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Issue: Thrilling Comics #3 (3) Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1940
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Issues: #3 (3) of 80 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/13/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines [as N.L. Pines] (president)
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 444840.
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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 series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alexander Kostuk
Inker(s): Alexander Kostuk
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Dr. Strange (Doc Strange)
Character(s): Dr. Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thomson
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Pages: 1
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Dr. Strange in the Orient

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes
Penciller(s): Alexander Kostuk
Inker(s): Alexander Kostuk
Colorist(s): Richard Hughes
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Dr. Strange
Character(s): Kong (villain, introduction, death); Fang (villain, introduction); Ling Fu (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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The Origin of the Ghost

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes ?
Penciller(s): August Froehlich ?
Inker(s): August Froehlich ?
Colorist(s): Richard Hughes ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Ghost, Master Magician
Character(s): The Ghost [George Chance] (introduction, origin); Mr. Chance (introduction, The Ghost's father); Tanko (villain, introduction); Trask (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 10
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Baron von Sneer (villain, introduction); Sonya (villain, introduction); Max (villain, introduction); Adolf (villain, introduction); Otto (villain, introduction); Franz (villain, introduction); Jean Bolton (introduction)
First Line: It's time to eat, boys.
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Pages: 8
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Death Stalks the Grange

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Terror [Greeley Butler] (villain, introduction); the Woman in Red
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Pages: 5
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The Lone Eagle, famous American ace, enlists in the British air force...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Elmer Wexler
Inker(s): Elmer Wexler
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): the Lone Eagle
Character(s): The Lone Eagle (introduction); Dale Prentice (introduction); Brent (villain, introduction, death); Nazis (villain)
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Pages: 8
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The White Rhino

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Capt. Kerry McRoberts
Colorist(s): Capt. Kerry McRoberts
Letterer(s): typeset
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The Rio Kid Rides

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Daly
Inker(s): John Daly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rio Kid
Character(s): Clem Keller (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 7
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Marching Along Together

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ned Pines ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Promo for the "Thrilling Club". Coupon for survey of features and registration to "CASH PRIZE CONTEST".
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Article mentions the "all star lineup of features in this issue": Doctor Strange, Three Comrades, The Woman in Red, The Ghost, the Lone Eagle, The Rio Kid, Marco Polo Jones.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray McGill
Penciller(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Inker(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Colorist(s): Ray McGill
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marco Polo Jones
Character(s): Marco Polo Jones (introduction); Polly (introduction); Snowball (introduction)
First Line: Polly--I'm planning a trip to the Milky Way...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Racial stereotype.
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Detective Captures Gangsters Single Handed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Terry Gilkison
Penciller(s): Terry Gilkison
Inker(s): Terry Gilkison
Colorist(s): Terry Gilkison
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Buddy Braver
Character(s): Buddy Braver (introduction, only appearance)
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Pages: 2

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