Exciting Comics
#v6#1 (16)
(February 1942)
Pines,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 6
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly with the exception of January, May, September
- On-sale Date
- 1941-12-02
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Better Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)
Issue Notes
Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/)
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
[no title indexed]
The Black Terror / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]
- Keywords
- sailing ship
Indexer Notes
Cover marquee: "A New Feature The Liberator!.... In This Issue"
[Attack on an Airport]
The Black Terror / comic story / 13 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I can guess the excitement at City Hall, Jean...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Pete Hogue (villain, introduction); Mike Scanlon (villain, introduction)
[The Challenge of X-3]
The Liberator / comic story / 13 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say...That isn't the regular announcer cutting in!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Liberator [Professor Nelson Drew]; Annabel Evans; Tommy; X-3 (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains)
[Debut of an Air Cadet]
Crash Carter, Air Cadet / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lots of luck, Tom!
- Genre
- military
- Characters
- Tom 'Crash' Carter (introduction, origin); Horace 'Stew' Kent (introduction); Looie Tizzle (introduction); Vesper (villain, introduction); Otto (villain, introduction); Connors (Nazi spy); other Nazi spies (villains, introductions)
Junior Warden
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Hale (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Alfred Denton was just ten years old...
- Genre
- children; war
- Characters
- Alfred Denton; Mr. Denton; Fitzmaurice
[Deathtrap for the Mask]
The Mask / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Secretlly recovering his vision...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Mask [Tony Colby]; Carol (secretary); Cliff Barnes (villain, introduction)
[Attack on the Arsenal]
Sergeant Bill King / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sergeant King...Your detail will guard the arsenal tonight!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sergeant Bill King; Hauser (villain, introduction); Simon (villain, introduction); other Nazi spies (villains, introductions)
Inca Relic
text story / 1 page
- Script
- John Easterly (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Among the Inca ruins in the interior of Peru...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Professor Archibald Forbes; Philip Forbes; Pedro Gomez (crook)
Ted Crane and the Singapore Plot
Ted Crane / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At a Hong Kong hotel...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Ted Crane; Betty Hawkins; Dr. Cobra (villain); Von Stettin (villain, introduction); Feng (villain, introduction)
[Trouble on Bitter Creek]
Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At Ranger Headquarters...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger; Croft (villain, introduction); Apache Tom (villain, introduction); Laredo (villain, introduction); Jeb (villain, introduction)
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Black Terror -
1.
[Attack on an Airport]
The Black Terror -
2.
[The Challenge of X-3]
The Liberator -
3.
[Debut of an Air Cadet]
Crash Carter, Air Cadet -
4.
Junior Warden
-
5.
[Deathtrap for the Mask]
The Mask -
6.
[Attack on the Arsenal]
Sergeant Bill King -
7.
Inca Relic
-
8.
Ted Crane and the Singapore Plot
Ted Crane -
9.
[Trouble on Bitter Creek]
Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger -
10.
[Not Fiction..But Vivid.Blazing Fact!]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Keith Chandler
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Dan Kocher
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Tony R. Rose
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