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Issue: Thrilling Comics #3 (21) Public Domain
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/19/1941
Volume: 7
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 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. 4.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Nazis
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Miscellaneous
1
Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Max Plaisted, but is clearly by Schomburg.
Announcing Real Life Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
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?
Subject Matter
biography
Real Life Comics
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Miscellaneous
1
The Missing Airliners Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Jane Peters (Masters' secretary); Dr. Hans Patten (villain, introduction); Von Werner (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains)
I suppose you'll pore over scientific notes...
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Miscellaneous
10
Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
Doc Strange and the Nazi Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Muller (villain, introduction, death); Dugan (villain); Joe (villain)
Someone tried to steal the plans...
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Miscellaneous
12
Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.

Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Jack Binder ?, but appears rather to be by Alan Mandel.
The Alchemist's Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Betty Morris; Professor Fenton (villain); Roger Bacon (guest-star); a vision of the Venerable Father (a Mystic Yogi); Finchley
Wish I knew what the British Embassy wanted, Ghost!
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Miscellaneous
9
Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.

Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Elmer Wexler, but is clearly by Froelich.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
western
The Rio Kid; Jack Landes (villain, introduction, death)
On the road to Bonanza...
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Miscellaneous
7
Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to John Daly, but is clearly by Ralph Cone.
Rope Branded

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (spot illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
western
Jimmy Blue
Jimmy Blue; Gus Hardy
Young Jimmy Blue glanced over his shoulder...
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Miscellaneous
1
Killer at the Circus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Spot Ramsey (villain, introduction); Inspector Cavanaugh
It was nice of the circus manager...
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Miscellaneous
6
Page count corrected to 6 from 7 based on a scan from Jon Glade of The Nedor Universe Yahoo group.

Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.

Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to George Mandel, but appears rather to be by William Smith.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Dan Duffy; Marcia Lee; "Blink" Gordon; Krueger (villain, introduction); Otto (villain, introduction); another Nazi spy (villain, introduction)
Hey there, Blink!
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Miscellaneous
8
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Dan Duffy]
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Boxing Bits By Dan Duffy
Dan Duffy
Hold it, fellows!
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Miscellaneous
1
Platt signs - as 'Kin' - in the final panel.
True Tales of American Glory

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Chats with the Editor
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
espionage
Nickie Norton; Lefty; Betty Blane; Turk (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)
At Secret Service Headquarters...
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Miscellaneous
8
Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
Watch for The Black Terror, Nemesis of Evil

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
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?
?
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, military
The Life of Rookie Riley
Rookie Elmer Riley; Militia
Yes Militia -- I'll see If I can get a pass to town ...
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Miscellaneous
0.5

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