Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	June 1940
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Joe Simon
Notes	MYSTIC COMICS published monthly by Timely Publications at 330 W. 42nd Street, N.Y. Application for second class matter pending at Post Office at Meriden, Conn., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Yearly subscription in U.S. $1.00. Vol. 1 No. 3, June, 1940. Entire contents copyright by Timely Publications, 330 W. 42nd St., N. Y., N. Y. Printed in U. S. A. For advertising write Marvel Group, 330 W. 42nd St., N. Y. C.

Cover Details - "Suddenly the monster of all evil was behind the Blue Blaze!"

Characters	Blue Blaze [Spencer Keen]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Alex Schomburg
Inks	Alex Schomburg

1 page Crowel-Collier Publishing Co. advertisement "G-Man Outfit with Lie Detector"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover.

7 page Blue Blaze story "Menace of the Star Gazer"

Characters	Blue Blaze [Spencer Keen]
Synopsis	A criminal syndicate hires an astronomer to kill the Blue Blaze with a monster created by star rays.
Genre	superhero
Notes	Unlike the stories in issues #1 and #4, this story is not signed. The Blue Blaze's cowl leaves his face bare starting with this issue.

7 page Hercules story "The Origin of Hercules"

Characters	Hercules David (introduction; origin); Dr. David (introduction; death)
Synopsis	Dr. David raises his son apart from the civilized world to be a perfect physical and mental specimen. After his death, the young man rejoins civilization and is called Hercules because of his impressive physique. While initially convinced to be a side show attraction, he soon decides to use his strength to fight crime.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Arnold Hicks ?
Inks	Arnold Hicks ?
Notes	Jerry Bails' Who's Who lists Arnold Hicks as an artist for this feature but it looks like different people wrote this story and the story in #4. This story looks more like the art work on Master Mind Excello and Space Rangers, which Who's Who also credits to Hicks.

7 page Flexo the Rubber Man story "The Cold-Blooded Iron Duke"

Characters	Flexo; Joel Williams; Joshua Williams
Synopsis	The brothers use Flexo to put a stop to a group of arsonists collecting fire insurance money.
Genre	superhero

6 page Space Rangers story "Land of the Missing Rockets"

Characters	Space Rangers [Bob Raleigh; Nibbs]
Synopsis	The Space Rangers defeat spaceship thieves from the planet Glakor.
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Arnold Hicks
Inks	Arnold Hicks
Notes	Art credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. There's a teaser for another Space Rangers story next issue, but it never appeared.

7 page Master Mind Excello story "The Ring of Saboteurs"

Characters	Master Mind Excello [Earl Everett]
Synopsis	Excello stops the Russians from blowing up American train tracks and subways.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Arnold Hicks
Inks	Arnold Hicks
Notes	Art credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. There's a teaser for another Master Mind Excello story next issue, but it never appeared.

2 page text story "Thieves Retribution"

Script	S. S. Bedford (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text with illustrations.

7 page Dakor the Magician story "The Pool of Nordu"

Characters	Dakor
Synopsis	Dakor rescues a white woman from a native tribe that has captured her and drugged her to serve as their goddess.
Genre	occult
Notes	There's a teaser for another Dakor story next issue, but it never appeared.

7 page Zara of the Jungle story "The Haunted Forest"

Characters	Zara; Jeff Graves
Synopsis	Zara rescues Commissioner Graves from a python and then helps him shut down a slave trade organization in the jungle, over his objections.
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Newt Alfred
Inks	Newt Alfred
Notes	Art credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. There's a teaser for another Zara story in the next issue, but it never appeared.

7 page Dynamic Man story "The Dreaded Hood"

Characters	Dynamic Man [Curt Cowan]; Chief Hopkins
Synopsis	Dynamic Man protects a banker from The Hood, who has killed three bankers already.
Genre	superhero

7 page Invisible Man Known As Dr. Gade, The story "The Grave Robber"

Characters	Invisible Man [Dr. Gade]
Synopsis	Dr. Gade busts a group of grave robbers, passing himself off as a ghost several times in the process.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Newt Alfred
Inks	Newt Alfred
Notes	Art credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who, as this story and the one in issue #2 appear to be drawn by someone other than George Harrison, who drew the story in issue #4.

1 page Charles Atlas advertisement "Here's the Kind of Man I Build!"

Letters	typeset; ?
Notes	Inside back cover.

1 page Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter advertisement "This Beautiful Desk for Only $1.00"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Back cover.