Thrilling Comics
#44
(October 1944)
Pines,
1940 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1944
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Standard Magazines, Inc.
- Editing
- Ned Pines
in 
[no title indexed]
The Commando Cubs / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes
- Pencils
- Bob Oksner [as Oksner] (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Oksner [as Oksner] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It says here the one German secret ...
- Genre
- children; war
- Characters
- The Commando Cubs [Ace Browning; Pokey Jones; Horace Cosgrove II; Whizzer Marlarkey; Spud O'Shea]; Professor Musselbownd; Renee Marat (shepherdess); Alderman Rauch (villain, German spy, town Alderman, death); German Commandant (villain); Major von Schroeder (villain); the Nazis (villains, some die)
- Synopsis
- The Cubs flush out a German spy, but the villain escapes with blueprints for a super-rocket plane. The Cubs follow him and grab the blueprints, but the Nazis trap the boys in a farmhouse, whom the boys later defeat with flaming arrows.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- London Globe; Newbury
Indexer Notes
Removed letters credit for Richard Hughes. Hughes never lettered he was an editor/writer.
[no title indexed]
Doc Strange / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys and girls! Junior Air Wardens of America!
- Genre
- superhero; war
- Characters
- Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; Mike; Virginia; Henry; Sally; Jeep (a dog); Herr von Zum (villain, German spy); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Doc chases a German spy carrying a map of munitions centers on the East Coast, but the superhero is captured by Nazis. After swallowing a dose of Alosun, he overwhelms his captors, downs a fleet of Nazi catapult planes, and captures a German u-boat.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Junior Air Wardens of America
Indexer Notes
Script and pencils credit suggested by the Who's Who.
Inks credit from Mark Heike.
Spy Chaser: A Story of Espionage
text story / 1 page
- Script
- William McClellan
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Philip West (teen hobbyist); George Banton (G-Man): German Spy
- Synopsis
- Philip thwarts a German spy looking for sensitive government information at a hobby show.
[no title indexed]
Lucky Lawrence / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy! This is the life!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Lucky Lawrence; Lucky's USMC Buddies; Japanese Soldiers; Native Chief; Island Natives
- Synopsis
- Lucky and his buddies are swept away by a tropical storm to a mysterious isle where they are captured by Japs who have stolen an idol from a native temple. The Leathernecks escape, and use their muscle and smarts to defeat the Japs and return the idol to the temple.
The Boy Wrangler: A Trail Drive Story
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Buck Barton
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Buck Wilson (teen wrangler); Tom Lang (trail boss); Hank Traver (rustler)
- Synopsis
- Buck thwarts a gang of rustlers and frees an old friend from their camp.
[no title indexed]
Lone Eagle / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're just in time to watch ...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Lone Eagle; German Commandant; Nazis; Patros (leader of Greek guerillas)
- Synopsis
- Lone Eagle is on a mission to find a Nazi supply depot on Crete, but is forced to bail out when harassed by Messerschmitts. He learns that Patros is a traitor working for the Nazis and exposes him. The guerillas vow to continue the fight to free their homeland.
The Black Box: A Story of Africa
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Johnston Craig
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Bob Green; Jim Green (Bob's brother); Witch Doctor; African Natives
- Synopsis
- Bob performs magic tricks to rescue his brother from African natives.
[no title indexed]
The Ghost / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are you going to do with a twenty room house, Betty?
- Genre
- superhero; war
- Characters
- George Chance [The Ghost]; Betty Morris (George's friend); Peter (George's servant); Yogi Sage (George's otherworldly aide); Nazis; Constable
- Synopsis
- Nazis are hiding in an old mansion on Long Island, and are intent upon destroying American ships in a nearby harbor. They capture George and his friends, but the Yogi Sage rescues them. George saves the fleet using his magical powers.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Doc Strange -
1.
["It says here the one German secret ..."]
The Commando Cubs -
2.
["Boys and girls! Junior Air Wardens of America!"]
Doc Strange -
3.
Spy Chaser: A Story of Espionage
-
4.
["Boy! This is the life!"]
Lucky Lawrence -
5.
The Boy Wrangler: A Trail Drive Story
-
6.
["You're just in time to watch ..."]
Lone Eagle -
7.
The Black Box: A Story of Africa
-
8.
["What are you going to do with a twenty room house, Betty?"]
The Ghost
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