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Issue: Thrilling Comics #1 (4) Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1940
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Issues: #1 (4) of 80 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/19/1940
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines [as N.L. Pines] (president)
Disclose Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).

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 448582.
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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]
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Pages: 1
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Dr. Strange at Grips with the Giant Electru

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Electru (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 12
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The Ghost Strikes Again

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
Character(s): Professor Fenton (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Tom is called to the Admiralty for special orders!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Sansone
Inker(s): Leonard Sansone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tom Niles, Undersea Raider
Character(s): Franz Hohenleither (villain, introduction, death); Fraulein Schmidt (villain, introduction, death); Lt. Hein (villain, introduction, death); Nazis (villains)
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Pages: 8
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The Spirit Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Spirit Killer [Ogden Phillips] (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 5
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The Lone Eagle in Finland

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): Communists (villains); Torborg (introduction); Col. Garrilowski (introduction)
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Pages: 8
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Widow's Might

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jackson Cole
Colorist(s): Jackson Cole
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jean Bolton; Pancho Rosario (villain, introduction)
First Line: The Three Comrades and Jean Bolton arrive at Alvaro Obregon, port of Mexico.
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Pages: 8
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Arizona Guns

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): Robbins (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Here Are the Cash Prize Winners!

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ned Pines ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chats with the Editor
Synopsis: Promo for the "Thrilling Club". Coupon for survey of features and registration to "CASH PRIZE CONTEST".
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Pages: 1
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Marco Polo Jones Rides Again

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
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Marco Polo Jones
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Snooples the Sleuth
First Line: Package for Boss "Snooples"
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