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Issue: Thrilling Comics #3 (18) Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1941
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Issues: #3 (18) of 80 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/20/1941
Volume: 6
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)
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. 3.
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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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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Nazis
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Kin Platt, but is clearly by Schomburg.
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It's the Black Terror! Run!!

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Pages: 1
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The Case of the Mayor's Double

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Virginia Thompson; Horace T. Butt (introduction); Tom Dudley (villain, introduction); Bill (villain, introduction); their gang (villains, introduction)
First Line: Things have been awfully quiet lately, Doc!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.

Art was previously credited to Kin Platt.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Dan Duffy; Marcia Lee; "Blink" Gordon; Coach Reynolds; Craft (villain, introduction); Tassoni (villain, introduction)
First Line: I'd like you to go to the Collegiate League meeting in New York, Dan!
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Platt signs - as 'Kin' - in the final panel.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Dan Duffy]
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Diamond Dust By Dan Duffy
Character(s): Dan Duffy; Tommy
First Line: Hi, Dan--how about some more of those baseball pointers?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Platt signs - as 'Kin' - in the final panel.
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Terrorists in the 12th Century

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Betty Morris; Professor Fenton (villain); Lothar (villain, introduction); Ranke (villain, introduction, death); Magnus (introduction, death); a vision of the Venerable One (a Yogi)
First Line: You seem thoughtful, Ghost!
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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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Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Lieutenant Kerrl (villain, introduction, death); Major Irujo
First Line: The Lone Eagle is called to headquarters at Kelly Field...
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Pages: 7
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Bobbie Saves the Fort

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Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Bobbie Green; Simba
First Line: "Where did you get that?"
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Pages: 0.87
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Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Nickie Norton; Lefty; Betty Blane; Krafft (villain, introduction, death); James Hudson (inventor, death); Ebbet (spy)
First Line: I'm to guard James Hudson, the defense co-ordinator!
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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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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): The Life of Rookie Riley
Character(s): Rookie Elmer Riley; Militia Mills
First Line: No. 158 -- Gee, what a break - I'm '21...
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: McGill signs at the foot of both pages.
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The Major Marked for Murder

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Major Ivanoff (introduction)
First Line: So you're aftaid of an attempt to assassinate Major Ivanoff...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
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Genres: western
Character(s): The Rio Kid; Jed Adams; Judge Harris (villain, introduction); John Hanson (former sheriff)
First Line: Outlaw Jed Adams gets his release!
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to John Daly, but is clearly by Ralph Cone.
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Land of the Pioneers

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

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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Gunboat Grey
Character(s): Gunboat Grey; Bomber
First Line: Lissen, Gunboat --
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Pages: 0.5

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