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| Title = New Fun Comics
 
| Title = New Fun Comics
| Image = New Fun 3.jpg
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| Image = New Fun Comics Vol 1 3.jpg
 
| Volume = 1
 
| Volume = 1
 
| Issue = 3
 
| Issue = 3
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| Speaker =
 
| Speaker =
   
| Editor1_1 = Lloyd V. Jacquet
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| Editor1_1 = Lloyd Jacquet
 
| Writer1_1 = Ken Fitch
 
| Writer1_1 = Ken Fitch
 
| Penciler1_1 = Clem Gretter
 
| Penciler1_1 = Clem Gretter
 
| Inker1_1 = Clem Gretter
 
| Inker1_1 = Clem Gretter
| StoryTitle1 = Don Drake: "On the Planet Saro, Part 3"
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| StoryTitle1 = Don Drake on the Planet Saro: "The Midget Men, Part 3"
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| Synopsis1 = With [[New_Fun_Comics_Vol_1_2#Synopsis_for_Don_Drake:_.22On_the_Planet_Saro:_Part_2.22|water pouring in]], the Sphere Ship is fished out of the water by what looks like a giant ant. The creature brings the ship, with Don, Betty, and the Midget Men inside, to its nest. The Midget Men advise Don that the ant-creatures are harmless, but their masters, beasts with many arms, are to be feared. Sure enough, Betty sees the giant ants scurrying away, just as one of the tentacled horrors attacks the ship. Don fires his atomic energy gun, but the creature [[New_Fun_Comics_Vol_1_4#Synopsis_for_Don_Drake:_.22On_the_Planet_Saro.2C_Part_4.22|seizes him]] in its tentacle.
| Synopsis1 =
 
 
| Appearing1 =
 
| Appearing1 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
* {{a|[[Don Drake (Earth-Two)|Don Drake]]}}
 
* {{a|[[Don Drake (Earth-Two)|Don Drake]]}}
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
  +
* {{a|[[Betty (Earth-Two)|Betty]]}}
* Betty
 
'''Villains:'''
+
'''Alien Animals:'''
  +
* giant antlike Saros Bugs
* <br/>
 
  +
* giant tentacled Saros Bug-Masters
 
'''Other Characters:'''
 
'''Other Characters:'''
  +
* the Midget Men
* <br/>
 
 
'''Locations:'''
 
'''Locations:'''
* Planet Saro
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* {{a|[[Saro|Planet Saro]]}}
 
'''Items:'''
 
'''Items:'''
* Drake's atomic energy gun
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* Drake's Atomic Energy Gun
 
'''Vehicles:'''
 
'''Vehicles:'''
* Don and Betty's sphere-ship
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* Don and Betty's Sphere-Ship
   
 
| Writer2_1 = Charles Flanders
 
| Writer2_1 = Charles Flanders
 
| Penciler2_1 = Charles Flanders
 
| Penciler2_1 = Charles Flanders
 
| Inker2_1 = Charles Flanders
 
| Inker2_1 = Charles Flanders
| StoryTitle2 = Sandra of the Secret Service: "The Gavonia Affair, Part 3"
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| StoryTitle2 = Sandra of the Secret Service: "The Gavonian Affair, Part 3"
 
| Synopsis2 =
 
| Synopsis2 =
 
| Appearing2 =
 
| Appearing2 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
* {{a|[[Sandra of the Secret Service (Earth-Two)|Sandra of the Secret Service]]}}
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* {{a|[[Sandra McLane (Earth-Two)|Sandra of the Secret Service]]}}
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
* Lothar
 
* Lothar
 
* Reynolds
 
* Reynolds
'''Villains:'''
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'''Antagonists:'''
 
* two Gavonian spies
 
* two Gavonian spies
'''Other Characters:'''
 
* <br/>
 
 
'''Locations:'''
 
'''Locations:'''
* steamship bound for Gavonia
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* steamship bound for [[Gavonia]]
'''Items:'''
 
* <br/>
 
 
'''Vehicles:'''
 
'''Vehicles:'''
  +
* passenger steamship
* <br/>
 
   
 
| Writer3_1 = Vincent Sullivan
 
| Writer3_1 = Vincent Sullivan
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| Appearing3 =
 
| Appearing3 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
* Spike Spalding {{1st}}
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* {{a|[[Spike Spalding (Earth-Two)|Spike Spalding]]}} {{1st}}
  +
'''Supporting Characters:'''
  +
* Pincus {{1st}}
 
