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Exciting Comics #1 F - 1940 68 Pages
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | April 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Editing: Ned Pines |
| Featuring | Major Mars |
| Credits | Pencils: L. North | Inks: L. North | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Major Mars; Grag (robot) |
| Comic Story | The Mask Strikes (11 pages) |
| Featuring | Mask |
| Credits | Script: Raymond Thayer? | Pencils: Raymond Thayer | Inks: Raymond Thayer | Colors: Raymond Thayer? |
| Content | Characters: The Mask [Tony Colby] (first appearance; origin); Silk Davis (first appearance); Carol Smith (first appearance); Olly Snate (first appearance; villain) |
| Comic Story | The Beast Plague From Jupiter (12 pages) |
| Featuring | Major Mars |
| Credits | Pencils: Max Plaisted | Inks: Max Plaisted |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Major Mars (introduction); Grag (introduc tion, a robot); Joan Jilson (introduction); The Space Emperor [Kells] (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Only appearance. Story was adapted from the story "Captain Future and the Space Emperor", written by Edmond Hamilton, which appeared in the first issue of Captain Future, dated Winter 1940. The pulp appeared about two months prior to the comic. Both pulp and comic were published by the same company. |
| Comic Story | In No-Man's-Land (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Sgt. Bill King |
| Credits | Pencils: Leonard Sansone | Inks: Leonard Sansone |
| Content | Characters: Sgt. Bill King (first appearance); Nazis (villains) |
| Comic Story | The Black Inferno (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Jim Hatfield |
| Content | Characters: Jim Hatfield (first appearance; a Texas Ranger); Capt. McDowell (first appearance); Padre Borasho (first appearance; villain; death); Sen. Crocker (first appearance; villain); Slade (first appearance; villain) |
| Comic Story | Payoff In Lead (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Gunner Thompson |
| Content | Characters: Gunner Thompson (first appearance; only appearance) |
| Comic Story | Deep Sea Drama On Parade (10 pages) |
| Featuring | Hy Hardy |
| Credits | Pencils: Ken Browne | Inks: Ken Browne |
| Content | Characters: Hy Hardy (first appearance; only appearance) |
| Text Story | A Real Waddy (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: Sam Brant | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story | The Forbes Case (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Dan Williams |
| Credits | Pencils: Ray Lowry | Inks: Ray Lowry |
| Content | Characters: Dan Williams (first appearance); Caroline Forbes (first appearance); John Blodgett (first appearance; villain) |
| Comic Story | I'm gone on a trip around the world... (2.5 pages) |
| Featuring | Make-Believe Mickey |
| Credits | Script: Klaus Nordling | Pencils: Klaus Nordling | Inks: Klaus Nordling | Colors: Klaus Nordling |
| Content | Characters: Make-Believe Mickey (first appearance) |
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