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Issue: Thrilling Comics #68
Publication Date: October 1948
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Issues: #68 of 11 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagBetter Publications of Canada
Brand:
Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines
Disclose Notes: US Edition has 52 pages, Canadian edition has 36 pages.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Notation
Marked Image
Pencilling below masthead.
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg (signed) [as Xela]
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg (signed) [as Xela]
Colorist(s): Alex Schomburg (signed) [as Xela]
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Princess Pantha
Character(s): Princess Pantha
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From Content Item: FlagThrilling Comics #68 published October 1948
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Girl Who Kept Faith!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Saaf (signed) [as Artie Saaf]
Inker(s): Art Saaf (signed) [as Artie Saaf]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Princess Pantha
Character(s): Princess Pantha; Senor Pirahna [Jeff Masters]; Dane Hunter; Alice McGregor
Synopsis: A girl named Alice McGregor arrives in the jungle to find her fiance, but he is being held captive by Senor Piranha. Princess Pantha saves them both by tricking Senor Piranha into jumping into the water.
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From Content Item: FlagThrilling Comics #68 published October 1948
was The Girl Who Kept Faith! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: B-297
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Shutterbugs!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Adler
Penciller(s): Ralph Mayo [as Mayo] (signed); Frank Frazetta ?
Inker(s): Frank Frazetta [as Frazetta] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Kathy
Character(s): Kathy
Synopsis: Kathy's dad convinces her to take up photography, but when she takes pictures in daredevil situations, he smashes her camera.
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From Content Item: FlagThrilling Comics #68 published October 1948
was Shutterbugs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: B-269
Disclose Notes: Story is signed as "Mayo + Frazetta", but very much resembles Frazetta's solo work, with very little Mayo influence.
Script credit from Arthur Adler's interview in Alter-Ego.
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Everything's Vine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Frazetta (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Looie Lazybones
Synopsis: A tomato growing contest between the Tuzzlewits and the Lazybones' gets out of hand.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThrilling Comics #68 published October 1948
was Everything's Vine! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: B-294
Disclose Notes: On page 3, "Fritz loves Carol" is carved into a tree.
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Too Tough to Live

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): From Your District Attorney's Files [Stories From the D.A. File]
Character(s): Monk Eastman
Synopsis: Monk Eastman gets out of jail by becoming a soldier in World War II, then ends up dead when he tries to beat the law after the war.
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From Content Item: FlagThrilling Comics #68 published October 1948
was Too Tough To Live [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: BF-231
Disclose Notes: Feature title is "From Your District Attorney's Files", original indexer had "Stories From the D.A. File". Unsure what this feature is named in other issues.

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