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Issue: Thrilling Comics #1 (25) Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1942
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Issues: #1 (25) of 80 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications
On Sale Date: 12/18/1941
Volume: 9
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (9 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
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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): Doc Strange
Character(s): Doc Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Mike Ellis
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Pick your prize
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Pages: 1
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The Return of the 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; The Emperor (villain); Kamholtz (villain, introduction, death); Fire-Apes (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Weird fire-apes, deadly gas, a mighty subterranean drill...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Case of the Magnetic Mines

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): Nazi spies (villain, introduction, death); American Crusader [Archibald Masters]; Jane Peters
First Line: Lecturing at a college near Niagara, Prof. Masters and Jane Peters enjoy a picnic supper...
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Pages: 10
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Case of the Counterfeit Tickets

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): Tasoni (villain, introduction); Blink; Dan Duffy; Pinky Craft; Marcia
First Line: Sorry, Blink... these tickets are counterfeit!
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Pages: 6
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Episode In Kapore

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Norman Daniels ?
Penciller(s): August Froehlich
Inker(s): August Froehlich
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): The Ghost
Character(s): The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; Professor Fenton (villain); Jane; Tom
First Line: Go after the jewels of the Rajah of Kapore?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art credit per Alter Ego #111 (July 2012).
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The Scientists' Death List

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): Hale of the Herald
Character(s): George Hale (introduction); Vickie Dale (introduction); Mr. Perkins (introduction); Venoma (villain, introduction); Fritz; Dr. Nielssen; Phillips; Langreth
First Line: Night--in the offices of the war department, evil lurks!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art credits per Alter Ego #111 (July 2012).
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Trigger Trap

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Buck Benson
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Joe Wade; Jacques LaTour; Mack Hunter; Sheriff Thomas
First Line: Joe Wade halted his little cowpony as he reached the old trapper's cabin back in the mountains.
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Pages: 0.85
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.15
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The Owens Mob Strikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Mandel ?; Kin Platt ?
Inker(s): George Mandel; Kin Platt ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Woman In Red
Character(s): The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; The Owens Mob (villains, introduction for all); Archer (villain, introduction, death); Owens
First Line: Councilman Archer calls on the commissioner!
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Platt art credits per Alter Ego #111 (July 2012).
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Convoy Duty

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): Coron (villain, introduction); Masters (introduction); Lone Eagle; Manners
First Line: You'll fly convoy duty in a five hundred mile area!
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Pages: 7
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A Merry Christmas to All

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
Character(s): Santa Claus
First Line: Boys and girls, this Yuletide season is a jolly time, as always--but it's also a time for solemnity and reverence.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a membership form to join the Thrilling Club.
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The Buck Tracy Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Daly
Inker(s): John Daly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Rio Kid
Character(s): Raben (villain, introduction); Buck Tracy (introduction); his son (introduction); daughter (introduction); Jud; Joe
First Line: Buck Tracy celebrates...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration); ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (illustration); ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Be a radio technician
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for the book "Rich Rewards In Radio."
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Red Ryder; Thunder (horse); Little Beaver
First Line: Get a Daisy air rifle with your Christmas cash!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for Daisy air rifles and the Daisy catalog.

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