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Funny Picture Stories#3
Cover: Bob Wood

Funny Picture Stories #3

Nov 1937 · Ultem · 0.10 USD
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In "Flood Valve '5'," the U.S. Navy’s latest radio-magnetic range finders are put to the test under the watchful eye of Ambassador Gezzo, setting off a tense race between two competing designs. When one fails during critical trials, suspicion falls on a secretary in a restricted zone—only for Lt. Ford to uncover a more unexpected source behind the malfunction. Art by Frank Frollo, with cover by Bob Wood.

Contains 19 stories
Flood Valve "5"
5 pp · Adventure
un-named USN CaptainLieutenant FordJack (Naval sailor)Bandel (Naval officer, death)Ambassador GezzoFerdfi (Ambassador Gezzo's Secretary)Dunn (villain, Naval officer, inventor)

In "Flood Valve '5'" from *Funny Picture Stories* #3 (1937), tension rises when a mysterious failure in a new radio-magnetic range finder threatens a high-stakes naval test, prompting suspicion to fall on Lt. Ford after the Secretary to Ambassador Gezzo is found in a restricted zone. As the investigation unfolds, Ford must untangle a web of deception to uncover the true source behind the sabotage—before the American government is left vulnerable.

The Home of Washington
1 pp · Non-Fiction
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
MaPa
Untitled Drama story
7 pp · Drama
SonnyBill McKayPeteTom Ryan
Untitled Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals story
1 pp · Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Preston
Lynch Law
1 pp · Non-Fiction
Charles Lynch
Untitled Detective-Mystery story
5 pp · Detective-Mystery
HolmesHenryVandeler
Silas Marner by George Eliot
3 pp · Drama
Silas Marner
Untitled Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals story
2 pp · Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Untitled Drama story
7 pp · Drama
Jack StrandDiana CarlinPsykthe warden
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
1 pp · Non-Fiction
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Chief
Untitled Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals story
1 pp · Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Tommy (a young bear)
Untitled Crime story
5 pp · Crime
Gil GalenMangoRita
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Western-Frontier
Spider-LegsOscar
Untitled Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals story
5 pp · Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Rinkie Dinkie (a dog)

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $337
CGC 9.8 $22,954*
CGC 9.6 $14,407*
CGC 9.4 $9,246*
CGC 9.2 $5,926*
CGC 9.0 $4,134*
CGC 8.5 $2,908*
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CGC 8.0 $2,284*
CGC 7.5 $1,795*
CGC 7.0 $1,498*
CGC 6.5 $1,262*
CGC 6.0 $1,077*
CGC 5.5 $906
CGC 5.0 $851*
CGC 4.5 $721*
CGC 4.0 $635*
CGC 3.5 $572*
CGC 3.0 $494*
CGC 2.5 $407*
CGC 2.0 $350*
CGC 1.5 $271*
CGC 1.0 $223*
CGC 0.5 $176*
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Full credits

artist, inker Frank Frollo
cover pencils, inks Bob Wood

Reprints

Reprinted in Little Giant Comics #1 (1938), Little Giant Comics #3 (1938), Funny Picture Stories #3 (1939), Amazing Mystery Funnies #4 (1939)

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