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Issue: Thrilling Comics #3 (17) Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1941
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Issues: #3 (17) of 80 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/27/1941
Volume: 6
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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. 2.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doc Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Nazis
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Kin Platt, but is clearly by Schomburg.
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Doc Strange and the Lost Plane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doc Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Schroeder (villain, introduction, death); Nazis; General Reed (death)' Robert Blake (villain)
First Line: It's useless - We've looked all over...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.

Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Kin Platt, but appears rather to be Kostuk.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Dan Duffy; Marcia Lee; "Blink" Gordon; Coach Reynolds; Tom Cole (villain, introduction)
First Line: I didn't know that watching baseball practice could be fun, Dan!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Platt signs - as 'Kin' - in the final panel.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Dan Duffy]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Diamond Dust by Dan Duffy
Character(s): Dan Duffy; Tommy
First Line: How about some baseball tips, Dan?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mission to Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; Doctor John Miller (inventor, death); Xania (introduction); other Martians (introduction); Professor Fenton (villain); the spirit of The Venerable One (a Yogi)
First Line: The Ghost gets a call to the War Department!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): The Lone Eagle; Ritter (villain, introduction, death); Nazis (villains)
First Line: At the headquarters of a spy-ring in Caracas, Venezuela...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Mystery at the Grimm Mansion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; Matthew Grimm (introduction); Jim Sanders (introduction, death); Frank (introduction, death); Creepy (introduction, death)
First Line: No, Peggy -- I'm afraid there's nothing new!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
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Call for Help

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jimmy Blue
Character(s): Jimmy Blue; Joe Wilson
First Line: Jimmy Blue say in one corner of the ranchhouse living room...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sam Brant was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Character(s): Nickie Norton; Lefty; Mauler Meigs (villain, introduction); Jean Hallet; Bates
First Line: Who's this guy you gotta meet in Baltimore, Nickie?
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): The Life of Rookie Riley
Character(s): Private Elmer (Rookie) Riley (introduction)
First Line: Riley, there is some question as to whether you'll ever get your gun back --
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: McGill signs at the foot of both pages.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): The Rio Kid; Tinker (crook); Wright (prospector)
First Line: The Rio Kid rides into Chicita...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to John Daly, but is clearly by Ralph Cone.
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All Out for Home Defense!

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chats with the Editor
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Watch for The Black Terror, Nemesis of Evil

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Daddy - What are those people doing?
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Pages: 0.5

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