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Issue: Thrilling Comics #44 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1944
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Issues: #44 of 80 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Standard Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 1944
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines
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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): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, war
Feature(s): Doc Strange
Character(s): Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; Adolf Hitler; Nazi Guards
Synopsis: A parachuting Doc Strange assaults a Nazi Guard while a frightened Hitler fleeing Berlin raises his hands in surrender.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner [as Oksner] (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Oksner [as Oksner] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Feature(s): The Commando Cubs
Character(s): The Commando Cubs [Ace Browning; Pokey Jones; Horace Cosgrove II; Whizzer Marlarkey; Spud O'Shea]; Professor Musselbownd; Renee Marat (shepherdess); Alderman Rauch (villain, German spy, town Alderman, death); German Commandant (villain); Major von Schroeder (villain); the Nazis (villains, some die)
First Line: It says here the one German secret ...
Synopsis: The Cubs flush out a German spy, but the villain escapes with blueprints for a super-rocket plane. The Cubs follow him and grab the blueprints, but the Nazis trap the boys in a farmhouse, whom the boys later defeat with flaming arrows.
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Pages: 12
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, war
Character(s): Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; Mike; Virginia; Henry; Sally; Jeep (a dog); Herr von Zum (villain, German spy); the Nazis (villains)
First Line: Boys and girls! Junior Air Wardens of America!
Synopsis: Doc chases a German spy carrying a map of munitions centers on the East Coast, but the superhero is captured by Nazis. After swallowing a dose of Alosun, he overwhelms his captors, downs a fleet of Nazi catapult planes, and captures a German u-boat.
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Pages: 11
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Inks credit from Mark Heike.
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Spy Chaser: A Story of Espionage

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William McClellan
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Philip West (teen hobbyist); George Banton (G-Man): German Spy
Synopsis: Philip thwarts a German spy looking for sensitive government information at a hobby show.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Maurice Gutwirth]
Penciller(s): Maurice Gutwirth
Inker(s): Maurice Gutwirth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Lucky Lawrence
Character(s): Lucky Lawrence; Lucky's USMC Buddies; Japanese Soldiers; Native Chief; Island Natives
First Line: Boy! This is the life!
Synopsis: Lucky and his buddies are swept away by a tropical storm to a mysterious isle where they are captured by Japs who have stolen an idol from a native temple. The Leathernecks escape, and use their muscle and smarts to defeat the Japs and return the idol to the temple.
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Pages: 7
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The Boy Wrangler: A Trail Drive Story

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Buck Barton
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Buck Wilson (teen wrangler); Tom Lang (trail boss); Hank Traver (rustler)
Synopsis: Buck thwarts a gang of rustlers and frees an old friend from their camp.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Lone Eagle
Character(s): Lone Eagle; German Commandant; Nazis; Patros (leader of Greek guerillas)
First Line: You're just in time to watch ...
Synopsis: Lone Eagle is on a mission to find a Nazi supply depot on Crete, but is forced to bail out when harassed by Messerschmitts. He learns that Patros is a traitor working for the Nazis and exposes him. The guerillas vow to continue the fight to free their homeland.
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Pages: 7
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The Black Box: A Story of Africa

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Johnston Craig
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bob Green; Jim Green (Bob's brother); Witch Doctor; African Natives
Synopsis: Bob performs magic tricks to rescue his brother from African natives.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): August Froehlich
Inker(s): August Froehlich
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, war
Feature(s): The Ghost
Character(s): George Chance [The Ghost]; Betty Morris (George's friend); Peter (George's servant); Yogi Sage (George's otherworldly aide); Nazis; Constable
First Line: What are you going to do with a twenty room house, Betty?
Synopsis: Nazis are hiding in an old mansion on Long Island, and are intent upon destroying American ships in a nearby harbor. They capture George and his friends, but the Yogi Sage rescues them. George saves the fleet using his magical powers.
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