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Issue: Exciting Comics #3 (6) Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1940
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Issues: #3 (6) of 69 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/01/1940
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Space Rovers
Character(s): The Space Rovers [Ted Hunt; Jane Martin]
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Pages: 1
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Ted Crane in Egypt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ted Crane
Character(s): Ted Crane; Betty Hawkins; Professor Hawkins; Phator (villain, introduction); Cult of Death (villain, introduction)
First Line: On the veranda of the Hotel Luxor...
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Pages: 8
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The Golden Victims of Orro

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Space Rovers
Character(s): The Space Rovers [Ted Hunt; Jane Martin]; Orro (villain, introduction, death); space pirates (villains, introductions); their king (villain, introduction); Prince Kongor (introduction)
First Line: After many exciting adventures out in space...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Plot Against Tony Colby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Mask
Character(s): The Mask [Tony Colby]; Carol Smith (secretary); Silk; Butch; Rusty Bolton (villain, introduction, death); Yarnell (villain, introduction); Porter (villain, introduction)
First Line: None but his three aides...
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Pages: 6
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Mystery of the Missing Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Son of the Gods
Character(s): Dr. John Thesson [Son of the Gods]; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; The Invincible Five [Burton (villain, introduction); four others (villains, introductions)]
First Line: Three mechanics are seized...
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Pages: 9
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The Kidnapped Inventor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: military
Feature(s): Sergeant Bill King
Character(s): Sergeant Bill King; Dr. Graham (introduction); Hans (villain, introduction, death); other spies (villains, introductions, deaths); Franz
First Line: A new shell receives a tryout behind the Maginot Line.
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Pages: 6
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Jimmy Saves the Trail Drive

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Jimmy Blue
Character(s): Jimmy Blue; Tom Harper
First Line: Jimmy Blue felt very proud.
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Pages: 1
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Disaster at the Gold Mine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dan Williams, Private Investigator
Character(s): Dan Williams, Private Investigator; Halliday (villain, introduction, death); Mr. Preston; Hank Dawson; Diana Dawson
First Line: The foreman of the Golconda gold mine travels to New York to see his employer!
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Pages: 6
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The Radio Announcer Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Sphinx
Character(s): Gaskell (villain, introduction); The Sphinx [Ellsworth Forrester]; Joe; Lefty
First Line: Ellsworth Forrester spends a quiet evening at home!
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Pages: 6
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Charlie Saves the Day

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Charlie Sturdy; James Grant
First Line: Charlie Sturdy knew that he should not bounce his rubber ball up against the side of the apartment building.
Synopsis: Charlie, fetching his ball, encounters James Grant tied up. Charlie frees James and subsequently helps to foil a burglary.
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Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: The remainder of the page is taken up with an ad for The Ghost Detective pulp magazine.
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7 Keys to Baldpate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Harvey
Character(s): Harvey; Mom
First Line: Mom - Kin I have a dime...
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Title refers to a movie adaptation of "Seven Keys to Baldpate", a play by George M. Cohan (1913), adapted from a novel of same year by Earl Derr Biggers (Charlie Chan's author).
The movie is likely 1935 version: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026978/

The second page has a completely separate story line.
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The Stagecoach Bandits

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger
Character(s): Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger; Texas Ranger Captain McDowell; Lobo (villain, introduction, death); Gleason (villain, introduction); Porter
First Line: Here comes the stage!
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Make-Believe Mickey
Character(s): Make-Believe Mickey; Gracie
First Line: Oo! An airplane!
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Two separate story lines, one per page.

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