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Issue: Exciting Comics #2 (5) Public Domain
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Publisher: FlagPines
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Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/15/1940
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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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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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
science fiction
Ted Hunt; Jane Martin; Harpies
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Miscellaneous
1
Adventure on an Asteroid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Io Tarjas (introduction); Dian Tarjas (introduction); Ceresians (introduction); Harpies (introduction, villain, death); Ted Hunt; Jane Martin; Lars Tarjas
Look, Ted---coming straight at us!
Ted and Jane save the Ceresians from the Harpies.
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Miscellaneous
10
Ted Crane in Algeria

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Sergeant Boucher (introduction, villain); Ted Crane; Prof. Hawkins; Betty Hawkins
A native runner brings a message to Ted and Prof. Hawkins!
Ted and his party are tasked with the search for the lost city of Tenoran.
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Miscellaneous
8
The Payroll Robberies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, crime
The Chief (introduction, villain); The Mask [Tony Colby]; Carol Smith; Bill; Ed; Butch; Silk; Commissioner Warner
A series of payroll robberies shocks the city!
The Mask investigates a series of payroll robberies at the First National Bank.
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Miscellaneous
6
Art was previously credited to Ray Thayer. Platt signs in the final panel.
The Tankonaut

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
military, superhero
Dr. John Thesson [Son of the Gods]; M. V. Gage (introduction, villain); Franklin Delano Roosevelt; General Slater
Two sentries at Fort Union challenge a strange vehicle!
Thesson stops a super-powered tank, called a tankonaut, from terrorizing Americans.
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Miscellaneous
10
Titano the Gorilla

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Cooper (introduction, villain); Titano (an ape, introduction, death); Dan Williams; Mr. Hastings
A circus train is wrecked as it heads toward New York!
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Miscellaneous
7
Teddy and the Shark

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (spot illustration)
? (spot illustration)
? (spot illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
Teddy Fall; Mike; Ike; Toni
Teddy Fall thought that living on an island in the South Seas was lots of fun for a ten-year-old American boy like himself.
Toni, trapped underwater, is rescued by Teddy.
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Miscellaneous
0.8
The remaining space is taken up with an ad for The Rio Kid Western pulp magazine.
The Aircraft Plant Saboteurs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
war
Kent (introduction, villain); Bill King; Jarvis
In Bill King's trench, somewhere on the western front--
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Miscellaneous
5
The Mystery Submarine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Lupine (introduction, villain); Lila Blake (introduction, learns the Sphinx's true identity); The Sphinx [Ellsworth Forrester]; Murphy
A party at the home of Commissioner Lupine.
The Sphinx stops a submarine that is robbing ships at sea.
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Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Mickey
Wheeeeee...!!
Mickey imagines himself as the captain of various aquatic vessels.
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Mickey
That one!
After reading a comic titled Thrilling Comics, Mickey fantasizes about having heroic adventures.
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Miscellaneous
1
A character named Doc Strange is mentioned in the story.
Rustling At the Bar C Ranch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Randy Smith (introduction, villain); Jim Hatfield; Capt. McDowell
Capt. McDowell gives Jim his new assignment--
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Miscellaneous
6
Billy Brings a Posse

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (2 spot illustrations)
? (2 spot illustrations)
? (2 spot illustrations)
typeset
Subject Matter
western
Billy Gray; Keno Jordan; Jim Brant; Mr. Gray
Billy Gray urged his little cowpony into a gallop.
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Miscellaneous
0.8
The remaining space is taken up by an ad for Thrilling Western and Popular Western pulp magazines.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Harvey (introduction); bank teller
Twenty-five cents!...
Harvey wants to see a movie that costs 25 cents, but he only has a dime.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Harvey; policeman
!
Harvey seeks out a policeman when he sees a "Help Wanted" sign posted in a store window.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Harvey
Hospital zone quiet
Spying a sign that reads, "Hospital Zone Quiet," Harvey tiptoes past the hospital.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Harvey; Harvey's mom
Be a good boy-hurry and mail this letter your father forgot to mail.
Harvey's mom asks Harvey to mail a letter.
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Miscellaneous
0.5

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