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| Thank you, efallov, for providing this incredible upgrade of this great Golden-Age book! |
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| Superman taught me that superheroes don't kill, so it is rather startling to see Dr. Strange casually murdering hundreds! |
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| It took comics a bit of time to realize that the main audience was kids not adult pulp readers so heroes taking the law into their own hands tended to happen. even Superman had some early stories where he didn't seem to care what happened to a crook once they were off-panel. ;-) |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | September 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Kin Platt ?, but compare it to the cover of #9. |
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| Featuring | Dr. Strange |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Dr. Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange] (also inset) |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Kin Platt ?, but compare it to the cover of #9. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Here They Are! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | House ad for the publisher's full line of comics & pulps - The Thrilling Group - with small cover reproductions |
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| Comic Story | Dr. Strange in the South Seas (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Strange responds to a news flash of six ships misteriously disappearing in the South Seas. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Dr. Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson (Strange's fiancee); wax museum guard (death); museum director; Ramon Lobelo (villain, introduction, death); Lobelo's gang (villains, introduction for all, many die) |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Mark Heike.
Dr. Strange gets his limitless powers from Alosun, a miraculous distillate of sun atoms. |
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| Comic Story | Fenton and the Electrical Machine (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Ghost is called into action when the electrode, an invention capable of transmitting electrical current anywhere without wires, is stolen from a scientist named Nevins. The Ghost tracks down the criminals and transports them back to ancient Rome when he comes up against Emperor Nero and his minions. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy; Superhero | Characters: The Ghost [George Chance; also as Blackie]; Yogis (cameo); Lee (U.S. Army Major); un-named Governor; Nevins (scientist-inventor); Emperor Nero; Professor Fenton (villain, kidnapper, inventor); Professor Schultz (villain); Fenton's gang [Blackie; rest un-named] (villains, some die) |
| Notes | Script credit and artist revision from George Mandel to Wexler by Craig Delich. |
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| Comic Story | Dr. Heinrich's Magnetic Trap (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Tom Niles; Dr. Heinrich (villain, introduction); Helen Ames (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Murder In a Riverdale Mansion (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Peggy is assigned to accompany Violet Parsons to the home of the late and murdered brother Frank, as she is afraid she will be the next to be killed. When Peggy is nearly slain herself, she investigates as the Lady in Red, and discovers a secret member of the family who is considered mad. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; un-named Police Commissioner; Robert Parsons (Violet's brother); Frank Parsons (Violet's brother, death); Henry Parsons (Violet's brother, death); un-named butler; Violet Parsons (villain, introduction) |
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| Text Story | A Surprise For Officer Kelly |
| Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Monty Brown; Patrolman Kelly |
| Notes | The remainder of the page is taken up with an ad for The Ghost Detective pulp magaazine. |
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| Comic Story | The Secret Aircraft Carrier (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: The Lone Eagle; Capt. Krieger (villain, introduction); Hauser (villain, introduction); W.F. Schmidt (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Debut of Dan Duffy (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Dan Duffy (introduction); Torelli (villain, introduction); Clem Foster (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Platt signs - as 'Kin' - on the tree trunk in the final panel. |
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| Synopsis | Dan Duffy teaches football fundamentals. |
| Featuring | Pigskin Pointers By Dan Duffy |
| Credits | Script:? [as Dan Duffy] |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Dan Duffy; Tommy |
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| Comic Story | The Outlaw Quirt Bronson (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Rio Kid follows a varmint that attacked him and discovers a gang of cut-throats who have waylaid the rancher and kidnapped his daughter...all to get at some gold nuggets the rancher discovered. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Rio Kid; Crandall (rancher, introduction); Marge Crandall (Crandall's daughter, introduction); un-named Sheriff (introduction); Quirt Bronson (villain, introduction); Bronson's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | Fred Schwab was known to have written this strip in 1940. However, he usually wrote what he drew, and it is known that he wrote and drew this feature in 1940. However, this art is by Daly and therefore writer credit left with a ?. |
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| Comic Story | The Abduction of Hiram South (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Nickie Norton; Brent (villain, introduction); Dr. Hiram South (introduction); Lefty |
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| Letters Page | Enthusiasm is the Road to Victory! (1 page) |
| 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 | Promotional ad, in part, for the Thrilling Club. To join, the reader is to tear the cover title masthead off and mail it in with an SASE to the editor. There is a coupon to mail in with the masthead, and it asks the reader to select the best three features in Thrilling Comics by checking the appropriate boxes.
Letters from readers are also printed. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mickey McGill; Jane; Mr. McCoy; Mrs. McCpy |
| Notes | Two separate one page stories. McGill signs at the foot of both pages. |
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