Exciting Comics
#v2#3 (6)
(November 1940)
Pines,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale date
- 1940-10-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Better Publications, Inc.
- Editing
- Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Golden Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover, newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing
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, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
Ted Crane in Egypt
Ted Crane / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Mandel
- Inks
- George Mandel
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Phator (villain, introduction); Cult of Death (villain, introduction)
[The Golden Victims of Orro]
The Space Rovers / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Max Plaisted
- Inks
- Max Plaisted
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Orro (villain, introduction, death); space pirates (villains, introductions); their king (villain, introduction); Prince Kongor (introduction)
[The Plot Against Tony Colby]
The Mask / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Raymond Thayer
- Inks
- Raymond Thayer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Rusty Bolton (villain, introduction, death); Yarnell (villain, introduction); Porter (villain, introduction)
[Mystery of the Missing Men]
Son of the Gods / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- George Mandel
- Pencils
- George Mandel
- Inks
- George Mandel
- Colors
- George Mandel
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt; The Invincible Five [Burton (villain, introduction); four others (villains, introductions)]
[The Kidnapped Inventor]
Sergeant Bill King / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Leonard Sansone
- Inks
- Leonard Sansone
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A new shell receives a tryout behind the Maginot Line.
- Genre
- military
- Characters
- Dr. Graham (introduction); Hans (villain, introduction, death); other spies (villains, introductions, deaths); Bill King; Franz
Jimmy Saves the Trail Drive
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Sam Brant
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Sam Brant
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jimmy Blue felt very proud.
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jimmy Blue; Tom Harper
[Disaster at the Gold Mine]
Dan Williams, Private Investigator / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Raymond Thayer
- Inks
- Raymond Thayer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The foreman of the Golconda gold mine travels to New York to see his employer!
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Halliday (villain, introduction, death); Mr. Preston; Dan Williams; Hank Dawson; Diana Dawson
- Keywords
- Golconda gold mine
[The Radio Announcer Murder]
The Sphinx / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Kin Platt ?
- Inks
- Kin Platt ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ellsworth Forrester spends a quiet evening at home!
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Gaskell (villain, introduction); Sphinx [Ellsworth Forrester]; Joe; Lefty
Charlie Saves the Day
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Kerry McRoberts
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Charlie Sturdy knew that he should not bounce his rubber ball up against the side of the apartment building.
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Charlie Sturdy; James Grant
- Synopsis
- Charlie, fetching his ball, encounters James Grant tied up. Charlie frees James and subsequently helps to foil a burglary.
7 Keys to Baldpate
Harvey / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Kin Platt
- Pencils
- Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)
- Inks
- Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)
- Colors
- Kin Platt
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Title refers to a movie adaptation of "Seven Keys to Baldpate", a play by George M. Cohan (1913), adapted from a novel of same year by Earl Derr Biggers (Charlie Chan's author).
The movie is likely 1935 version: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026978/
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Space Rovers -
1.
Ted Crane in Egypt
Ted Crane -
2.
[The Golden Victims of Orro]
The Space Rovers -
3.
[The Plot Against Tony Colby]
The Mask -
4.
[Mystery of the Missing Men]
Son of the Gods -
5.
[The Kidnapped Inventor]
Sergeant Bill King -
6.
Jimmy Saves the Trail Drive
-
7.
[Disaster at the Gold Mine]
Dan Williams, Private Investigator -
8.
[The Radio Announcer Murder]
The Sphinx -
9.
Charlie Saves the Day
-
10.
7 Keys to Baldpate
Harvey -
11.
[The Stagecoach Bandits]
Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger -
12.
["Oo! An airplane!"]
Make-Believe Mickey
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