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Issue: Exciting Comics #3 (15)

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Publication Date: December 1941

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Issues: #3 (15) of 69 Issues

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Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

Pines

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: 10/23/1941

Volume: 5

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Ned Pines

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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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Content Items (11 total)

[untitled]

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Cover marquee: "Make Way For.... The Liberator! ....In This Issue"

The Malay Menace

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; The Master [Philip Van Allen] (villain, introduction, death); Malay cult (villains, introductions); Mrs. J. Wellington Gibbs; Dr. Croydon; Mr. Gibbs; Victor Helmont

First Line: Night... at the window of a wealthy home...

Synopsis: After a college prank disfigures Van Allen, he decides, years later, to take revenge against those who caused his disfigurement.

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Pages: 13

Origin of the Liberator

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Liberator [Dr. Nelson Drew] (introduction, origin); Annabel Evans (introduction); Tommy (introduction); Prof. Forbes (introduction, death); Krause (villain, introduction); Kurt (villain, introduction); Nazi spies (villains, introductions)

First Line: Nelson Drew conducts a chemistry lecture at Claflin College---

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Pages: 11

Notes: Writer credit inferred from the fact the character Annabel Evans shares a first name with Hughes's wife.

Ted Crane in China

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Ted Crane; Betty Hawkins; Dr. Cobra (villain); John Lasher (villain, introduction); Japanese (villains); Ho-Lan

First Line: In Haiphong, French Indo-China---

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Pages: 8

The Big Gun

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Freddie Calvert; Lars Hansen; Captain Svenson

First Line: Freddie Calvert stood in the pilot house of the whale-hunting ship "Nordstjernan," as it bobbed around Cape Hinlopen in the Arctic Ocean.

Synopsis: The Nordstjernan hits an iceberg and Lars falls overboard.

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Notes: The surname of Lars is spelled as both Hansen and Hanson within the story.

The Panama Peril

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Genres: war

Character(s): Lieutenant Larry North, U.S. Navy; Betty Harmon; Frieda (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains); Helen Wallace; Capt. Wallace

First Line: Two sportsmen, on a Caribbean cruise, reported people on these deserted islands off Panama!

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The Calmite Explosive

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Genres: military

Character(s): Sergeant Bill King; Brandt (villain, introduction); Capt. Hoffer (villain, introduction); Major Frey; Anson

First Line: My new explosive, calmite... is twenty times more destructive than dynamite, Major!

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Pages: 6

The Gentleman Strikes

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Genres: crime, superhero

Character(s): The Mask [Tony Colby]; Carol (secretary); The Gentleman (villain, introduction); Mr. Langtry; Pete; George

First Line: In Tony Colby's office--

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Danger Signal

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Genres: western

Character(s): Tommy Tucker; Buck Tucker; John Tucker

First Line: Tommy and Buck Tucker were brothers who both lived on the Circle T ranch.

Synopsis: Tommy helps to catch his father's robber.

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The Chinese Smugglers

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Genres: western

Character(s): Sheriff Goff (villain, introduction); Lobo Kane (villain, introduction); Jim Hatfield; Belle Kent; Mr. Kent; Chuck

First Line: At Ranger headquarters---

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Gunboat Grey (introduction); Millie Terry; Bomber

First Line: Aw, chee -- I don't feel good today!

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