The Adventures of Biggles (Strato) No. 3 was the third of a series of nine comic albums published by Strato Publications of London in the 1950s which contained Biggles and other comic stories. Many of the Biggles stories had first been published by Action Comics, Sydney in their comic series also entitled Adventures of Biggles.
The cover was probably adapted from that of one of the Australian issues but it is not clear which. The cover gives a byline to W. E. Johns and states "Drawings by Albert De Vine".
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The comic contained the following:
- Info page on bombers
- The Submarine Spies (Part 1 and Part 2) - a Biggles story from Action Comics' Adventures of Biggles, issue #28.
- The Pirate Sub - a Biggles story also attributed to Albert de Vine but the original source is unknown.
- The Crimson Comet - No subtitle. Features the superhero secret agent who has wings but keeps them usually hidden under a trench coat. Set during the Korean War. This time he is sent to scout out enemy troops believed to be massing for a counter-attack. Attributed to John Dixon.
- Tim Valour (Commander of the famous Tigerhawks) - a non-Biggles story about a F-86 Sabre squadron set during the Korean War. Attributed to John Dixon. Here, the squadron sets out to defeat a trap which the North Koreans Mig-15s had been springing on unsuspecting U.N. Sabres.