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Issue: Thrilling Comics #1 (10) Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1940
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Issues: #1 (10) of 80 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/19/1940
Volume: 4
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)
Disclose Notes: Called "Doc Strange" in cover text; name "Dr. Strange" used for last time under cover cameo portrait and interior story.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]
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Dr. Strange, Patriot

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doc Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (guest-star); The Leader [Robert Marsh] (villain, introduction); Dallas (villain, introduction, death); Bundists (villains)
First Line: The great metropolitan power-house goes up In flames!
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Pages: 16
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Ghost [George Chance]; John Kent; Betty Morris; Prof. Fenton (villain); Nauheim (villain, introduction); King Rasamis (introduction)
First Line: John Kent, famous industrial leader, is chosen...
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Pages: 7
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Genres: espionage
Character(s): Nickie Norton; Meyers (villain, introduction, death); Bundists (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Shocking news!
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Pages: 8
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Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): The Lone Eagle; Major Rossi (villain; introduction; death); C.L. Judson (death); Pietro (henchman)
First Line: The Lone Eagle, famed American ace, reports at Langley Field!
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Pages: 8
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Black Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; Linda Lytell (actress); Perry Knight (actor); Tinker (actor, death); Inspector Cavanaugh; unnamed Police Commissioner; Mike (Policeman); The Black Death [Weber] (villain, theatre owner, introduction)
First Line: In the dressing-room of Linda Lytell, a noted actress -
Synopsis: When Perry Knight, supposedly as the Black Death, murders an actor on stage, he is arrested by Inspector Cavanaugh. At the same time, his leading lady, Linda Lytell, is kidnapped. The Woman in Red enters the case to track down the real killer, posing at The Black Death.
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Disclose Notes: Artist William Smith per Alter Ego #114 (December 2012).
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Jungle Rescue

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Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Bobby Thomas; Jim Thomas; Sally Smith; Mr. Smith
First Line: Bobby Thomas awoke and looked about...
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Genres: war
Character(s): Tom Niles, Undersea Raider; Schleuter (villain, introduction); Nazis (villain); Fascists (villain)
First Line: Italian sky-raiders bomb the British isle of Malta!
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Genres: sports
Character(s): Dan Duffy; Ollie Brant (villain; introduction); Fred Thomas (introduction); Marcia Lee; Blink
First Line: Dan Duffy, captain of the Carson University Eleven, meets a new player.
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Disclose Notes: Platt signs - as 'Kin' - in the final panel.
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Every Day Is Election Day!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Chats with the Editor
Synopsis: Promo for the "Thrilling Club". Coupon for survey of features and registration to "CASH PRIZE CONTEST".
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Genres: western
Character(s): The Rio Kid; Baker (villain, introduction); Sheriff Dawson (villain, introduction); Carsons (newspaper proprietor); Doyle (banker)
First Line: The Kid camps at the foot of a mountain in western Arizona...
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Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to John Daly, but is clearly by Ralph Cone.

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