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Issue: Thrilling Comics #1 (16) Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1941
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Issues: #1 (16) of 80 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/20/1941
Volume: 6
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)
Disclose Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/)

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.
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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): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doc Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Kin Platt, but is characteristically Schomburg.
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Doc Strange and the The Haunted Castle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doc Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Tom Stevens (villain, introduction); Rand Johnson (lawyer, death); Dick Lewis; Knight
First Line: A frantic call awakens Doc Strange!
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.

Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Kin Platt, but is clearly Kostuk.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Dan Duffy; Marcia Lee; "Blink" Gordon; Coach Blake; Bill Ellis (introduction); Bill Quinlan (villain, introduction)
First Line: We've put Greer College on that open spot on our schedule, Dan!
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Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Dan Duffy]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Pigskin Pointers By Dan Duffy
Character(s): Dan Duffy; Bobby
First Line: Say, Dan--got any more of those great pigskin pointers?
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Pages: 1
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Blackbeard's Treasure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; Professor Fenton (villain); Blackbeard the pirate (villain)
First Line: Say, Betty -- Look at this!
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): The Lone Eagle; Jean Duncan (aviatrix); A.J. Duncan (aircraft manufacturer); Halle (villain, introduction); Larkin (villain, introduction)
First Line: At a small airplane plant in northern Texas...
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Pages: 7
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The Carbon Paper Clue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; Bud Beasley (villain, introduction); Warren (villain, introduction); Palmer (City editor)
First Line: Bud Beasley gets a tip from one of his mobsters!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
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Two Kinds of Courage

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens
Feature(s): Herbie Johnson
Character(s): Herbie Johnson; Mr. Johnson (Herbie's father); Joe Dugan
First Line: Herbie Johnson was proud of his father...
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes ?
Penciller(s): Alexander Kostuk ?
Inker(s): Alexander Kostuk ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Nickie Norton; Lefty; Harry (villain, introduction); Teagle (villain, introduction); Ambassador Ortosa; Rynham
First Line: A Washington conspiracy...
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Marco Polo Jones; Polly; Snowball
First Line: Boss, if we is gonna put this cartoon film factory over --
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: McGill signs at the foot of both pages.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): The Rio Kid; Cade (villain, introduction)
First Line: Late one night, as the Rio Kid rides into the border town of Coronado...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to John Daly, but is clearly by Ralph Cone.
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The Secret of True Democracy

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chats with the Editor
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror; Exciting Comics
Character(s): Black Terror
First Line: Watch For The Black Terror, Nemesis of Evil
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Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Gee I Wish We Could Move -
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Pages: 0.5

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