'''Other Characters:'''
  +
* Philip of Patrania
 
'''Locations:'''
 
'''Locations:'''
* Patrania
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* {{a|[[Patrania]]}}
   
 
| StoryTitle4 = Magic Crystal of History: "Archimedes"
 
| StoryTitle4 = Magic Crystal of History: "Archimedes"
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| Appearing4 =
 
| Appearing4 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
  +
* {{a|[[Bobby (Earth-Two)|Bobby]]}}
* Bobby
 
  +
* {{a|[[Binks (Earth-Two)|Binks]]}}
* Binks
 
  +
'''Other Characters:'''
  +
* {{WP|Archimedes}}
  +
'''Locations:'''
  +
* {{a|[[Egypt]]}}, 26th Century BC
 
'''Items:'''
 
'''Items:'''
 
* [[Time Travel|Magic Crystal of History]]
 
* [[Time Travel|Magic Crystal of History]]
   
| StoryTitle5 = In the Wake of the Wander, Part 1 <!-- Is Captain Spiniker in this? -->
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| StoryTitle5 = In the Wake of the Wander, Part 1
| Writer5_1 = Tom Cooper <!-- Same writer/artist, same seafaring adventure theme, but same characters? -->
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| Writer5_1 = Tom Cooper
 
| Penciler5_1 = Tom Cooper
 
| Penciler5_1 = Tom Cooper
 
| Inker5_1 = Tom Cooper
 
| Inker5_1 = Tom Cooper
 
| Synopsis5 =
 
| Synopsis5 =
 
| Appearing5 =
 
| Appearing5 =
  +
'''Featured Characters:'''
  +
* {{a|[[Captain Grim (Earth-Two)|Captain Grim]]}}
   
 
| StoryTitle9 = Jack Andrews: "The Mysterious Stranger, Part 3"
 
| StoryTitle9 = Jack Andrews: "The Mysterious Stranger, Part 3"
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* {{a|[[Jack Andrews (Earth-Two)|Jack Andrews]]}}
 
* {{a|[[Jack Andrews (Earth-Two)|Jack Andrews]]}}
   
| StoryTitle11 = Buckskin Jim
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| StoryTitle11 = Buckskin Jim: "Indian Ambush, Part 3"
 
| Writer11_1 = Tom Cooper
 
| Writer11_1 = Tom Cooper
 
| Penciler11_1 = Tom Cooper
 
| Penciler11_1 = Tom Cooper
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| Appearing11 =
 
| Appearing11 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
* {{a|[[Buckskin Jim (Earth-Two)|Buckskin Jim]]}}
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* {{a|[[Jim Kenyon (Earth-Two)|Buckskin Jim]]}}
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
* Trapper Pete
 
* Trapper Pete
'''Villains:'''
 
* Indians
 
 
'''Horses:'''
 
'''Horses:'''
 
* Blackie
 
* Blackie
  +
'''Antagonists:'''
 
* Indians
  +
'''Locations:'''
  +
* {{a|[[Texas]]}}
 
'''Dates:'''
  +
* Late {{WP|1840s}}
   
| Writer12_1 = Charles Flanders
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| Writer12_1 = Sir Walter Scott
  +
| Writer12_2 = Charles Flanders
 
| Penciler12_1 = Charles Flanders
 
| Penciler12_1 = Charles Flanders
 
| Inker12_1 = Charles Flanders
 
| Inker12_1 = Charles Flanders
 
| StoryTitle12 = Ivanhoe: "Episode 3"
 
| StoryTitle12 = Ivanhoe: "Episode 3"
| Synopsis12 =
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| Synopsis12 =
 
| Appearing12 =
 
| Appearing12 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
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* {{a|[[Cedric (Earth-Two)|Cedric the Saxon]]}}
 
* {{a|[[Cedric (Earth-Two)|Cedric the Saxon]]}}
 
* Lady Rowena
 
* Lady Rowena
'''Villains:'''
+
'''Antagonists:'''
* {{a|[[Brian de Bois-Guilbert (Earth-Two)|Brian de Bois-Guilbert]]}} {{1st}}
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* {{a|[[Brian de Bois-Guilbert (Earth-Two)|Brian de Bois-Guilbert]]}}
* {{a|[[Prior Aymor (Earth-Two)|Prior Aymor]]}} {{1st}}
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* {{a|[[Prior Aymor (Earth-Two)|Prior Aymor]]}}
 
'''Locations:'''
 
'''Locations:'''
* 12th Century Britain
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* 12th Century {{a|[[England]]}}
'''Items:'''
 
