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| Hmmmm...A strip called Pinocchio in a book marked March 1940, with the Disney cartoon released Feb. 23, 1940. A cosmic coincidence? Or did the Thrilling guys have their ears to the ground? Especially since it's the only fairy tale strip in a book of spies & westerns... |
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| Publication | March 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 in the Lost City (14 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Jonathan Crewe (villain, introduction, death); Ephraim Saunders (death); Doctor Fleming; |
| Notes | Dr. Strange is called "Doc Strange" for the first time in this story.
Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Three Comrades [Cal Collins; Paul "Books" Stone; Lucky] (introduction); The Mask (villain, introduction); Miss Wayne |
| Notes | Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tom Niles (introduction); Betty Manton (introduction); Schmidt (villain, introduction, death); Commander Gregg (villain, introduction, death); Nazis |
| Notes | Identification of Bertino with "Bert" is not a sure thing. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Let's Be Friends! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Promo for the "Thrilling Club". |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen] (introduction, origin); Dr. Billings (villain, introduction, death); Doctor Thorndyke (hospital superintendnt); Mrs. Stevens (death); Bob Steele (intern) |
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| Comic Story | The Gold Hunting Days (3 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Smiley West (introduction); Bessie; her father |
| Notes | Two separate stories, of two and one pages. |
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| Text Story | Lid of Death (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Doc Mike Collins; Detective John Ryan; Frank Tanner |
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| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Rio Kid (introduction); Barbara Blake (introduction); Mr. Blake (introduction); Wendell (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Daly signs - as DALY - at the foot of each of the first four pages. |
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| Text Story | Pizen Bead (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tom Gardy; Miguel Valcazar (outlaw) |
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| Featuring | Tommy Dolan, Ace Detective |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Tommy Dolan (as Terry Black, introduction, only appearance); Joan (crook); Marco (crook, death); Whiteface, the Hood (death) |
| Notes | Signed on last panel. |
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| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Pinocchio (adapted from fairy tale, introduction, origin); Geppetto; Vicky |
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| Featuring | The Stooges |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Stooges; Dingleduff |
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