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Issue: Thrilling Comics #1 (28) Public Domain
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/21/1942
Volume: 10
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, 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
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Doc Strange [Thomas Hugo Strange]; Mike Ellis; Virginia Thompson
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Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Jack Binder, but compare the style with the lead, signed story.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
For victory
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Inside front cover. Ad for United States defense bonds and stamps.
The Deathless Fiends

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Gulisch (villain, introduction, death); Axel (villain); Snipe (villain); other Nazi spies (villain, introduction, most death); the "Earth-Ouisians" (villains, introduction, death); Doc Strange [Thomas Hugo Strange]; Mike Ellis; Virginia Thompson; General Wade
The discovery of Alosun has made Doc Strange mightier than any living power! But now he faces creatures beyond life...
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The Case of the Mysterious Meteors

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
The American Crusader [Archibald Masters]; Jane Peters [Masters' secretary]; Von Rauschmidt (villain, introduction, death); the Japanese (villains, death)
At his office at Grand University, Prof. Masters is interrupted by his secretary, Jane Peters...
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The Skeletons of Cujo Valley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
crime, superhero
George Hale; Vickie Dale; Tim Morley (villain, introduction, death); Professor Sakayugi (villain, introduction, death)
At the Herald offices...
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The U-Plane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
aviation, war
The Lone Eagle; Stocker (villain, introduction)
On a road in northern Maine...
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Time Stops

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; Professor Fenton (villain); the spirit of the Venerable Yogi; War (villain, introduction); Crime (villain, introduction); Tyranny (villain, introduction); Murder (villain, introduction)
We've tried the past and we've tried the future...
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Soldier Lad

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens
Harry Wilson; Mr. Wilson
Harry Wilson's big brother Robert...
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Fight With the Johnson Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure, sports
Dan Duffy; Marcia Lee; "Blink" Gordon; Johnson (villain, introduction); Clark (introduction)
My letter told you what I wanted, Clark...
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Platt signs - as 'Kin' - in the final panel.
The Trail of Fingers Nolan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; Inspector Cavanaugh; Fingers Nolan (villain, introduction); Moffett (villain, introduction); Rocco (villain, introduction, death)
Fingers Nolan got out of stir today...
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Miscellaneous
6
America's Second Line of Defense

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Chats With the Editor
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Miscellaneous
1
Encounter With Cold Deck Hudkins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
western
The Rio Kid; Elder; Lee Sherman; Martin (death); Cold Deck Hudkins (villain, introduction, death); Laverne (villain, introduction, death); U.S Marshal Corbett
Don't hog the bar, Sherman!
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Miscellaneous
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Previous indexer had suggested John Daly on pencils and inks. Very unlikely.

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