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Issue: Exciting Comics #53 Public Domain
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/08/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)
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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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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Miss Masque [Diana Adams]
Reprinting
FlagOfficial Golden-Age Hero & Heroine Directory #1 published January 1997
as Miss Masque [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMen of Mystery Comics #68 published October 2007
as Miss Masque Scourge of the Underworld [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Cover marquee: "In This Issue Miss Masque Scourge Of The Underworld"
At The Head Of The Parade -- The Best Comics In America!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
House ad for all of the publisher's comics
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1
Exciting Headliners

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
The Black Terror; Roger Dodger; Miss Masque; Crash Carter; The Crime Crushers;
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1
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The Case of the Chinese Casket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean; Chin Lee; Doc Sanders; Sluggsy
There's something about Chinatown that spells m-y-s-t-e-r-y...
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11
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Roger Dodger; Mabel-Sugar; Van Bunson; Mr. Tweeth; Jeep; Tony; Jinx Merkel; Sylvia Sanders; Hilda Sperry
Yessir, Roger...I'm a sensation!
Jeep helps Rodger become as popular with women as heart-throb Van Bunson.
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Miscellaneous
8
CC-837
"Van Bunson" is a spoof of the name of popular actor Van Johnson, although the character is not drawn to resemble the real-life actor and the character in the story is identified as a singer.
The Face

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
A clown, rejected by a showgirl, shows her what his real face looks like.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
AC-769
pantomime; wordless comic

Bottom half of page is an advertisement for Smith Brothers cough drops.
Engineering Project

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
drama
Mrs. Markham; Frank Markham; George Dahlgren
Things looked bad for the Markham family...
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Miss Masque [Diana Adams]; Russ Bowman; Don Starling (racketeer); Francois
With society life as a camouflage...
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Miscellaneous
9
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure
Crash Carter; Stew; Louie; Svenson (villain)
When trouble rears its ugly head...
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Miscellaneous
8
CC-766
Giraffe Hunt

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, jungle
Dave Hilton; Doctor George Hilton; Bill Daly
Young Dave Hilton's father was a big game hunter...
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
mystery
The Crime Crushers [Steve Barry; Ploopie Carr]; Molly Moran; Tom Ryan
The rugged old heart of Molly Moran...
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Miscellaneous
7
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