Digital Comic Museum - Thrilling Comics 024


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Volume: #8, Issue: #3 (24)
Published: January 1942, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	The American Crusader
Credits:	Pencils: Kin Platt ? \| Inks: Kin Platt ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	American Crusader [Archibald Masters]

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)	It's Thrilling! It's True! It's New!
Featuring:	Real Life Comics
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy) \| Pencils: Alex Schomburg [as A. Schomburg] (signed) \| Inks: Alex Schomburg [as A. Schomburg] (signed) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction
Characters:	Sir Francis Drake Woodrow Wilson Black Hawk Billy Mitchell Richard I Of England Pat Christie

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Scorched Earth
Featuring:	The American Crusader, Defender Of Democracy
Credits:	Pencils: Max Plaisted \| Inks: Max Plaisted
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Professor Fangawa (villain, Introduction) Von Klampf (villain, Introduction) Nazis (villains) American Crusader [Archibald Masters] Prof. Banks Dr. Morris

Comic Story (13 pages)	Doc Strange and the Mad Emperor
Featuring:	Doc Strange
Credits:	Pencils: Jack Binder \| Inks: Jack Binder
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Doc Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange] Virginia Thomson Mike Ellis (Doc Strange's Sidekick, Appears In All Subsequent Stories, Introduction, Origin) The Emperor (villain, Introduction) Watkins Bill Bodoni

Comic Story (9 pages)	Adventure In India
Featuring:	The Ghost
Credits:	Pencils: George Mandel \| Inks: George Mandel
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Professor Fenton (villain) Betty Morris The Ghost Reverend Swami Rajah Of Rajput Mahout

Text Story (1 page)	Indian Lore
Synopsis:	George Culver is captured by cattle rustlers and finds a way to summon help.
Credits:	Script: Charles S. Strong \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	George Culver Mike Mullaney [Old Mike] Red Carson Jack Culver

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Scheme of Schadow
Featuring:	The Lone Eagle
Credits:	Pencils: Elmer Wexler \| Inks: Elmer Wexler
Genre:	Aviation
Characters:	Schadow (villain, Introduction) Lone Eagle

Comic Story (1 page)	Turning Table-Lands
Featuring:	Young Smiley West
Credits:	Script: Terry Gilkison \| Pencils: Terry Gilkison [as TG] (signed) \| Inks: Terry Gilkison [as TG] (signed)
Genre:	Humor Western-frontier
Characters:	Smiley Buck

Comic Story (7 pages)	Football and Fifth Columnists
Featuring:	Dan Duffy, College Athlete
Synopsis:	Nazi spies steal an invention that allows for remote control of planes.
Credits:	Pencils: Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed) \| Inks: Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)
Genre:	Sports
Characters:	Mills (villain, Introduction) Gang Of Spies (villains, Introduction) Dan Duffy Marcia Blink Prof. Clement

Letters Page (1 page)	Join the American Parade
Featuring:	Chats with the Editor
Credits:	Letters: ?; typeset

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Sinister Spiritualist
Featuring:	The Woman in Red
Credits:	Pencils: George Mandel \| Inks: George Mandel
Genre:	Adventure Crime
Characters:	Dr. Phineas Peble (villain, Introduction) Horace Bishop Cavanaugh Peggy Allen [Woman In Red] Carl

Comic Story (8 pages)	Assignment: Umbria
Featuring:	Nickie Norton of the Secret Service
Credits:	Pencils: Leonard Sansone \| Inks: Leonard Sansone
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Donner (villain, Introduction) Smolar (villain, Introduction) Nickie Norton Lefty Mr. Bradford Betty

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Rookie Riley
Credits:	Script: Ray McGill (signed) \| Pencils: Ray McGill (signed) \| Inks: Ray McGill (signed)
Genre:	Humor Military
Characters:	Riley Corporal Sergeant

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)	It's The Black Terror! Run!!
Featuring:	The Black Terror; Exciting Comics
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy)
Characters:	Black Terror [Bob Benton] Tim [Tim Roland]

Advertisement (1 page)
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy) \| Pencils: ?; ? (photographs) \| Inks: ?; ? (photographs) \| Letters: typeset

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