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Issue: Thrilling Comics #68 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1948
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Issues: #68 of 80 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Standard Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines
Disclose Notes: Some information in this index contributed by Greg Theakston and Leonard Wolinsky, confirmed from original comic.
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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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg [as Xela] (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg [as Xela] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Princess Pantha
Character(s): Princess Pantha
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In Content Item: FlagThrilling Comics #68 published October 1948
as [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 [as Artie Saaf] (signed)
Inker(s): Art Saaf [as Artie Saaf] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Princess Pantha
Character(s): Princess Pantha; Senor Piranha [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 Pirahna. Princess Pantha saves them both by tricking Senor Piranha into jumping into the water.
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In Content Item: FlagThrilling Comics #68 published October 1948
as The Girl Who Kept Faith! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJungle Girls #14 published January 1993
as The Girl Who Kept Faith! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Spotlight #1 published January 2001
as The Girl Who Kept Faith [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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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
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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In Content Item: FlagThrilling Comics #68 published October 1948
as Shutterbugs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: B-269
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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
Character(s): Louie Lazybones
Synopsis: A tomato growing contest between the Tuzzlewit's and the Lazybone's gets out of hand.
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In Content Item: FlagThrilling Comics #68 published October 1948
as Everything's Vine! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: B-294
Disclose Notes: On page 3, "Fritz loves Carol" is carved into a tree.
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Pantha and the Golden Idol

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles S. Strong (signed)
Penciller(s): Art Saaf [as Saaf] (signed)
Inker(s): Art Saaf [as Saaf] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Pantha
Character(s): Princess Pantha; Diane; Tala; Walter Benson (villain)
Synopsis: Pantha decides to investigate the reasons behind strange white men bringing present of golden statue into the M'Tongo village for trade.
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #69 published October 2007
as Pantha and the Golden Idol [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-334 or S-334
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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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In Content Item: FlagThrilling Comics #68 published October 1948
as Too Tough to Live [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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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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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Thrilling Facts
Character(s): Franklin Roosevelt; Woodrow Wilson; Harry S. Truman; Herbert Hoover
First Line: In his youth, he was quite a tennis player...
Synopsis: Short paragraphs about U.S. presidents and their involvement with sports when they were young.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-301
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Hawaiian Boy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Oliver Buchanan (signed)
Penciller(s): George Tuska (illustration)
Inker(s): George Tuska (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Duke Kuluai; Kit McGrath; Carl Schmidt
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-388
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Death Shocks the City!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Phantom Detective
Character(s): The Phantom Detective [The Phantom; Richard Curtis Van Loan]; Frank Havens; Johnson (the D.A.); Dan Grogan; Smoke Nolan
Synopsis: When the DA is murdered by high-voltage over a telephone line, the Phantom goes undercover as Smoke Nolan to find the murderer.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: CC-373?

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