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| Date | | Number: v1 1 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Exciting Comics 1 (fiche) | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| 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, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 444832. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Feature | Major Mars |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Major Mars; Grag (robot) |
| Pencils | Max Plaisted |
| Inks | Max Plaisted |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to L. North, but compare it with that of Plaisted on the "Major Mars" story. The cover image is taken from the fourth panel on page twelve of that story. |
| Comic Story | The Mask Strikes / The Mask (11 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery; Superhero |
| Characters | Silk Davis (first appearance); Carol Smith (first appearance); Olly Snate (first appearance, villain) |
| Script | Norman Daniels (plot) |
| Pencils | Ray Thayer (signed) |
| Inks | Ray Thayer (signed) |
| Colors | Ray Thayer ? |
| First Line | Got to wake him. |
| Notes | Same story as the first Black Bat prose tale in Black Book Detective vol 9#2 (July 1939). |
| Comic Story | The Beast Plague from Jupiter (12 pages) |
| Feature | Major Mars |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Grag (first appearance, a robot); Joan Jilson (first appearance); The Space Emperor [Kells] (villain, first appearance) |
| Pencils | Max Plaisted |
| Inks | Max Plaisted |
| 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. Story takes place in the 40th Century. |
| Comic Story | In No-Man's-Land / Sergeant Bill King (6 pages) |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | The Nazis (villains) |
| Pencils | Leonard Sansone |
| Inks | Leonard Sansone |
| Comic Story | The Black Inferno / Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger (8 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Capt. McDowell (first appearance); Padre Borasho (first appearance, villain, death); Sen. Crocker (first appearance, villain); Slade (first appearance, villain) |
| Notes | Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger first appeared in the pulp magazine Texas Rangers (Beacon Magazines Inc., 1936 series) v1#1 (October 1936). |
| Comic Story | Payoff in Lead (6 pages) |
| Feature | "Gunner" Thompson |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | "Gunner" Thompson (first and only appearance); Kurt Piersole; Scarpino (villain); Greer (crook) |
| First Line | What can I do for you? |
| Comic Story | Deep Sea Drama on Parade (10 pages) |
| Feature | Hy Hardy, Ace Newsreel Cameraman |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Hy Hardy (first and only appearance); Ruth Wildon; Doctor Franz [alias Fats Rocco, crook) |
| Pencils | Ken Browne (signed) |
| Inks | Ken Browne (signed) |
| First Line | Not many folks on the outer decks tonight... |
| Text Story | A Real Waddy (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Sam Brant |
| Comic Story | The Forbes Case / Dan Williams, Private Investigator (7 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Dan Williams (first appearance); Caroline Forbes (first appearance); John Blodgett (first appearance, villain) |
| Pencils | Ray Thayer |
| Inks | Ray Thayer |
| First Line | What the - ! |
| Notes | Byline given to Ray Lowry. Ray Thayer's full name was Raymond Lowry Thayer. |
| Story | Make-Believe Mickey (2.5 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Make-Believe Mickey (first appearance) |
| Script | Klaus Nordling |
| Pencils | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Inks | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Colors | Klaus Nordling |
| First Line | I'm goin’ on a trip around the world... |
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