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| Name | Thrilling Comics 8 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/) The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Feature | Dr. Strange |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Dr. Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange] (also inset) |
| Pencils | Alex Schomburg |
| Inks | Alex Schomburg |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Kin Platt ?, but compare it to the cover of #9. |
| 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 |
| Comic Story | Dr. Strange in the South Seas / Doc Strange (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Strange responds to a news flash of six ships misteriously disappearing in the South Seas. |
| 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) |
| Script | Richard Hughes ? |
| Pencils | George Mandel |
| Inks | George Mandel |
| First Line | Doc Strange and Virginia hear a strange radio flash! |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Mark Heike. Dr. Strange gets his limitless powers from Alosun, a miraculous distillate of sun atoms. |
| Comic Story | Fenton and the Electrical Machine / The Ghost (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. |
| 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) |
| Script | Norman Daniels ? |
| Pencils | Elmer Wexler |
| Inks | Elmer Wexler |
| First Line | At the U. S. War Department. |
| Notes | Script credit and artist revision from George Mandel to Wexler by Craig Delich. |
| Comic Story | Dr. Heinrich's Magnetic Trap / Tom Niles, Undersea Raider (7 pages) |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Tom Niles; Dr. Heinrich (villain, introduction); Helen Ames (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains) |
| Pencils | Leonard Sansone |
| Inks | Leonard Sansone |
| First Line | A Nazi battleship shells an English liner! |
| Comic Story | Murder In a Riverdale Mansion / The Woman in Red (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. |
| 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) |
| Pencils | George Mandel |
| Inks | George Mandel |
| First Line | Terror strikes in an old Riverdale mansion! |
| Text Story | A Surprise For Officer Kelly |
| Pencils | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Colors | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Monty Brown; Patrolman Kelly |
| Script | Barry Brandon |
| First Line | Monty Brown was mighty pleased... |
| Notes | The remainder of the page is taken up with an ad for The Ghost Detective pulp magaazine. |
| Comic Story | The Secret Aircraft Carrier / The Lone Eagle (6 pages) |
| Genre | Aviation; War |
| Characters | The Lone Eagle; Capt. Krieger (villain, introduction); Hauser (villain, introduction); W.F. Schmidt (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains) |
| Pencils | Elmer Wexler |
| Inks | Elmer Wexler |
| First Line | That's not a U. S. Army fighter! |
| Comic Story | The Debut of Dan Duffy / Dan Duffy (6 pages) |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Dan Duffy (introduction); Torelli (villain, introduction); Clem Foster (villain, introduction) |
| Pencils | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Inks | Kin Platt (signed) |
| First Line | It sure will feel good to get back to the old place again! |
| Notes | Platt signs - as 'Kin' - on the tree trunk in the final panel. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Dan Duffy teaches football fundamentals. |
| Feature | Pigskin Pointers By Dan Duffy |
| Script | ? [as Dan Duffy] |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Dan Duffy; Tommy |
| Pencils | Kin Platt |
| Inks | Kin Platt |
| First Line | Gee, Dan - Tell Us Somethin' How You play Football, Huh? |
| Comic Story | The Outlaw Quirt Bronson / The Rio Kid (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. |
| 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) |
| Pencils | John Daly |
| Inks | John Daly |
| First Line | The Rio Kid rides toward an ambush along the trail! |
| 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 ?. |
| Comic Story | The Abduction of Hiram South / Nickie Norton (8 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Nickie Norton; Brent (villain, introduction); Dr. Hiram South (introduction); Lefty |
| Pencils | Leonard Sansone |
| Inks | Leonard Sansone |
| First Line | Nickie Norton receives a visitor! |
| Letters Page | Enthusiasm is the Road to Victory! (1 page) |
| Feature | Chats with the Editor |
| Pencils | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Colors | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Ned Pines ? |
| 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. |
| Story | The McCoys (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Mickey McGill; Jane; Mr. McCoy; Mrs. McCpy |
| Script | Ray McGill (signed) |
| Pencils | Ray McGill (signed) |
| Inks | Ray McGill (signed) |
| First Line | Yoo Hoo - Mickey! |
| Notes | Two separate one page stories. McGill signs at the foot of both pages. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
