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Issue: Thrilling Comics #43

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Publication Date: August 1944

Issue #43
- v11 #3 (33)
- v12 #1 (34)
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Issues: #43 of 80 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Pines

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: Standard Magazines Inc.

On Sale Date: 06/09/1944

Volume: none

Pages: 52

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Ned Pines

Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 3.

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Format

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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Content Items (12 total)

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Genres: war

Character(s): The Commando Cubs [Ace Browning; Horace Cosgrove II; Pokey Jones; Spud O’Shea; Whizzer Malarkey]; Nazis

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Character(s): George F. Jowett (photo)

First Line: "I will show you... how to build a mighty body using my quick, easy methods," says George F. Jowett.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for bodybuilding books.

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Genres: war

Character(s): Commando Cubs [Ace Browning; Horace Cosgrove II; Pokey Jones; Spud O’Shea; Whizzer Malarkey]; Prof. Musselbownd; Herr Nero (Nazi spy chief); Nazis (villains)

First Line: When five spunky American boys...

Synopsis: Nazis kidnap Prof. Musselbownd and steal the plans for a new type of radio controlled bomb. The Commando Cubs take it upon themselves to recover the bomb plans and rescue the professor.

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Pages: 13

Notes: Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.

The Island of Lost Ships

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Mike Ellis (Doc Strange's sidekick); Dr. Von Strom; Nazis (villains)

First Line: Doc Strange... Arch-foe of Axis plotters, hurls himself fiercely into the...

Synopsis: Dr. Von Strom tries to recruit Doc Strange to the Nazi cause.

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Pages: 11

Green Flag

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: war

Character(s): Sgt. Terry Norris; Cpl. Bill Gaynes; Pvt. Alvin Connor

First Line: The rubber landing boat headed into the beach of...

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Genres: war

Character(s): The Lone Eagle; Vera Davis; Andy Davis; Franz; Nazis (villains)

First Line: Dead pilots landing their planes!

Synopsis: When a dead pilot lands a plane safely, Lone Eagle takes to the skies and uncovers a nefarious Nazi scheme.

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Pages: 7

Indian Trick

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Genres: western

Feature(s): Jimmy Blue

Character(s): Jimmy Blue; Joe Drake; Bill Wade

First Line: Jimmy Blue shivered as he placed more wood in the...

Synopsis: Jimmy, alone at home, is accosted by two visitors who then try to rob him.

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Genres: fantasy, superhero

Character(s): The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; the spirit of the Venerable Yogi; Blatt; Glaemann; Karl; Nazis (villains); Admiral Halton

First Line: A mysterious communication exists between Nazi saboteurs and Germany...

Synopsis: Ghost is called upon to investigate a Nazi spy operation that is stealing plans for newly developed Allied military hardware.

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Pages: 8

Desert Rescue

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Writer(s): Larry Latham (credited)

Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)

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Genres: western

Character(s): Buck Harper; John Harper; Joe Nash

First Line: Buck Harper was spending the summer helping his Uncle John search for...

Synopsis: Nash pretends to be dying of thirst and hunger as a ruse to catch Buck and John unawares in an effort to steal their gold.

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Genres: war

Character(s): Lucky Lawrence; Sergeant Quinn; Noodle; Tubby; Georgos

First Line: It takes rare courage to defy the enemy behind his own lines!

Synopsis: Lucky and three soldiers sneak into Crete to destroy an enemy fortification ahead of an Allied invasion.

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Pages: 6

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Feature(s): Vacutex

Character(s): Bob; Jim

First Line: Remove ugly blackheads or no cost

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Notes: Inside back cover.

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First Line: New enlargement

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Notes: Back cover. Ad for photo enlargement services by Dean Studios.