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Issue: Thrilling Comics #1 (22) Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1941
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Issues: #1 (22) of 80 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/18/1941
Volume: 8
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (10 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. 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The American Crusader [Archibald Masters]; Jane Peters [Masters' secretary]; Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange] (inset); Nazi
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Jack Binder ?, but while there are some similarities, Schomburg is a much sounder identification.
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Announcing Real Life Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Real Life Comics
Character(s): Stephen Decatur; Lawrence of Arabia; Daniel Boone; Alfred B. Nobel
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. House ad for Real Life Comics.
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The Incendiary Ray

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The American Crusader [Archibald Masters]; Jane Peters [Masters' secretary]; Hans (villain, introduction); Ernst (villain, introduction); Specs (villain, introduction); other Nazi spies (villains, introduction)
First Line: I think I'll drive out and see the oil wells, Professor!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
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Doc Strange and the Solar Cannon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doc Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Dr. Gregory Swayne (villain, introduction, death); Gyp Jordan; Cotter
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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 Jack Binder, but appears rather to be by Kostuk.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): The Lone Eagle' Grabel (villain, introduction, death); Lone Eagle; Captain Vaca; Nazis
First Line: The Lone Eagle receives an invitation...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : Dan Gormley is suggested as artist, presumably on the evidence of the JVJ card attached to the online scans. But a comparison with other, signed, Gormley stories (e.g. 'Gang Busters' in Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #70) make this unlikely.
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Constable Freddie

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
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Freddie Wilson; George Garrison; Frank Ludlow
First Line: Freddie Wilson crouched on the edge of an open clearing...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Charles S. Strong was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
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Demons of the Depths

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; Professor Fenton (villain); King Midas (introduction); the image of the Venerable Yogi
First Line: Boys -- This time we're really getting gold!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Gunboat Grey
Character(s): Gunboat Grey; Bomber
First Line: Say, Bomber - this is gonna be some swell party tonight ...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Wagner (villain, introduction); Heinrich (villain, introduction); Dan Duffy; Marcia; Blink
First Line: The headquarters of a notorious Nazi spy--
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Pages: 6
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The Palmer Mansion Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; Mrs. Belden Palmer; Inspector Cavanaugh; Harry Dent (villain, introduction)
First Line: Late one night, as Peggy Allen returns from a week end trip...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: initialed "K" in last panel.

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

Letters Page  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
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Chats with the Editor
First Line: Every true-blue American thrills to the sight of a clean, noble, upstanding American youth wearing the uniform of his country!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes membership form for the Thrilling Club.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Nickie Norton; Lefty; Lorca (villain, introduction); Benson (villain, introduction)
First Line: In a Washington suburb...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Rookie Riley
Character(s): Rookie Elmer Riley; Napoleon; Militia
First Line: Sir - did you send for me?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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