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Issue: Exciting Comics #2 (20) Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1942
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Issues: #2 (20) of 69 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/05/1942
Volume: 7
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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.
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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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Adult Image
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Elmer Wexler ?
Inker(s): Elmer Wexler ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover marquee: "A New Feature The Liberator!.... In This Issue"
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Crashing through to a New High in Mystery Adventure Red-Blooded Action

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fighting Yank; Captain Future
Synopsis: Promo for Startling omics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dr. Eptil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes?
Penciller(s): David Gabrielsen
Inker(s): David Gabrielsen
Colorist(s): Richard Hughes?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): Dr. Eptil (villain, introduction); The Spider [Joe Mattock] (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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The Actinic Weapon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Liberator
Character(s): Pohlkat (villain); Karl (villain); other spies (villains); Prof. Rossel (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Junior Red Cross Man

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles S. Strong
Colorist(s): Charles S. Strong
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Spies at the Flying Circus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Crash Carter, Air Cadet
Character(s): Mosher (villain, introduction, death); Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Tops in Excitement! Tops in Thrills!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doc Strange; The American Crusader
Synopsis: Promo for Thrilling Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mystery Base

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Leslie Bellem ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Larry North, United States Navy
Character(s): Japanese (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Death at the Zenith Bank

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kin Platt
Inker(s): Kin Platt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Mask
Character(s): Ralph Davis (villain, introduction); Butler gang (villains, introductions)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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Paddy's Magic

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Sturdy
Colorist(s): Carl Sturdy
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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In Saigon...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Mandel
Inker(s): George Mandel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ted Crane
Character(s): Dr. Cobra (villain); Japanese (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Military Payroll Heist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Maurice Gutwirth
Inker(s): Maurice Gutwirth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sergeant Bill King
Character(s): Ferro (villain, introduction); Hawley (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Von
Penciller(s): Von (signed)
Inker(s): Von (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Harvey
First Line: Bong
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Pages: 1

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