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Issue: Exciting Comics #2 (26) Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1943
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Issues: #2 (26) of 69 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/02/1943
Volume: 9
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, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
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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
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Nazis
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Coo Coo Comics
First Line: It's the Newest...the Greatest...the Ribticklingest Comics magazine you've ever Read!
Synopsis: Promo for Coo Coo Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Villainy in the Virgin Islands

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Richard Hughes ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): Durfel (villain, introduction, death); Nazis (villains); Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland; Jean
First Line: Crashing through the web of fascist treachery comes a...
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Pages: 14
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Democracy's Ace Champion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Alderman
Inker(s): Jack Alderman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The American Eagle, Democracy's Ace Champion
Character(s): Eiche (villain, introduction, death); Nazis (villains); American Eagle [Tom Standish]; Eaglet [Bud Pierce]
First Line: Tom's young pal, Bud Pierce, helps clean the laboratory...
Synopsis: American paratroopers are dying because their parachutes are disintegrating; the American Eagle investigates the parachute rot.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Pencils/Inks are not by Alex Schomburg as previously attributed.

Art is consistent with Alderman‘s credited work from Captain Aero Comics #11 (September 1943) and Cat-Man Comics #21 (November 1943).
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The Tasteless Poison

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Liberator
Character(s): Hubsch (villain, introduction, death); Stell (villain, introduction); Liberator [Dr. Nelson Drew]; Tommy; Annabel; Dr. Baxter
First Line: The faculty club at Claflin U. ... Drew, I've discovered a swift...
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Pages: 8
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Submarine Signal

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Michael McQuillan
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Michael McQuillan
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Henry Post; Sgt. Jerry Post; Hans Schreiber
First Line: Henry Post was fourteen, and his ambition...
Synopsis: Henry Post stumbles upon Nazi saboteurs and finds a way to get help even though he is trapped by the Germans.
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Pages: 1
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The Synthetic Rubber Formula

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Maurice Gutwirth
Inker(s): Maurice Gutwirth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Sergeant Bill King
Character(s): Sgt. Bill King; Muller; Mr. Sinclair; Nazis
First Line: As Nazi spies gather--
Synopsis: Nazi spies try to steal the formula for a synthetic rubber.
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Pages: 6
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Army Music

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): James Jackson
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): James Jackson
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Danny Crockett; Jim Danver; Apaches
First Line: The fort resounded with the wild yells...
Synopsis: Apaches attack an army fort when the bulk of the soldiers are away on an expedition; Danny thinks of a way to scare off the attacking Apaches and save the fort.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kay Blitz
Penciller(s): Kay Blitz [as Blitz] (signed)
Inker(s): Kay Blitz [as Blitz] (signed)
Colorist(s): Kay Blitz
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shipmates
Character(s): Godfrey; unnamed photographer
First Line: Hold it, sailor, thanks!
Synopsis: A photographer takes a photo of Godfrey and intends to mail a print to Godfrey, but Godfrey will be sailing within the hour; because of this, the photographer grabs Godfrey and attempts to take him to his studio to develop the print right away. En route to the studio, they are mistaken as spies.
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Pages: 2
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Attack in the Gulf

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Crash Carter, air cadet
Character(s): Nazis (villains); Crash Carter; Karl
First Line: Aboard an aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Mexico...
Synopsis: Crash Carter discovers a U-boat trailing the aircraft carrier that he is currently stationed aboard.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Timber Topper

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Bartlett
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Frank Bartlett
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Raymond Dill; Red Dill; Hooks Larson
First Line: Raymond Dill had been born in a lumber camp, and...
Synopsis: Raymond, a thirteen-year-old, rescues a lumberjack stuck high up in a tree.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Chaffin ?
Penciller(s): John Chaffin [as Chaffin] (signed)
Inker(s): John Chaffin [as Chaffin] (signed)
Colorist(s): John Chaffin ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Meet the Colonel
Character(s): Col. Feathergill (introduction); Hubert
First Line: And because of my advice, he is now where he is today--
Synopsis: Col. Feathergill overhears what he believes to be saboteurs and they are arrested.
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Pages: 9
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Larry Smashes the Gulf Sub Menace

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
Genres: war
Feature(s): Larry North U.S. Navy
Character(s): The "Ghost of Lafitte" (villain, introduction, death); Nazis (villains); Betty; Lt. Larry North
First Line: Lieutenant North, we've destroyed many Axis subs in...
Synopsis: American ships are being sunk in the Gulf of Mexico and Lt. North is dispatched to find the cause.
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Pages: 6
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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
Character(s): Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]
First Line: here comes the Fighting Yank!
Synopsis: Promo for The Fighting Yank
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Modern Concise Encyclopedia
First Line: Amazing gift offer to "comic" readers!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Modern Concise Encyclopedia.

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