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Issue: Exciting Comics #2 (8) Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1941
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Issues: #2 (8) of 69 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/02/1941
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (10 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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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Ted Crane
Character(s): Ted Crane; Betty Hawkins
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Pages: 1
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Ted Crane in Uganda

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ted Crane
Character(s): Ted Crane; Betty Hawkins; Professor Hawkins; Vincent (villain, introduction)
First Line: The East African Express piles up...
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Pages: 8
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The Dictator of Jupiter: Part 2

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Space Rovers
Character(s): The Space Rovers [Ted Hunt; Jane Martin]; Chotan (villain, introduction); Hajeck (villain, death); Kongor (guest-star); Yolana (guest-star)
First Line: You are our prisoner, Hajeck.
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Pages: 10
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The Mask Returns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Mask
Character(s): The Mask [Tony Colby]; Carol Smith (secretary); John Digby (villain, introduction)
First Line: Shooting at 850 Crescent Drive!
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Pages: 7
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Havoc in Hawaii

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Son of the Gods
Character(s): Dr. John Thesson [Son of the Gods]; Burgstadt (villain, introduction, death); Colonel Norman
First Line: Dr. John Thesson has recovered the ring of Poseidon...
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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The Case of the Stolen Formula

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; Von Cranz (villain, introduction); Dr. Hunter; Kohler
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Pages: 6
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Buck Finds a Way

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: adventure
Character(s): Buck Martin; Jim Wilson
First Line: Bright sunlight gleamed down...
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The Wagon Train Gold Robbery

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Genres: western
Feature(s): Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger
Character(s): Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger; Texas Ranger Captain McDowell; Brand Logan (villain, introduction); Brazos
First Line: A wagon-train on the Galveston Trail...
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Pages: 7
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The Hooded Assassin

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sphinx
Character(s): The Sphinx [Ellsworth Forrester]; Owney Biggers (villain, introduction); Shaw (villain, introduction)
First Line: It's about time ya came through with the dope!
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art was previously credited to C. A. Winter. Platt signs - as 'K' - in the final panel.
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Herbie Thinks Fast

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Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Herbie Johnson
Character(s): Herbie Johnson; Corvin (shopkeeper)
First Line: Every afternoon Herbie Johnson liked to go...
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Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: The remaining space on the page is taken up by an ad for The Phantom Detective pulp magazine.
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The Cancer Hospital Murders

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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dan Williams, Private Investigator
Character(s): Dan Williams, Private Investigator; Elaine Sanderson; Mrs. Kresner; Dr. Martin; Dr. Gruber; Rother (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Faraday
First Line: Ealine Sanderson's father disappears!
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Pages: 7

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