* <br/>
 
'''Vehicles:'''
 
* <br/>
 
   
 
| StoryTitle15 = Wing Brady: "Soldiers of France"
 
| StoryTitle15 = Wing Brady: "Soldiers of France"
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* {{a|[[Wing Brady (Earth-Two)|Wing Brady]]}}
 
* {{a|[[Wing Brady (Earth-Two)|Wing Brady]]}}
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
* French Foreign Legion
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* {{a|[[French Foreign Legion]]}}
 
** Slim
 
** Slim
'''Villains:'''
+
'''Antagonists:'''
* Bedouin Riffs
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* Bedouin marauders
 
'''Locations:'''
 
'''Locations:'''
* North Africa
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* {{a|[[Algeria|North Africa]]}}
   
 
| StoryTitle17 = Jack Woods: "Don Nogales, Part 3"
 
| StoryTitle17 = Jack Woods: "Don Nogales, Part 3"
| Writer17_1 = W. C. Brigham
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| Writer17_1 = W.C. Brigham
| Penciler17_1 = W. C. Brigham
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| Penciler17_1 = W.C. Brigham
| Inker17_1 = W. C. Brigham
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| Inker17_1 = W.C. Brigham
 
| Synopsis17 =
 
| Synopsis17 =
 
| Appearing17 =
 
| Appearing17 =
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* {{a|[[Jack Woods (Earth-Two)|Jack Woods]]}}
 
* {{a|[[Jack Woods (Earth-Two)|Jack Woods]]}}
 
'''Other Characters:'''
 
'''Other Characters:'''
* Dolores, daughter of Don Nogales {{1st}}
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* {{a|[[Dolores Nogales (Earth-Two)|Dolores Nogales]]}} {{1st}}
'''Villains:'''
+
'''Antagonists:'''
* Don Nogales
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* {{a|[[Don Nogales (Earth-Two)|Don Nogales]]}}
* Don Pedro De Roganza, governor {{1st}}
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* {{a|[[Pedro de Roganza (Earth-Two)|Don De Roganza]]}} {{1st}}
 
** Don Pedro's soldiers
 
** Don Pedro's soldiers
 
'''Locations:'''
 
'''Locations:'''
* Mexico, early 1900s
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* {{a|[[Mexico]]}}, {{WP|1916}}
   
 
| StoryTitle18 = Loco Luke: "Out West, Part 3"
 
| StoryTitle18 = Loco Luke: "Out West, Part 3"
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| Appearing18 =
 
| Appearing18 =
 
'''Feature Characters:'''
 
'''Feature Characters:'''
* Loco Luke
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* {{a|[[Loco Luke (Earth-Two)|Loco Luke]]}}
   
 
| Writer19_1 = Richard Loederer
 
| Penciler19_1 = Richard Loederer
 
| Inker19_1 = Richard Loederer
 
| StoryTitle19 = Brad Hardy: "The Underground Kingdom of the Snakemen"
 
| StoryTitle19 = Brad Hardy: "The Underground Kingdom of the Snakemen"
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| Synopsis19 = Snakemen from an Underground Kingdom kidnap Brad Hardy's girlfriend Lorraine Lews, and he pursues them into their caverns.
| Synopsis19 =
 
 
| Appearing19 =
 
| Appearing19 =
 
'''Feature Characters:'''
 
'''Feature Characters:'''
 
* {{a|[[Brad Hardy (Earth-Two)|Brad Hardy]]}} {{1st}}
 
* {{a|[[Brad Hardy (Earth-Two)|Brad Hardy]]}} {{1st}}
  +
'''Supporting Characters:'''
| Writer19_1 = Richard Loederer
 
  +
* {{a|[[Lorraine Lewis (Earth-Two)|Lorraine Lewis]]}} {{1st}}
| Penciler19_1 = Richard Loederer
 
  +
'''Antagonists:'''
| Inker19_1 = Richard Loederer
 
  +
* Snakemen
 
'''Locations:'''
  +
* {{a|[[Kingdoms of the Underworld]]}}
  +
** Kingdom of the Snakemen
   
 
| StoryTitle21 = Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow of China, Part 3"
 
| StoryTitle21 = Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow of China, Part 3"
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* {{a|[[Barry O'Neill (Earth-Two)|Barry O'Neill]]}}
 
* {{a|[[Barry O'Neill (Earth-Two)|Barry O'Neill]]}}
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
* Inspector Le Grande
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* {{a|[[Inspector Le Grand (Earth-Two)|Inspector Le Grand]]}}
'''Villains:'''
+
'''Antagonists:'''
 
