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| This comic literally lives up to it's name. Wow! The action and drama were absolutely spectacular! |
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| I wondered why the ad on the inside front page was sideways.
They have sneaked in two ads on the same page.
Your own printing press for $2.00? But wait!
Price not guaranteed after first sale! - Mail today before price goes up! And how much ihk does it come with? |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | The hero was known as 'Dr. Strange' in his earliest stories. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Dr. Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson |
| Notes | The hero was known as 'Dr. Strange' in his earliest stories. |
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| Comic Story | Dr. Strange and the Radium Shell (13 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Ormsby (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains); Carter (inventor); Colonel Ormsby (villain); Doctor Oswald Lorimer (death) |
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| Comic Story | The Time Exiles (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Ghost [George Chance]; Professor Fenton (villain); Senator Randall; Jordan (henchman); Oliver Cromwell, Protector of England; The Duke of Northumberland |
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| Comic Story | Framed For Espionage (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Tom Niles; Captain Clarke (Nazi agent, introduction); the Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Black Terror (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; The Black Terror [Tyler] (villain, introduction); Doctor Grier; Inspector Cavanaugh; Edwards (Museum guard) |
| Notes | Mandel signs in the fifth panel of the final page. |
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| Comic Story | Loiseau the Traitor (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: The Lone Eagle; Lieutenant Loiseau (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains); Lieutenant Maunier; Lieutenant Canchon |
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| Comic Story | Travis the Rustler (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Rio Kid; Travis (villain, introduction); John Wyatt (rancher); Yuma (ranch hand, death); Joan Wyatt |
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| Comic Story | Dan Cupid of Lovenia (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Marco Polo Jones; Polly; Snowball; Daniel H. Cupid [Dictator of Lovenia] (introduction) |
| Notes | McGill signs at the foot of both pages. |
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| Text Story | The Box Kite Clue (1 page) |
| Featuring | A Crime-Fighting Story |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Colors:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Herbie Johnson; Dugan (bodyguard); Spike (kidnapper); Butch (kidnapper) |
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| Comic Story | Sabotage on the Jefferson (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Nickie Norton; Lefty; Krueger (villain, introduction); Miss Jones (spy); Parker (spy); Doctor August Riehl; Admiral Jackson |
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| Comic Story | The Firebug Murder (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Detective O'Hara |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Detective Jim O'Hara (introduction, only appearance); Vera Drew; Henry Burton (arsonist) |
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| Letters Page | Three Cheers For Doc Strange! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Promo for the "Thrilling Club".
Coupon for survey of features and registration to "CASH PRIZE CONTEST". |
| Featuring | Chats with the Editor |
| Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | The hero 'Dr. Strange' is here referred to by the name by which he was subsequently known, 'Doc Strange'. |
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| Comic Story | Hero of the Daze (1 page) |
| Featuring | Buddy Braver |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Buddy Braver; Betty; her mother |
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