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Issue: Exciting Comics #3 (27) Public Domain
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/08/1943
Volume: 9
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (13 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Citizens Service Corps
Nazis
If they win... only our dead are free
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Inside front cover.
The Dreams of Batsby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Klaupt (villain, introduction, death); Nazis (villains); Batsby (introduction, death)
The fevered brain of a frustrated scientist produces a...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Ricky (introduction); Ricky's dad
Say, Dad, can we go in swimming now?
Ricky's dad takes Ricky swimming and he teaches Ricky some of the pranks he learned when he was younger. Ricky has a prank of his own that he shares with his father.
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The Subway Tunnel Saboteurs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
The American Eagle [Tom Standish]; Eaglet [Bud Pierce]; Schnaek (villain, introduction, death); Wilhelm (villain, introduction); other Nazi spies (villains, introductions)
Do you really think we might catch some fish here?
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Shining Evidence

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
crime
Quentin Fuller; Bert; George
As he was on his way home from a regular...
Quentin is kidnapped and held for ransom.
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1
The Kidnapped Commander

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Liberator [Prof. Nelson Drew]; Annabel Evans; Tommy; Nazis (Wulfe; Otto; Fritz; villains); Commander Hutson (introduction);
Drew accompanies his favorite co-ed, Annabel Evans, to...
Nazis get information about a U.S. naval convoy and seek to destroy it.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Worry Willie
Worry Willie (introduction)
What a day!... What a day!!
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Captive in the Jungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
war
Tom 'Crash' Carter; Looie Tizzle; Horace 'Stew' Kent; Nazis (villains)
The C.O. surprises Crash and his pals!
Crash and his pals receive orders sending them to Libya, but en route their plane is shot down by the Luftwaffe.
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7
Tenderfoot Trap

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (spot illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
drama, western
Philip Quinn; Grandpa Quinn; Slugger Burke
Quietly Philip Quinn sat close to the roaring fire in the...
Philip outsmarts a robber intent on stealing his grandfather's gold.
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1
The Baseball Blitz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
war
Sergeant Bill King; Muller (Nazi spy)
King, you're assigned to guard Municipal Park...
Nazis try to kill American generals attending a U.S.O. sponsored baseball game between professional players and military members.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
The John Doe's and the Doe Boy
Dickie; Jeeps (dog)
Lissen, Dickie - a blackout tonight!
Dickie paints his dog black.
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Pioneer Boy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
western
Danny Carson; John Carson; Tom Carson; John Carson, Jr.
Danny Carson was proud of being a member of a...
Danny comes to the aid of his brother, Tom, who is being shot at by cattle rustlers looking to steal John Carson's livestock.
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The Secret Jap Base

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
war
Lieutenant Larry North; Betty Harmon; Japanese (villains)
Larry has suddenly been ordered to...
Lt. North is ordered to discover the base of operations of Japanese aircraft carriers harassing convoy routes to Australia.
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6
Featuring Hog-Bite Holler's favorite son...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Ed Grogan (villain, introduction); Clarabelle; Looie Lazybones; Doolittle
At Lazybones Lodge...
Looie has a rival, Grogan, for Clarabelle's affections. Driven by jealousy, Looie tries his best to discredit Grogan in the eyes of Clarabelle.
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First appearance in FIGHTING YANK #3; next appearance in AMERICA'S BIGGEST COMIC BOOK #1 then every issue of THRILLING COMICS from #56 to #73
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
J. E. Smith (photo)
Be a radio technician
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Miscellaneous
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Inside back cover. Ad for the National Radio Institute.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset; ?
Subject Matter
The secret weapon you must have!
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover. Ad to learn "lightning ju-jitsu."

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