* {{a|[[Fang Gow (Earth-Two)|Fang Gow]]}}
 
* {{a|[[Fang Gow (Earth-Two)|Fang Gow]]}}
 
** Fu-Yak
 
** Fu-Yak
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** seaplane crew
 
** seaplane crew
   
| StoryTitle30 = Fun Films: "Tad Among the Pirates, Part 3
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| StoryTitle30 = Fun Films: "Tad Among the Pirates, Part 3"
 
| Writer30_1 = Adolphe Barreaux
 
| Writer30_1 = Adolphe Barreaux
 
| Penciler30_1 = Adolphe Barreaux
 
| Penciler30_1 = Adolphe Barreaux
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* USS Hornet
 
* USS Hornet
   
| StoryTitle34 = 2023: Super Police: "Captain Kiddlaw: Part 3"
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| StoryTitle34 = 2023 Super Police: "Captain Kiddlaw, Part 3"
 
| Writer34_1 = Ken Fitch
 
| Writer34_1 = Ken Fitch
 
| Penciler34_1 = Clem Gretter
 
| Penciler34_1 = Clem Gretter
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| Appearing34 =
 
| Appearing34 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
  +
* {{a|[[Rex Cosmos (Earth-Two)|Rex Cosmos]]}}
* Rex Carson
 
* Professor Shanley
+
* {{a|[[Professor Shanley (Earth-Two)|Professor Stanley]]}}
* Joan Shanley
+
* {{a|[[Joan Shanley (Earth-Two)|Joan Shanley]]}}
 
* Axel Yoke
 
* Axel Yoke
'''Villains:'''
+
'''Antagonists:'''
* Captain Kiddlaw, wizard-pirate
+
* {{a|[[Captain Kiddlaw (Earth-Two)|Captain Kiddlaw, wizard-pirate]]}}
  +
'''Locations:'''
  +
* {{WP|Galapagos Islands}}
 
'''Vehicles:'''
 
'''Vehicles:'''
* the Hi-Lo
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* Hi-Lo, stratoplane/submarine
'''Items:'''
 
*
 
   
 
| Notes =
 
| Notes =
 
* Published by [[DC Comics|National Allied Publications]].
 
* Published by [[DC Comics|National Allied Publications]].
* Last issue for ''Bubby and Beevil''.
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* First issue for '''Brad Hardy''', by [[Richard Loederer]].
* First issue for ''Brad Hardy''.
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* This issue '''Cap'n Spinniker''' is absent, but returns next issue.
* First issue for ''Spike Spalding''.
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* Last issue for '''Fun Films: "Tad Among the Pirates''', by [[Adolphe Barreaux]].
  +
* First issue for [[W.C. Brigham]] art on '''Jack Woods.'''
* Also appearing in this issue of ''New Fun'' were:
 
  +
* First issue for '''Spike Spalding''' by [[Vincent Sullivan]].
** "{{WP|Oswald_the_Lucky_Rabbit|Oswald the Rabbit}}", by [[Al Stahl]]
 
 
* Also appearing in this issue of ''New Fun Comics'' were:
** Little Linda: "Sonny", by [[Whitney Ellsworth]]
 
** After School: "My Grandpa", by [[Tom McNamara]]
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** ''After School'': "My Grandpa", by [[Tom McNamara]]
** Bubby and Beevil: "The End of the Rainbow", by [[Dick Loederer]]
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** ''Bubby and Beevil'': "The End of the Rainbow", by [[Richard Loederer|Dick Loederer]] {{final}}
** "Caveman Capers", by Dick Loederer
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** ''Caveman Capers'', by [[Richard Loederer|Dick Loederer]]
** "Pelion and Ossa", by [[John Lindermayer]]
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** ''Little Linda'': "Sonny", by [[Whitney Ellsworth]]
 
** "{{WP|Oswald_the_Lucky_Rabbit|''Oswald the Rabbit''}}", by [[Al Stahl]]
  +
** ''Pelion and Ossa'', by [[John Lindermayer]]
   
 
| Trivia =
 
| Trivia =
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* [[New Comics Vol 1|New Comics]]
 
* [[New Comics Vol 1|New Comics]]
 
* [[More Fun Comics Vol 1|More Fun Comics]]
 
* [[More Fun Comics Vol 1|More Fun Comics]]
| CustomSection1 = Related Articles
 
| CustomText1 =
 
* [[1935]]
 
* [[:Category:Barry O'Neill (Earth-Two)/Appearances|Barry O'Neill appearances list]]
 
* [[:Category:Sandra of the Secret Service (Earth-Two)/Appearances|Sandra of the Secret Service appearances list]]
 
 
| Links =
 
| Links =
 
}}
 
}}
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[[Category:Time Travel/Appearances]]

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"Don Drake on the Planet Saro: "The Midget Men, Part 3"": With water pouring in, the Sphere Ship is fished out of the water by what looks like a giant ant. The creature brings the ship, with Don, Betty, and the M

New Fun Comics #3 is an issue of the series New Fun Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1935.

