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Issue: Thrilling Comics #1 (16) Public Domain
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Notation
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Doc Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson
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Miscellaneous
1
Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Kin Platt, but is characteristically Schomburg.
Doc Strange and the The Haunted Castle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Doc Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Tom Stevens (villain, introduction); Rand Johnson (lawyer, death); Dick Lewis; Knight
A frantic call awakens Doc Strange!
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Miscellaneous
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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.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
adventure, sports
Dan Duffy; Marcia Lee; "Blink" Gordon; Coach Blake; Bill Ellis (introduction); Bill Quinlan (villain, introduction)
We've put Greer College on that open spot on our schedule, Dan!
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Miscellaneous
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Dan Duffy]
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Pigskin Pointers By Dan Duffy
Dan Duffy; Bobby
Say, Dan--got any more of those great pigskin pointers?
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Miscellaneous
1
Blackbeard's Treasure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; Professor Fenton (villain); Blackbeard the pirate (villain)
Say, Betty -- Look at this!
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Miscellaneous
8
Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
aviation, war
The Lone Eagle; Jean Duncan (aviatrix); A.J. Duncan (aircraft manufacturer); Halle (villain, introduction); Larkin (villain, introduction)
At a small airplane plant in northern Texas...
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Miscellaneous
7
The Carbon Paper Clue

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

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (2 spot illustrations)
? (2 spot illustrations)
? (2 spot illustrations)
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens
Herbie Johnson
Herbie Johnson; Mr. Johnson (Herbie's father); Joe Dugan
Herbie Johnson was proud of his father...
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Hughes ?
Alexander Kostuk ?
Alexander Kostuk ?
?
?
Subject Matter
espionage
Nickie Norton; Lefty; Harry (villain, introduction); Teagle (villain, introduction); Ambassador Ortosa; Rynham
A Washington conspiracy...
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Miscellaneous
8
Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
childrens, fantasy, humorous
Marco Polo Jones; Polly; Snowball
Boss, if we is gonna put this cartoon film factory over --
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Miscellaneous
2
McGill signs at the foot of both pages.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
western
The Rio Kid; Cade (villain, introduction)
Late one night, as the Rio Kid rides into the border town of Coronado...
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Miscellaneous
7
Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to John Daly, but is clearly by Ralph Cone.
The Secret of True Democracy

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Chats with the Editor
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Black Terror; Exciting Comics
Black Terror
Watch For The Black Terror, Nemesis of Evil
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Miscellaneous
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Gee I Wish We Could Move -
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Miscellaneous
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