Thrilling Comics
#v1#1 (1)
(February 1940)
Pines,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia frequency
- monthly
- On-sale date
- 1939-12-01
- 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 series
Issue Notes
Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 441198.
[no title indexed]
Dr. Strange (Doc Strange) / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alexander Kostuk
- Inks
- Alexander Kostuk
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thomson
- Keywords
- knives; skeletons; tigers
Indexer Notes
Alter Ego #111 (July 2012) features three different preliminary covers to this issue by Alexander Kostuk on Page 40.
The Amazing Adventures of "Dr. Strange"
Dr. Strange / comic story / 37 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes [as Dick Hughes] (credited)
- Pencils
- Alexander Kostuk [as Alexander Koster] (signed)
- Inks
- Alexander Kostuk [as Alexander Koster] (signed)
- Colors
- Richard Hughes
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; (introduction, origin, becomes Doc Strange by issue #10); Virginia Thompson (introduction); Prof. Thompson (introduction); The Faceless Phantom [Commissioner Baxter] (villain, introduction); Togo (villain, introduction, death)
[no title indexed]
The McCoys / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Ray McGill
- Pencils
- Ray McGill
- Inks
- Ray McGill
- Colors
- Ray McGill
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wwweeeee it's snowing out!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. McCoy (introduction); Mrs. McCoy (introduction); Mickey (introduction); Jane McCoy (introduction)
Don Tyler's Triumph
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert Wallace (signed)
- Colors
- Robert Wallace
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Don Tyler (introduction)
[no title indexed]
Nickie Norton / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes ?
- Pencils
- Kay Blitz [as Kay] (signed)
- Inks
- Kay Blitz [as Kay] (signed)
- Colors
- Richard Hughes ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jim Fulton, inventor of the Fulton submarine, is menaced by Cortez...
- Characters
- Nickie Norton (Secret Service agent) (introduction); Inspector McGinnis (introduction); John Fulton (introduction); Sandra Fulton (introduction); Cortez (villain, introduction, death)
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Jerry Bails Who's Who: http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BLITZ%2c+KAY
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Dr. Strange (Doc Strange) -
1.
The Amazing Adventures of "Dr. Strange"
Dr. Strange -
2.
["Wwweeeee it's snowing out!"]
The McCoys -
3.
A Message from the Editor!
-
4.
Don Tyler's Triumph
-
5.
["Jim Fulton, inventor of the Fulton submarine, is menaced by Cortez..."]
Nickie Norton -
6.
Lt. George W. Baylor
Texas Rangers
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Katie
- Dan Kocher
- Jim Van Dore
- Craig Delich
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Peter Croome
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- James Ludwig
- Gary L. Watson
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