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Issue: Exciting Comics #2 (2) Public Domain
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/21/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
L. North
L. North
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Subject Matter
jungle
Ted Crane
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Act now! On this bargain offer!
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Miscellaneous
1
Ted Crane and the Leopard Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
jungle
Ted Crane (first appearance); Prof. Hawkins (first appearance); Betty Hawkins (first appearance); The Leopard Men (first appearance, villains); J. Atkins Bullard (first appearance, villain)
Professor Hawkins leads an expedition to find the lost Konogo tribe.
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Miscellaneous
10
Marooned on Mercury

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Ted Hunt (first appearance); Jane Martin (first appearance); Dr. Matthew Martin (first appearance); Douglas Hunt (first appearance); Mercurian cave-people (first appearance); Flaedo (first appearance, villain, death); Zado (first appearance, villain); King of Thian (first appearance, villain); Otto (first appearance, villain); another spy (first appearance, villain); Varta
Everything's about ready, doctor. Ted is now aboard the ship stowing away a year's supply!
When spies try to steal her father's spaceship Jane launches it and she and Ted end up on Mercury.
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Miscellaneous
10
The Second Theseus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
fantasy
Theseus (first appearance); Ariadne (first appearance); Aegeus (first appearance); Minos (first appearance, flashback); Prof. Craig (first appearance); Periphetes (first appearance, villain, death, flashback); Sinis (first appearance, villain, death, flashback); Minotaur (first appearance, villain, death, flashback); Procostous [Procrustes] (first appearance, villain); Cercion (first appearance, villain, death)
Soon our great adventure starts! We may even find the ring of Poseidon!
Thesson and Craig go to Crete to excavate the labyrinth.
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Miscellaneous
8
The Knowles Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
mystery
Dan Williams; Patricia Knowles (first appearance); Edward Knowles (first appearance, villain, death); Howard Dern
Quick - get over here right away! Help! - He...
Dan gets a call for help from a deserted house.
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Miscellaneous
7
Previously credited to Ray Lowry. Regular artist Ray Thayer's full name was Raymond Lowry Thayer.
On the Western Front

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
war
Nazis (villains); Captain Carver
Sergeant, I'm going back to staff headquarters! They may know what's up!
Sergeant King rescues his captured captain.
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Miscellaneous
5
The Grey Rider

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
western
Grant; Slash Teller [The Grey Rider]
Sheriff Grant has figured out who the mysterious criminal, the Grey Rider, is.
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Miscellaneous
1
Mystery of the Lost Mine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
western
The Specter [Harmon] (villain, first and only appearance); Chico (horse); Mr. Parsons; Sally Parsons
The Masked Rider shows up at a ranch where a costumed villain is killing ranch hands.
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Miscellaneous
8
Theft of the Tank Plans

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
mystery, superhero
Marjorie Grover (first appearance); Oliver D. Thomsen (first appearance; villain); Saunders (first appearance; villain); other spies (first appearance; villains); Mike; Fred; Jim
The Sphinx picks up a radio alarm at his club!
The Sphinx comes across a plot to steal a new tank.
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Miscellaneous
8
Masked Bandit

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
western
Zeth King; Sally Stanley; Lee Nelson; Sam Jerrson
Sally's sharp eyes spot a clue to the identity of the stage robber.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Mask Returns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
mystery, superhero
Olly Snate (villain, death); Otto Fox (first appearance, villain, death); Carol Smith; Silk; Butch; Paul Stewart; Peter Gage; Warner; Murphy
The Mask solves who is behind a series of armored car robberies.
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FlagMen of Mystery Comics #43 published December 2003
as The Mask Returns [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Signed in panel five of the last page.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?; ? (photograph)
?; ? (photograph)
?; typeset
Subject Matter
Home Recordo
Charlie Barnet (photo); Judy Ellington (photo); Larry Taylor (photo); Bob; Bill May (photo)
Charlie Barnet uses Home Recordo!
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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? (photograph)
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typeset
Subject Matter
J. G. O'Brien (photo)
He mailed this coupon
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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