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Issue: Exciting Comics #1 (19) Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1942
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Issues: #1 (19) of 69 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/17/1942
Volume: 7
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (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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Terror on the Dock

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]
Synopsis: The Black Terror swings down on some thugs on a dock.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover marquee: "A New Feature The Liberator!.... In This Issue"
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Don't miss...Captain Future

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Future
Character(s): Captain Future
Synopsis: Promo for Startling Comics
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Reglu (Villain, introduction, death); King Togla (Villain, introduction, death); Devolians (Villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Out of the far reaches of stellar space...
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Pages: 13
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Liberator [Professor Nelson Drew]; Annabel Evans; Dr. Shimato (Japanese spy); Tommy; Jimmy Karo (death)
First Line: At Claflin University...
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Tom 'Crash' Carter; Looie Tizzle; Horace 'Stew' Kent; Schiller (Nazi spy); Ludwig (Nazi spy); Stofer (Nazi spy)
First Line: Because of your fine work, Cadet Carter...
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Pages: 7
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The Cowboy Trail

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
Character(s): Billy Gray; Jim Clark (ranch foreman)
First Line: Billy Gray opened the package excitedly...
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Genres: war
Character(s): Ted Crane; Betty Hawkins; Prince Igor (villain); Yogo (Japanese spy); Grigsby
First Line: On board the 'Orion'...
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Pages: 8
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Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Lieutenant Larry North, U.S. Navy; Betty Harmon; Captain Davila (Nazi agent); Ludwig (Nazi agent); Ernst (Nazi agent); Von Rommell (Nazi, posing as the American Consulate)' Sid Bartlett (American Consulate)
First Line: Look, Larry -- a tanker on fire --
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Mask [Tony Colby]; Carol (secretary); Duke (crook)
First Line: The Mask prowls at midnight...
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Platt signs - as 'Kin' - in the final panel.
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Big Boy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Russel Stanton (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Lester Dale; Mabel Dale; Sergeant Trevor
First Line: Young Lester Dale lay awake upstairs...
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[untitled]

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Genres: war
Character(s): Sergeant Bill King; Yokosu (Japanese spy); Dumker (Nazi spy)
First Line: She's radio-controlled, King...
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger; Lightnin' Jim Purdy (gunfighter); Judge Allen (death); Sally Purdy; Sheriff Bowie Malfait
First Line: Jim Hatfield gets an assignment!
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Pages: 5
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Don't miss Real Life Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Synopsis: Promo for Real Life Comics
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