Thrilling Comics
#v1#2 (2)
(March 1940)
Pines,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-01-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Better Publications, Inc.
- Editing
- Ned Pines (credited as N. L. Pines) (president)
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 444113.
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 444113.
[no title indexed]
Doc Strange / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thomson
Dr. Strange in the Lost City
Doc Strange / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jonathan Crewe (villain, introduction, death)
Indexer Notes
Dr. Strange is called "Doc Strange" for the first time in this story.
[no title indexed]
Three Comrades / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes ?
- Pencils
- Howard Sherman (signed as Sherman)
- Inks
- Howard Sherman (signed as Sherman)
- Colors
- Richard Hughes ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cal Collins walks through a quiet street near the waterfront.
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Three Comrades [Cal Collins; Paul "Books" Stone; Lucky] (introduction); The Mask (villain, introduction)
[no title indexed]
Tom Niles, Undersea Raider / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Introducing...the world's greatest submarine warfare fighter, Tommy Niles, American soldier of fortune -- enlisting in the battle for democracy against the Nazi menace.
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Tom Niles (introduction); Betty Manton (introduction); Schmidt (villain, introduction, death); Commander Gregg (villain, introduction, death); Nazis
Indexer Notes
Identification of Bertino with "Bert" is not a sure thing.
[no title indexed]
The Woman in Red / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Mandel (signed as Geo. Mandel)
- Inks
- George Mandel (signed as Geo. Mandel)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mysterious tragedies terrorize the great metropolitan hospital!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen] (introduction, origin); Dr. Billings (villain, introduction, death)
The Gold Hunting Days
Young Smiley West / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Terry Gilkison
- Pencils
- Terry Gilkison (signed)
- Inks
- Terry Gilkison (signed)
- Colors
- Terry Gilkison
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Smiley West (introduction)
[no title indexed]
Rio Kid / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Rio Kid rides on his eternal quest for adventure!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- The Rio Kid (introduction); Barbara Blake (introduction); Mr. Blake (introduction); Wendell (villain, introduction, death)
[no title indexed]
Tommy Dolan, Ace Detective / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Seven o'clock--she's due out any minute--
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Tommy Dolan (introduction, only appearance)
Indexer Notes
Signed on last panel.
[no title indexed]
Pinocchio / comic story / 3.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, Vicky, I've missed you.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Pinocchio (adapted from fairy tale, introduction, origin)
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Doc Strange -
1.
Dr. Strange in the Lost City
Doc Strange -
2.
["Cal Collins walks through a quiet street near the waterfront."]
Three Comrades -
3.
["Introducing...the world's greatest submarine warfare fighter, Tommy Niles, American soldier of fortune -- enlisting in the battle for democracy against the Nazi menace."]
Tom Niles, Undersea Raider -
4.
Let's Be Friends!
-
5.
["Mysterious tragedies terrorize the great metropolitan hospital!"]
The Woman in Red -
6.
The Gold Hunting Days
Young Smiley West -
7.
Lid of Death
-
8.
["The Rio Kid rides on his eternal quest for adventure!"]
Rio Kid -
9.
Pizen Bend
-
10.
["Seven o'clock--she's due out any minute--"]
Tommy Dolan, Ace Detective -
11.
["Hello, Vicky, I've missed you."]
Pinocchio -
12.
["I'm expecting a very important client..."]
The Stooges
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