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Issue: Spy Thrillers #2
Publication Date: January 1955
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Issues: #2 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Prime Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rick Davis
Character(s): Rick Davis
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Pages: 1
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Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
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The Whirl of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Rick Davis
Character(s): Rick Davis
Synopsis: Rick goes to Cheznik, Czechoslovakia to help rescue scientist Anton Ledovik from the communists. He goes to Paul Jaraslaw for help when someone tries to kill him, only for Paul to turn out to be a communist agent; Rick kills Paul and returns Anton to the USA safely.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: F-250
Disclose Notes: Maneely splash panel and art on page 2; panel 5 and page 4; panel 2. Info per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com
Writer credits this issue by Martin O'Hearn.
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The Unseen Killers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Rick Davis
Character(s): Rick Davis
Synopsis: Rick goes to Iowa to find out how communist agents are spreading an insect to crops, planning to use an insecticide to poison US plants. Rick discovers a trust farmer is really a communist agent and shoots his crop duster plane from the sky, ending the scheme.
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In Content Item: FlagSpy Thrillers #2 published January 1955
as The Unseen Menace [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Job Number: F-251
Disclose Notes: Maneely splash panel. Info per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlatales.com
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To Catch a Spy!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
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From Content Item: FlagKent Blake of the Secret Service #8 published July 1952
was Out-of-Date Spies [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: 9985
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Incident!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Synopsis: Chinese-American agent Lee Chan ventures into Chinese territory to rescue Po Tong, a defector from the military. Eventually, he must remain behind to help an old farmer smuggle Tong to safety, while Chan hopes he may eventually evade capture.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: F-350
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The Telltale Machines!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Rick Davis
Character(s): Rick Davis
Synopsis: Rick pretends to have gone anti-US so he can win the confidence of Soviet agents in England. The entire time he works with the communists, he finds their member Grills wathcing him. Finally, Scotland Yard catches the gang and Rick finds a file on all the agents, while Grills turns out to be another undercover man working for the Yard.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: F-252
Disclose Notes: Maneely pencils and inks on page 2; panel 6 & 7, page 3; panels 3 & 4, and page 4, panel 6. Info per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com

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