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Issue: Thrilling Comics #3 (9) Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1940
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Issues: #3 (9) of 80 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/20/1940
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)
Disclose Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/)

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Dr. Strange
Character(s): Dr. Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thomson
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Scene in story doesn't feature Virginia as captive but her cousin, Fred Barnes.
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Dr.Strange in the Everglades

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes ?
Penciller(s): George Mandel ?
Inker(s): George Mandel ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Dr. Strange
Character(s): Dr. Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thomson; Fred Barnes (introduction, Virginia Thomson's cousin); Otis Kerner (villain, introduction, death); Maglio (villain, introduction); Big Joe Aleuto (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Ghost Meets George Washington

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Ghost, Master Magician
Character(s): Prof. Fenton (villain); Colin (villain, introduction); British (villain); Hessians (villain); George Washington (guest-star); Betty Norris (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks originally credited to George Mandel.
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The Submarine Mother-Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Sansone [as L. Sansone] (signed)
Inker(s): Leonard Sansone [as L. Sansone] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tom Niles, Undersea Raider
Character(s): Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Guardists of Aruba

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Elmer Wexler
Inker(s): Elmer Wexler
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Lone Eagle
Character(s): The Guardists (villain, introduction, Nazi spies)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Eddie Makes His Mark

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jackson Cole
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Death In the Hotel Metropolis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Mandel ?
Inker(s): George Mandel ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Woman In Red
Character(s): Bascom (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Revenge of Torrelli

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kin Platt
Inker(s): Kin Platt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dan Duffy, College Athlete
Character(s): Torrelli (villain); Clem Foster (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Wreck of the SBU Express

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Daly
Inker(s): John Daly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Rio Kid
Character(s): The Lorro Gang (villains, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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The Cocaine Smugglers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Sansone
Inker(s): Leonard Sansone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Nickie Norton of the Secret Service
Character(s): Bugs Kelly (villain, introduction); other smugglers (villains, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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American Youth Will Triumph!

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ned Pines ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chats with the Editor
Synopsis: Promo for the "Thrilling Club". Coupon for survey of features and registration to "CASH PRIZE CONTEST".
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Pages: 1
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Marco Polo Jones Goes Talent Scouting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray McGill
Penciller(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Inker(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marco Polo Jones
Character(s): Mother Goose (guest-star); the Fairy Queen (guest-star); Tom Thumb (guest-star)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Racial stereotype.

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