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Issue: Exciting Comics #3 (15) Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1941
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Issues: #3 (15) of 69 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/23/1941
Volume: 5
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines
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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Elmer Wexler
Inker(s): Elmer Wexler
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover marquee: "Make Way For.... The Liberator! ....In This Issue"
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The Malay Menace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes ?
Penciller(s): David Gabrielsen [as D. Gabrielsen] (signed)
Inker(s): David Gabrielsen [as D. Gabrielsen] (signed)
Colorist(s): Richard Hughes ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): The Master [Philip Van Allen] (villain, introduction, death); Malay cult (villains, introductions); Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland; Mrs. J. Wellington Gibbs; Dr. Croydon; Mr. Gibbs; Jean; Victor Helmont
First Line: Night... at the window of a wealthy home...
Synopsis: After a college prank disfigures Van Allen, he decides, years later, to take revenge against those who caused his disfigurement.
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Pages: 13
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Origin of the Liberator

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Liberator
Character(s): The Liberator [Dr. Nelson Drew] (introduction, origin); Annabel Evans (introduction); Tommy (introduction); Prof. Forbes (introduction, death); Krause (villain, introduction); Kurt (villain, introduction); Nazi spies (villains, introductions)
First Line: Nelson Drew conducts a chemistry lecture at Claflin College---
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Writer credit inferred from the fact the character Annabel Evans shares a first name with Hughes's wife.
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Ted Crane in China

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Mandel
Inker(s): George Mandel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ted Crane
Character(s): Dr. Cobra (villain); John Lasher (villain, introduction); Japanese (villains); Ted Crane; Betty; Ho-Lan
First Line: In Haiphong, French Indo-China---
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Pages: 8
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The Big Gun

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Barry Brandon
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Barry Brandon
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Freddie Calvert; Lars Hansen; Captain Svenson
First Line: Freddie Calvert stood in the pilot house of the whale-hunting ship "Nordstjernan," as it bobbed around Cape Hinlopen in the Arctic Ocean.
Synopsis: The Nordstjernan hits an iceberg and Lars falls overboard.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The last name of Lars is spelled as Hansen and Hanson within the story.
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The Panama Peril

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Leslie Bellem ?
Penciller(s): Max Plaisted
Inker(s): Max Plaisted
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Larry North, U.S.N.
Character(s): Frieda (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains); Larry North; Betty; Helen Wallace; Capt. Wallace
First Line: Two sportsmen, on a Caribbean cruise, reported people on these deserted islands off Panama!
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Pages: 6
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The Calmite Explosive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Inker(s): Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: military
Feature(s): Sergeant Bill King
Character(s): Brandt (villain, introduction); Capt. Hoffer (villain, introduction); Sgt. Bill King; Sgt. King; Major Frey; Anson
First Line: My new explosive, calmite... is twenty times more destructive than dynamite, major!
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Pages: 6
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The Gentleman Strikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kin Platt
Inker(s): Kin Platt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): The Mask
Character(s): The Gentleman (villain, introduction); Tony Colby; Mr. Langtry; Pete; George; Carol
First Line: In Tony Colby's office--
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Pages: 7
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Danger Signal

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tex Mumford
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Tex Mumford
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Tommy Tucker; Buck Tucker; John Tucker
First Line: Tommy and Buck Tucker were brothers who both lived on the Circle T ranch.
Synopsis: Tommy helps to catch his father's robber.
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Pages: 1
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The Chinese Smugglers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger
Character(s): Sheriff Goff (villain, introduction); Lobo Kane (villain, introduction); Jim Hatfield; Belle Kent; Mr. Kent; Chuck
First Line: At Ranger headquarters---
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray McGill
Penciller(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Inker(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Colorist(s): Ray McGill
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gunboat Grey
Character(s): Gunboat Grey (introduction)
First Line: Aw, chee -- I don't feel good today!
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Pages: 4

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