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Exciting Comics
Date | Number: 2 | Lang: English (en)
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NameExciting Comics 2 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly
NotesSome 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 448583.
 
Cover1 page
GenreJungle
CharactersTed Crane
PencilsL. North
InksL. North
 
AdvertisementRemington Typewriters (1 page)
Letterstypeset
First LineAct now! On this bargain offer!
 
Comic StoryTed Crane and the Leopard Men / Ted Crane (10 pages)
SynopsisProfessor Hawkins leads an expedition to find the lost Konogo tribe.
GenreJungle
CharactersTed Crane (first appearance); Prof. Hawkins (first appearance); Betty Hawkins (first appearance); The Leopard Men (first appearance, villains); J. Atkins Bullard (first appearance, villain)
PencilsGeorge Mandel (signed)
InksGeorge Mandel (signed)
 
Comic StoryMarooned on Mercury / The Space Rovers (10 pages)
SynopsisWhen spies try to steal her father's spaceship Jane launches it and she and Ted end up on Mercury.
GenreScience Fiction
CharactersTed Hunt (first appearance); Jane Martin (first appearance); Dr. Matthew Martin (first appearance); Douglas Hunt (first appearance); Mercurian cave-people (first appearance); Flaedo (first appearance, villain, death); Zado (first appearance, villain); King of Thian (first appearance, villain); Otto (first appearance, villain); another spy (first appearance, villain); Varta
PencilsMax Plaisted
InksMax Plaisted
First LineEverything's about ready, doctor. Ted is now aboard the ship stowing away a year's supply!
 
Comic StoryThe Second Theseus / Son of the Gods (8 pages)
SynopsisThesson and Craig go to Crete to excavate the labyrinth.
GenreFantasy
CharactersTheseus (first appearance); Ariadne (first appearance); Aegeus (first appearance); Minos (first appearance, flashback); Prof. Craig (first appearance); Periphetes (first appearance, villain, death, flashback); Sinis (first appearance, villain, death, flashback); Minotaur (first appearance, villain, death, flashback); Procostous [Procrustes] (first appearance, villain); Cercion (first appearance, villain, death)
Script
PencilsGeorge Mandel
InksGeorge Mandel
ColorsGeorge Mandel
First LineSoon our great adventure starts! We may even find the ring of Poseidon!
 
Comic StoryThe Knowles Case / Dan Williams, Private Investigator (7 pages)
SynopsisDan gets a call for help from a deserted house.
GenreDetective-mystery
CharactersDan Williams; Patricia Knowles (first appearance); Edward Knowles (first appearance, villain, death); Howard Dern
PencilsRay Thayer
InksRay Thayer
First LineQuick - get over here right away! Help! - He...
NotesPreviously credited to Ray Lowry. Regular artist Ray Thayer's full name was Raymond Lowry Thayer.
 
Comic StoryOn the Western Front / Sergeant Bill King (5 pages)
SynopsisSergeant King rescues his captured captain.
GenreWar
CharactersNazis (villains); Captain Carver
PencilsLeonard Sansone
InksLeonard Sansone
First LineSergeant, I'm going back to staff headquarters! They may know what's up!
 
Text StoryThe Grey Rider (1 page)
SynopsisSheriff Grant has figured out who the mysterious criminal, the Grey Rider, is.
Letterstypeset
GenreWestern-frontier
CharactersGrant; Slash Teller [The Grey Rider]
Script
 
Comic StoryMystery of the Lost Mine / Masked Rider (8 pages)
SynopsisThe Masked Rider shows up at a ranch where a costumed villain is killing ranch hands.
GenreWestern-frontier
CharactersThe Specter [Harmon] (villain, first and only appearance); Chico (horse); Mr. Parsons; Sally Parsons
 
Comic StoryTheft of the Tank Plans / The Sphinx (8 pages)
SynopsisThe Sphinx comes across a plot to steal a new tank.
GenreDetective-mystery; Superhero
CharactersMarjorie Grover (first appearance); Oliver D. Thomsen (first appearance; villain); Saunders (first appearance; villain); other spies (first appearance; villains); Mike; Fred; Jim
PencilsKin Platt ?
InksKin Platt ?
First LineThe Sphinx picks up a radio alarm at his club!
 
Text StoryMasked Bandit (1 page)
SynopsisSally's sharp eyes spot a clue to the identity of the stage robber.
Letterstypeset
GenreWestern-frontier
CharactersZeth King; Sally Stanley; Lee Nelson; Sam Jerrson
Script
 
Comic StoryThe Mask Returns / The Mask (6 pages)
SynopsisThe Mask solves who is behind a series of armored car robberies.
GenreDetective-mystery; Superhero
CharactersOlly Snate (villain, death); Otto Fox (first appearance, villain, death); Carol Smith; Silk; Butch; Paul Stewart; Peter Gage; Warner; Murphy
PencilsRay Thayer (signed)
InksRay Thayer (signed)
NotesSigned in panel five of the last page.
 
AdvertisementNo Title (1 page)
FeatureHome Recordo
Pencils?; ? (photograph)
Inks?; ? (photograph)
Letters?; typeset
CharactersCharlie Barnet (photo); Judy Ellington (photo); Larry Taylor (photo); Bob; Bill May (photo)
First LineCharlie Barnet uses Home Recordo!
 
AdvertisementCharles Atlas Dynamic Tension System (1 page)
Letterstypeset
CharactersJ. G. O'Brien (photo)
First LineHe mailed this coupon
NotesBack cover.
 
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