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Issue: Thrilling Comics #3 (21) Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1941
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Issues: #3 (21) of 80 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/19/1941
Volume: 7
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Max Plaisted
Inker(s): Max Plaisted
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): American Crusader
Character(s): American Crusader [Archibald Masters]; Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange] (inset); Nazis
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Pages: 1
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Announcing Real Life Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Real Life Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Missing Airliners Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes
Penciller(s): Max Plaisted
Inker(s): Max Plaisted
Colorist(s): Richard Hughes
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The American Crusader, Champion of Democracy
Character(s): The American Crusader [Professor Archie Masters]; Jane Peters (Master's secretary); Dr. Hans Patten (villain, introduction); Von Werner (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains)
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Pages: 10
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Doc Strange and the Nazi Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes
Penciller(s): Jack Binder ?
Inker(s): Jack Binder ?
Colorist(s): Richard Hughes
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doc Strange
Character(s): Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; Muller (villain, introduction, death); Dugan (villain); Joe (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Alchemist's Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes?
Penciller(s): Elmer Wexler
Inker(s): Elmer Wexler
Colorist(s): Richard Hughes?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Ghost
Character(s): Professor Fenton (villain); Roger Bacon (guest-star)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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On the road to Bonanza...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Daly
Inker(s): John Daly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Rio Kid
Character(s): Jack Landes (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Rope Branded

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sam Brant
Penciller(s): Harry Parkhurst [as HP]
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Jimmy Blue
Character(s): Jimmy Blue; Gus Hardy
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Pages: 1
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Killer At the Circus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes?
Penciller(s): George Mandel
Inker(s): George Mandel
Colorist(s): Richard Hughes?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Woman In Red
Character(s): Spot Ramsey (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Page count corrected to 6 from 7 based on a scan from Jon Glade of The Nedor Universe Yahoo group.
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Hey there, Blink!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kin Platt
Inker(s): Kin Platt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Dan Duffy, College Athlete
Character(s): Krueger (villain, introduction); Otto (villain, introduction); another Nazi spy (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 8
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Hold it, fellows!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Dan Duffy]
Penciller(s): Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)
Inker(s): Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Boxing Bits By Dan Duffy
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Pages: 1
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True Tales of American Glory

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chats with the Editor
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Pages: 1
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At Secret Service Headquarters...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes?
Penciller(s): Alexander Kostuk?
Inker(s): Alexander Kostuk?
Colorist(s): Richard Hughes?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Nickie Norton of the Secret Service
Character(s): Turk (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)
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Pages: 8
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Watch for The Black Terror, Nemesis of Evil

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Black Terror; Exciting comics
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Penciller(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Inker(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): .?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Rookie Riley
First Line: Yes Militia -- I'll See If I Can Get a Pass to Town ...
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Pages: 0.5

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