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Issue: Thrilling Comics #3 (24) Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #3 (24) of 80 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/20/1941
Volume: 8
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Kin Platt ?
Inker(s): Kin Platt ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The American Crusader
Character(s): American Crusader [Archibald Masters]
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In Content Item: FlagOfficial Golden-Age Hero & Heroine Directory #1 published January 1997
as The American Crusader [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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It's Thrilling! It's True! It's New!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg [as A. Schomburg] (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg [as A. Schomburg] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Real Life Comics
Character(s): Sir Francis Drake; Woodrow Wilson; Black Hawk; Billy Mitchell; Richard I of England; Pat Christie
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Scorched Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Max Plaisted
Inker(s): Max Plaisted
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The American Crusader, Defender Of Democracy
Character(s): Professor Fangawa (villain, introduction); Von Klampf (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains); American Crusader [Archibald Masters]; Prof. Banks; Dr. Morris
First Line: Suddenly over the eastern seaboard sweeps a blue cloud, leaving in its wake, withered and dead vegetation~
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: title from last issue blurb
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Doc Strange and the Mad Emperor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Binder
Inker(s): Jack Binder
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doc Strange
Character(s): Doc Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thomson; Mike Ellis (Doc Strange's sidekick, appears in all subsequent stories, introduction, origin); The Emperor (villain, introduction); Watkins; Bill; Bodoni
First Line: Doc, isn't this where Mike Ellis, the boy heir to the Ellis millions, lives?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Adventure In India

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Mandel
Inker(s): George Mandel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Ghost
Character(s): Professor Fenton (villain); Betty Morris; the Ghost; Reverend Swami; Rajah of Rajput; Mahout
First Line: You mean this Rajah of Rajput got his weight in diamonds?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Indian Lore

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles S. Strong
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): George Culver; Mike Mullaney [Old Mike]; Red Carson; Jack Culver
First Line: Young George Culver enjoyed his companionship with Old Mike Mullaney.
Synopsis: George Culver is captured by cattle rustlers and finds a way to summon help.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Scheme of Schadow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Elmer Wexler
Inker(s): Elmer Wexler
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): The Lone Eagle
Character(s): Schadow (villain, introduction); Lone Eagle
First Line: Something's up, Schadow--with army orders calling those ranking officers to air headquarters!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Turning Table-Lands

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Terry Gilkison
Penciller(s): Terry Gilkison [as TG] (signed)
Inker(s): Terry Gilkison [as TG] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Young Smiley West
Character(s): Smiley; Buck
First Line: Oh, boy! I'm sure getting interested in these!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Football and Fifth Columnists

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)
Inker(s): Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Dan Duffy, College Athlete
Character(s): Mills (villain, introduction); gang of spies (villains, introduction); Dan Duffy; Marcia; Blink; Prof. Clement
First Line: Look at Dan go, Marcia!
Synopsis: Nazi spies steal an invention that allows for remote control of planes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Join the American Parade

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chats with the Editor
First Line: Attention! Right dress! Front! Forward march!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a membership form to join the Thrilling Club.
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The Sinister Spiritualist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Mandel
Inker(s): George Mandel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime
Feature(s): The Woman in Red
Character(s): Dr. Phineas Peble (villain, introduction); Horace Bishop; Cavanaugh; Peggy Allen [Woman in Red]; Carl
First Line: In the office of Horace Bishop, investment broker--
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Assignment: Umbria

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Sansone
Inker(s): Leonard Sansone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Nickie Norton of the Secret Service
Character(s): Donner (villain, introduction); Smolar (villain, introduction); Nickie Norton; Lefty; Mr. Bradford; Betty
First Line: The first step is to bomb the American consulate in Umbria, Santo!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Penciller(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Inker(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rookie Riley
Character(s): Riley; Corporal; Sergeant
First Line: Outside Men!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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It's The Black Terror! Run!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Black Terror; Exciting Comics
Character(s): Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. House ad for the Black Terror and for Exciting Comics.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Be a radio technician
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the book "Rich Rewards In Radio."

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