wonder Woman Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2016)


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Second Story: "The Guy Who Liked Bananas" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryTed Udall
ArtJon Chester Kozlak
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

King (last in Flash Comics #41/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Witch (last in Flash Comics #41/2)

Villain(s):

Bananas Dawson (first appearance; a criminal genius; dies slipping on a banana peel)

Story Reprinted in:

Comic Cavalcade Archives #1 (2005)


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Third Story: "A Little Savage Revenge" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJon L. Blummer
ArtJon L. Blummer
LetteringJon L. Blummer
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Hop Harrigan

Supporting Character(s):

Tank Tinker

Villain(s):

Six Japanese fighter planes (first appearance for all; all die)

Location(s):

South Pacific


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Fourth Story: "The Man Most Likely To Succeed" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn B. Wentworth
ArtSheldon Moldoff
LetteringSheldon Moldoff
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Sargon the Sorcerer (last in All-American Comics #50/6)

Villain(s):

Al Tyrone and his gang (first appearance for all)

Story Reprinted in:

Comic Cavalcade Archives #1 (2005)


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Fifth Story: "The Bushmaster" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtStan Aschmeier
LetteringStan Aschmeier
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (last in Green Lantern #8/4; next in All-American Comics #51)

Supporting Character(s):

Doiby Dickles
Irene Miller (next in Green Lantern: Brightest Day, Blackest Night)

Villain(s):

The Bushmaster (first appearance; a Nazi spy; dies)

Other Character(s):

John Ames (first appearance; an inventor)

Comment(s):

Bill Finger and Stan Aschmeier credited as Mart Nodel.
This story takes place during the summer.
This is the last appearance of Irene Miller during the Golden Age.
Recites the oath:
And I shall shed my light over dark evil,
For the dark things cannot stand the light,
the light of the Green Lantern!

Story Reprinted in:

Comic Cavalcade Archives #1 (2005)


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Sixth Story: "Last of the Thunderbirds" (2 Pages)

Credits:

LetteringTypeset
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Hop Harrigan

Supporting Character(s):

Tank Tinker

Villain(s):

Japanese Air Force (first appearance for both)

Other Character(s):

Lt. Charlie Thunderbird (first appearance; a Navajo pilot; dies)

Location(s):

Pacific Ocean

Comment(s):

This is a text story.


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Seventh Story: "The Laws of Pumpkin Center!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtLou Ferstadt
LetteringLou Ferstadt
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Flash (last in All-Flash #11; next in Flash Comics #44)

Supporting Character(s):

Joan Williams (last in All-Flash #11; next in Flash Comics #44)

Villain(s):

Eel Madden (first appearance; uses the unusual laws of Pumpkin Center to his criminal advantage; possibly related to the criminal in Star Spangled Comics)

Other Character(s):

Uncle Ezra (first appearance; Joan's uncle, a resident of Pumpkin Center)

Location(s):

Pumpkin Center (first appearance)

Comment(s):

Lou Ferstadt credited as E. E. Hibbard.

Story Reprinted in:

Comic Cavalcade Archives #1 (2005)


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