XOWComics.com

Issue: Thrilling Comics #1 (10)

- Attribution History

Publication Date: November 1940

Detail

Issues: #1 (10) of 80 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Pines

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: 09/19/1940

Volume: 4

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 11 (9 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)

Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/)
Called "Doc Strange" in cover text; name "Dr. Strange" used for last time under cover cameo portrait and interior story.

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.

Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.

Format

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:

Reprinted In0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

Images2

- View Linked Content Item
- View Cover Detail

Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

- View Linked Content Item
- View Cover Detail

Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

Notation

Needs Cropping

Assets0

Content Items (11 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg

Inker(s): Alex Schomburg

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Dr. Strange (Doc Strange)

Character(s): Dr. Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Richard Hughes

Penciller(s): Alexander Kostuk ?

Inker(s): Alexander Kostuk ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Dr. Strange, Patriot

Character(s): Dr. Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thomson; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (guest-star); The Leader [Robert Marsh] (villain, introduction); Dallas (villain, introduction, death); Bundists (villains)

First Line: The Great Metropolian Powerhouse Goes Up In Flames!

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 16

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Richard Hughes ?

Penciller(s): Elmer Wexler [as El Wexler] (signed)

Inker(s): Elmer Wexler [as El Wexler] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Ghost

Character(s): Prof. Fenton (villain); Nauheim (villain, introduction); King Rasamis (introduction)

First Line: John Kent, famous industrial leader, is chosen...

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Richard Hughes?

Penciller(s): Alexander Kostuk ?

Inker(s): Alexander Kostuk ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Nickie Norton of the Secret Service

Character(s): Myers (villain, introduction, death); Bundists (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: Shocking news!

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Elmer Wexler [as El Wexler] (signed)

Inker(s): Elmer Wexler [as El Wexler] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The Lone Eagle

Character(s): Rossi (villain; introduction; death)

First Line: The Lone Eagle, famed American ace, ports at Langley Field!

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Black Death

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Richard Hughes ?

Penciller(s): William Smith

Inker(s): William Smith

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): The Woman in Red

Character(s): The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; Linda Lytell (actress); Perry Knight (actor); Tinker (actor, death); Inspector Cavenaugh; unnamed Police Commissioner; Mike (Policeman); The Black Death [Weber] (villain, theatre owner, introduction)

Synopsis: When Perry Knight, supposedly as the Black Death, murders an actor on stage, he is arrested by Inspector Cavenaugh. At the same time, his leading lady, Linda Lytell, is kidnapped. The Woman in Red enters the case to track down the real killer, posing at The Black Death.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Artist William Smith per Alter Ego #114 (December 2012).

Jungle Rescue

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jackson Cole

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Leonard Sansone

Inker(s): Leonard Sansone

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Tom Niles, Undersea Raider

Character(s): Schleuter (villain, introduction); Nazis (villain); Fascists (villain)

First Line: Italian sky-raiders bomb the British isle of Malta!

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)

Inker(s): Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Dan Duffy, College Athlete

Character(s): Ollie Brant (villain; introduction); Fred Thomas (introduction)

First Line: Dan Duffy, captain of the Carson University Eleven, meets a new player.

Synopsis: Signed on bottom right, last panel of story.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Every Day Is Election Day!

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".

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

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): Baker (villain, introduction); Sheriff Dawson (villain, introduction)

First Line: The Kid camps at the foot of a mountain in western Arizona.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6