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Issue: Exciting Comics #1 (1) Public Domain
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/15/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Major Mars
Major Mars; Grag (robot)
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Miscellaneous
1
Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to L. North, but compare it with that of Plaisted on the "Major Mars" story. The cover image is taken from the fourth panel on page twelve of that story.
The Mask Strikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
mystery, superhero
Silk Davis (first appearance); Carol Smith (first appearance); Olly Snate (first appearance, villain)
Got to wake him.
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Miscellaneous
11
Same story as the first Black Bat prose tale in Black Book Detective vol 9#2 (July 1939).
The Beast Plague from Jupiter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Major Mars
Grag (first appearance, a robot); Joan Jilson (first appearance); The Space Emperor [Kells] (villain, first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
12
Only appearance. Story was adapted from the story "Captain Future and the Space Emperor", written by Edmond Hamilton, which appeared in the first issue of Captain Future, dated Winter 1940. The pulp appeared about two months prior to the comic. Both pulp and comic were published by the same company.

Story takes place in the 40th Century.
In No-Man's-Land

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
war
The Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
6
The Black Inferno

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
western
Capt. McDowell (first appearance); Padre Borasho (first appearance, villain, death); Sen. Crocker (first appearance, villain); Slade (first appearance, villain)
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Miscellaneous
8
Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger first appeared in the pulp magazine Texas Rangers (Beacon Magazines Inc., 1936 series) v1#1 (October 1936).
Payoff in Lead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure
"Gunner" Thompson
"Gunner" Thompson (first and only appearance); Kurt Piersole; Scarpino (villain); Greer (crook)
What can I do for you?
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Miscellaneous
6
Deep Sea Drama on Parade

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Hy Hardy, Ace Newsreel Cameraman
Hy Hardy (first and only appearance); Ruth Wildon; Doctor Franz [alias Fats Rocco, crook)
Not many folks on the outer decks tonight...
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Miscellaneous
10
A Real Waddy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
The Forbes Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
mystery
Dan Williams (first appearance); Caroline Forbes (first appearance); John Blodgett (first appearance, villain)
What the - !
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Miscellaneous
7
Byline given to Ray Lowry. Ray Thayer's full name was Raymond Lowry Thayer.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Make-Believe Mickey (first appearance)
I'm goin’ on a trip around the world...
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Miscellaneous
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