Exciting Comics #v1#2 (2)

(May 1940)

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Remington Typewriters / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Ted Crane and the Leopard Men (Table of Contents: 2)

Ted Crane / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

George Mandel (signed as Geo Mandel)

Inks

George Mandel (signed as Geo Mandel)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

jungle

Characters

Ted Crane (first appearance); Prof. Hawkins (first appearance); Betty Hawkins (first appearance); The Leopard Men (first appearance, villains); J. Atkins Bullard (first appearance, villain)

Synopsis

Professor Hawkins leads an expedition to find the lost Konogo tribe.

[Marooned on Mercury] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Space Rovers / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Max Plaisted

Inks

Max Plaisted

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Everything's about ready, doctor. Ted is now aboard the ship stowing away a year's supply!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Ted Hunt (first appearance); Jane Martin (first appearance); Dr. Matthew Martin (first appearance); Douglas Hunt (first appearance); Mercurian cave-people (first appearance); Flaedo (first appearance, villain, death); Zado (first appearance, villain); King of Thian (first appearance, villain); Otto (first appearance, villain); another spy (first appearance, villain); Varta

Synopsis

When spies try to steal her father's spaceship Jane launches it and she and Ted end up on Mercury.

[The Second Theseus] (Table of Contents: 4)

Son of the Gods / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

George Mandel

Pencils

George Mandel

Inks

George Mandel

Colors

George Mandel

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Soon our great adventure starts! We may even find the ring of Poseidon!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Dr. John Thesson (first appearance, origin, reincarnation of Theseus); Theseus (first appearance); Ariadne (first appearance); Aegeus (first appearance); Minos (first appearance, flashback); Prof. Craig (first appearance); Periphetes (first appearance, villain, death, flashback); Sinis (first appearance, villain, death, flashback); Minotaur (first appearance, villain, death, flashback); Procostous [Procrustes] (first appearance, villain); Cercion (first appearance, villain, death)

Synopsis

Thesson and Craig go to Crete to excavate the labyrinth.

[The Knowles Case] (Table of Contents: 5)

Dan Williams, Private Investigator / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Ray Thayer

Inks

Ray Thayer

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Quick - get over here right away! Help! - He...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Dan Williams; Patricia Knowles (first appearance); Edward Knowles (first appearance, villain, death); Howard Dern

Synopsis

Dan gets a call for help from a deserted house.

Indexer Notes

Previously credited to Ray Lowry. Regular artist Ray Thayer's full name was Raymond Lowry Thayer.

[On the Western Front] (Table of Contents: 6)

Sergeant Bill King / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Leonard Sansone

Inks

Leonard Sansone

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sergeant, I'm going back to staff headquarters! They may know what's up!

Genre

war

Characters

Sergeant Bill King; Nazis (villains); Captain Carver

Synopsis

Sergeant King rescues his captured captain.

The Grey Rider (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jackson Cole (house name)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Grant; Slash Teller [The Grey Rider]

Synopsis

Sheriff Grant has figured out who the mysterious criminal, the Grey Rider, is.

Mystery of the Lost Mine (Table of Contents: 8)

Masked Rider / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

The Masked Rider [Jim Sanford] (first and only appearance); The Specter [Harmon] (villain, first and only appearance); Chico (horse); Mr. Parsons; Sally Parsons

Synopsis

The Masked Rider shows up at a ranch where a costumed villain is killing ranch hands.

[Theft of the Tank Plans] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Sphinx / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Kin Platt ?

Inks

Kin Platt ?

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Sphinx picks up a radio alarm at his club!

Genre

detective-mystery; superhero

Characters

The Sphinx [Ellsworth Forrester] (first appearance); Marjorie Grover (first appearance); Oliver D. Thomsen (first appearance; villain); Saunders (first appearance; villain); other spies (first appearance; villains); Mike; Fred; Jim

Synopsis

The Sphinx comes across a plot to steal a new tank.

Masked Bandit (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Donald Bayne Hobart

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Zeth King; Sally Stanley; Lee Nelson; Sam Jerrson

Synopsis

Sally's sharp eyes spot a clue to the identity of the stage robber.

The Mask Returns (Table of Contents: 11)

The Mask / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Ray Thayer (signed as Thayer)

Inks

Ray Thayer (signed as Thayer)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

detective-mystery; superhero

Characters

The Mask [Tony Colby]; Olly Snate (villain, death); Otto Fox (first appearance, villain, death); Carol Smith; Silk; Butch; Paul Stewart; Peter Gage; Warner; Murphy

Synopsis

The Mask solves who is behind a series of armored car robberies.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #43 ([December] 2003)

Indexer Notes

Signed in panel five of the last page.

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Home Recordo / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)