Synopsis for Don Drake on the Planet Saro: "The Midget Men, Part 3"

With water pouring in, the Sphere Ship is fished out of the water by what looks like a giant ant. The creature brings the ship, with Don, Betty, and the Midget Men inside, to its nest. The Midget Men advise Don that the ant-creatures are harmless, but their masters, beasts with many arms, are to be feared. Sure enough, Betty sees the giant ants scurrying away, just as one of the tentacled horrors attacks the ship. Don fires his atomic energy gun, but the creature seizes him in its tentacle.

Appearing in Don Drake on the Planet Saro: "The Midget Men, Part 3"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Alien Animals:

  • giant antlike Saros Bugs
  • giant tentacled Saros Bug-Masters

Other Characters:

  • the Midget Men

Locations:

Items:

  • Drake's Atomic Energy Gun

Vehicles:

  • Don and Betty's Sphere-Ship


Synopsis for Sandra of the Secret Service: "The Gavonian Affair, Part 3"


Appearing in Sandra of the Secret Service: "The Gavonian Affair, Part 3"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Lothar
  • Reynolds

Antagonists:

  • two Gavonian spies

Locations:

Vehicles:

  • passenger steamship

Synopsis for Spike Spalding: "The Mysterious Doings in the Kingdom of Patrania"


Appearing in Spike Spalding: "The Mysterious Doings in the Kingdom of Patrania"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Pincus (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Philip of Patrania

Locations:

Synopsis for Magic Crystal of History: "Archimedes"


Appearing in Magic Crystal of History: "Archimedes"

Featured Characters:

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

Synopsis for "In the Wake of the Wander, Part 1"


Appearing in "In the Wake of the Wander, Part 1"

Featured Characters:

Synopsis for Jack Andrews: "The Mysterious Stranger, Part 3"


Appearing in Jack Andrews: "The Mysterious Stranger, Part 3"

Featured Characters:

Synopsis for Buckskin Jim: "Indian Ambush, Part 3"


Appearing in Buckskin Jim: "Indian Ambush, Part 3"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Trapper Pete

Horses:

  • Blackie

Antagonists:

  • Indians

Locations:

Dates:

Synopsis for Ivanhoe: "Episode 3"


Appearing in Ivanhoe: "Episode 3"

Featured Characters:

Other Characters:

Antagonists:

Locations:

Synopsis for Wing Brady: "Soldiers of France"


Appearing in Wing Brady: "Soldiers of France"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Bedouin marauders

Locations:

Synopsis for Jack Woods: "Don Nogales, Part 3"


Appearing in Jack Woods: "Don Nogales, Part 3"

Feature Characters:

Other Characters:

Antagonists:

Locations:

Synopsis for Loco Luke: "Out West, Part 3"


Appearing in Loco Luke: "Out West, Part 3"

Feature Characters:

Synopsis for Brad Hardy: "The Underground Kingdom of the Snakemen"

Snakemen from an Underground Kingdom kidnap Brad Hardy's girlfriend Lorraine Lews, and he pursues them into their caverns.

Appearing in Brad Hardy: "The Underground Kingdom of the Snakemen"

Feature Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Snakemen

Locations:

Synopsis for Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow of China, Part 3"


Appearing in Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow of China, Part 3"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Synopsis for Fun Films: "Tad Among the Pirates, Part 3"


Appearing in Fun Films: "Tad Among the Pirates, Part 3"

  • Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for Midshipman Dewey: "Jack Dewey"


Appearing in Midshipman Dewey: "Jack Dewey"

Feature Characters:

Vehicles:

  • USS Hornet

Synopsis for 2023 Super Police: "Captain Kiddlaw, Part 3"


Appearing in 2023 Super Police: "Captain Kiddlaw, Part 3"

Featured Characters:

Antagonists:

Locations:

Vehicles:

  • Hi-Lo, stratoplane/submarine

Notes



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