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Issue: Exciting Comics #2 (17) Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #2 (17) of 69 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/06/1942
Volume: 6
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (11 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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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: "A New Feature The Liberator!.... In This Issue"
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The Hypnotic Gas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Dr. Manton (introduction); Sweiger (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 14
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The Poison Dart Murders

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Liberator
Character(s): The Liberator [Dr. Nelson Drew]; Gobel (villain, introduction); Babbon (villain, introduction); un-named Nazi spies (villains, introduction for all)
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Pages: 10
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The Murderous Mechanics

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Feature(s): Crash Carter, Air Cadet
Character(s): Hans (villain, introduction, death); Hauser (villain, introduction, death); Capt. Black (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 8
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Bench Quarterback

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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 1
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The Harlequin Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Mask
Character(s): The Harlequin [Richter] (Joker rip-off, villain, introduction)
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Pages: 7
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Crashing through to a New High in Mystery Adventure Red-Blooded Action

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fighting Yank; Captain Future
Character(s): The Fighting Yank; Captain Future
Synopsis: Promotional advertisement for Startling Comics.
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Pages: 1
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Carribean Crisis

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Subject Matter
Genres: military
Feature(s): Larry North U.S.N.
Character(s): Von Stofer (villain, introduction); Nazi spies (villains, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Make-Believe Mickey
First Line: Lookit him go!
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Pages: 1
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Hidden Loot

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jimmy Blue
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Pages: 1
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ted Crane
Character(s): Ted Crane; Dr. Cobra (villain)
First Line: In a Hong Kong hotel...
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Pages: 8
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Attack on the Secretary of War

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Subject Matter
Genres: military
Feature(s): Sergeant Bill King
Character(s): Sergeant Bill King; Wasser (villain, introduction, death); Hugo (introduction); Mahler (introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gunboat Grey
First Line: Gunboat, report to the recruiting station...
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Pages: 0.67
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Statement of Ownership

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Between this sequence and the previous sequence, there is a small promo for Real Life Comics, text only.
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Not Fiction..But Vivid.Blazing Fact!

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Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Adolf Hitler
Synopsis: Promotional advertisement for Real Life Comics.
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Pages: 1

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