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Issue: Thrilling Comics #1 (19) Public Domain
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/19/1941
Volume: 7
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (7 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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Doc Strange
Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; The American Crusader [Professor Archie Masters] (inset); Nazis
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Miscellaneous
1
Don't Miss... Captain Future!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)
Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Future; Startling Comics
Captain Future [Curt Newton]
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Miscellaneous
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Illustrated promotional advertisement for Startling Comics.

Found on the inside front cover.
Baron Krasna Strikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Kin Platt ?
Kin Platt ?
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Subject Matter
superhero
Doc Strange, Espionage Fighter
Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thomson; Baron Krasna (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
14
Origin of the American Crusader

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Max Plaisted
Max Plaisted
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Subject Matter
superhero
The American Crusader, Defender Of Democracy
The American Crusader [Professor Archie Masters] (introduction, origin); Jane Peters (Master's Secretary, introduction); Professor Scott (physicist, introduction); Doug (G-Man, introduction); Lola (Doug's fiancee, introduction); un-named criminal boss (villain, introduction); the Boss' gang [Augie; rest un-named] (villains, introduction for all); Kruz (villain, ex-Senator, introduction); Scarface Nick Polazi (villain, gangster, introduction); General Oyster (villain, ex-Nazi Officer, introduction)
Delighted that he has discovered a new planet near Uranus, Professor Masters rushes off to tell Professor Scott and accidently enters a test chamber of Scott's atom smasher, and, as a result, has his entire atomic structure rearranged, giving him unlimited powers. He needs them for he must battle an ex-Nazi officer and his gang of traitors who intend to destroy democracy in the United States.
Reprinting
FlagMen of Mystery Comics #92 published April 2014
 
Miscellaneous
18
The Baseball Signal Scam

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Kin Platt ?
Kin Platt ?
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Subject Matter
crime
Dan Duffy, College Athlete
Dan Duffy
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Miscellaneous
8
Message to the Sheriff

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jackson Cole
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typeset
Subject Matter
western
Zack Luden; Tommy Luden (his grandson)
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Miscellaneous
1
The Magic Grail of Gwyllyn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
August Froehlich
August Froehlich
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?
Subject Matter
adventure
The Ghost
The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty; un-named Yogi Master; Fenton (villain); Stahl (villain)
The Ghost and Betty go back to 1st Century Wales to prevent the evil Fenton from getting his hands upon the Grail.
Reprinting
FlagMen of Mystery Comics #91 published November 2013
 
Miscellaneous
8
Meet The Crusader!

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Chats with the Editor
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Miscellaneous
1
The Kidnapping of Dr. Ryan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Elmer Wexler
Elmer Wexler
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?
Subject Matter
aviation, war
The Lone Eagle
The Lone Eagle; Dr. Ryan (gas expert); Dr. Ryan imposter (death); Nazi agents [Kees; others un-named](villains, some die)
The Lone Eagle plans a ruse to get the real Dr. Ryan safely to England with his odorless gas invention, but Nazi agents capture the scientist in his lab before he is scheduled to leave.
Reprinting
FlagMen of Mystery Comics #94 published October 2014
 
Miscellaneous
7
Claude Mowbry's Train Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
western
The Rio Kid
Rio Kid; Claude Mowbry (villain)
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Miscellaneous
7

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