Thrilling Comics
#v2#1 (4)
(May 1940)
Pines,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-03-19
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Better Publications, Inc.
- Editing
- Ned Pines [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 in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 448582.
On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 448582.
Dr. Strange at Grips with the Giant Electru
Doc Strange / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Electru (villain, introduction, death)
The Ghost Strikes Again
The Ghost / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes ?
- Pencils
- August Froehlich ?
- Inks
- August Froehlich ?
- Colors
- Richard Hughes ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Professor Fenton (villain, introduction)
[Tom is called to the Admiralty for special orders!]
Tom Niles, Undersea Raider / comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Franz Hohenleither (villain, introduction, death); Fraulein Schmidt (villain, introduction, death); Lt. Hein (villain, introduction, death); Nazis (villains)
The Spirit Killer
The Woman in Red / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit Killer [Ogden Phillips] (villain, introduction)
The Lone Eagle in Finland
The Lone Eagle / comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Communists (villains); Torborg (introduction); Col. Garrilowski (introduction)
[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
- The Three Comrades and Jean Bolton arrive at Alvaro Obregon, port of Mexico.
- Characters
- Jean Bolton; Pancho Rosario (villain, introduction)
Here Are the Cash Prize Winners!
Chats with the Editor / letters page / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Promo for the "Thrilling Club".
Coupon for survey of features and registration to "CASH PRIZE CONTEST".
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Dr. Strange (Doc Strange) -
1.
Dr. Strange at Grips with the Giant Electru
Doc Strange -
2.
The Ghost Strikes Again
The Ghost -
3.
[Tom is called to the Admiralty for special orders!]
Tom Niles, Undersea Raider -
4.
The Spirit Killer
The Woman in Red -
5.
The Lone Eagle in Finland
The Lone Eagle -
6.
Widow's Might
-
7.
["The Three Comrades and Jean Bolton arrive at Alvaro Obregon, port of Mexico."]
Three Comrades -
8.
Arizona Guns
Rio Kid -
9.
Here Are the Cash Prize Winners!
Chats with the Editor -
10.
Marco Polo Jones Rides Again
Marco Polo Jones -
11.
["Package for Boss "Snooples""]
Snooples the Sleuth
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