Thrilling Comics
#38
(October 1943)
Pines,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly except December, April and June
- On-sale Date
- 1943-08-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Better Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Ned Pines (credited as N. L. Pines) (president)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
Doc Strange / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alex Schomburg (signed as
Schomburg) - Inks
- Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Nazis
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
bondage
[no title indexed]
Commando Cubs / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes
- Pencils
- Bob Oksner (signed as Oksner)
- Inks
- Bob Oksner (signed as Oksner)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A grim plot, fiendishly executed by ruthless master-minds of the Axis!
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- Commando Cubs [Ace Browning; Pokey Jones; Horace Cosgrove II; Whizzer Malarkey; Spud O'Shea]; Professor Musselbownd; Herr Erique von Schmeer (Nazi spy)
Indexer Notes
Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
[no title indexed]
Doc Strange / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Extra! Axis agents threaten Pan-American co-operation...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Mike Ellis (Doc Strange's sidekick); Herr Heiss (Nazi spy); Signor Correalo
Signal Trap
Herbie Johnson / text story / 1 page
- Script
- Donald Bayne Hobart (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Alone in the apartment...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Herbie Johnson; Doyle (crook)
The Voice of Norway
The American Crusader / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At his secret headquarters in France...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The American Crusader [Professor Archibald Masters, aka John Black]; Freida Johnson (Nord freedom fighter); The Voice of Norway; Jan Hansen (villain); von Berg (villain, Gestapo Chief of Norway); Ernest (villain); un-named Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- At his secret HQ in France, Professor Masters receives word from the American Secret Service to locate "The Voice of Norway", a man who will guide the Allied invasion of Norway.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Graf Scheer; Trondheim Hotel
Indexer Notes
Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
Keith Chandler : A stylised squiggle in the snow of the splash panel suggests artist initials of 'J K'.
Tower Man
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Charles S. Strong (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hurrying along toward the railroad signal station...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Barry Custer; Mr. Custer (Barry's father)
[no title indexed]
The Ghost / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Ghost's arch-rival, Prof. Fenton, hatches a plot!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; Professor Fenton (villain); the spirit of the Venerable Yogi
[no title indexed]
Hale of the Herald / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Exclusive story--a reporter's meal ticket!
- Genre
- crime; superhero; adventure
- Characters
- George Hale; Vickie Dale;
Indexer Notes
next app. in BLACK TERROR #8
Desert Water
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Tex Mumford (credited) (house name)
- Pencils
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Thirteen-year-old Raymond Post...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Raymond Post; Professor Archibald Gainesborough
Indexer Notes
Keith Chandler : Script was previously given as A. A. Hayes, evidently in error.
[no title indexed]
The Woman in Red / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Inspector Cavanaugh and Peggy Allen discuss the scrap metal drive!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; Inspector Cavanaugh
Indexer Notes
Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.
Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to George Mandel.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Doc Strange -
1.
["A grim plot, fiendishly executed by ruthless master-minds of the Axis!"]
Commando Cubs -
2.
["Extra! Axis agents threaten Pan-American co-operation..."]
Doc Strange -
3.
Signal Trap
Herbie Johnson -
4.
The Voice of Norway
The American Crusader -
5.
Tower Man
-
6.
["The Ghost's arch-rival, Prof. Fenton, hatches a plot!"]
The Ghost -
7.
["Exclusive story--a reporter's meal ticket!"]
Hale of the Herald -
8.
Desert Water
-
9.
["Inspector Cavanaugh and Peggy Allen discuss the scrap metal drive!"]
The Woman in Red
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- John Loffink
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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