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Publisher: Pines

Title: Exciting Comics
Issue: 1 (4)
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: July 1940
Volume: 2
Contributors: Editor: Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)

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Exciting Comics 4
Owner: cheetah

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Features:The Space Rovers
Pages:1
Pencils:Max Plaisted
Inks:Max Plaisted
Genre:adventure; science fiction
Characters:Ted Hunt; Jane Martin


Story Title: The Lost Valley of Mars - comic story
Features:The Space Rovers
Pages:10
Pencils:Max Plaisted (signed)
Inks:Max Plaisted (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Mara (introduction); Martians; Xark (villain, introduction); Ted Hunt; Jane Martin
Synopsis:A mishap on their way back to Earth causes Ted and Jane to pass by Mars where they spy a damsel in distress.


Story Title: Ted Crane and the Voice from the Flames - comic story
Features:Ted Crane
Pages:8
Pencils:George Mandel
Inks:George Mandel
Genre:adventure
Characters:An evil scientist (villain, introduction, death); Takima (introduction); Ted Crane; Prof. Hawkins; Betty Hawkins
Synopsis:Betty has been kidnapped by an evil scientist and Ted Crane comes to her rescue.


Story Title: The Phony Mask - comic story
Features:The Mask
Pages:6
Pencils:Raymond Thayer
Inks:Raymond Thayer
Genre:crime; superhero
Characters:The Mask [Tony Colby] (District Attorney); Sandra Cummings (Broadway star, death); Dr. Lawrence Reid (villain, introduction, death); Slug Custon (villain); Pat O'Rooney; Bill Kallem; Butch; Dick Granville; Jim Boughton; Carol Smith
Synopsis:The Mask is on the trail of a criminal commiting crimes who is posing as the Mask.


Story Title: The Theft of the Tank Plans - comic story
Features:Son of the Gods
Pages:10
Pencils:George Mandel (signed)
Inks:George Mandel (signed)
Colors:George Mandel
Genre:superhero
Characters:Dr. John Thesson; Daggett (villain, introduction); Mr. Wheeler; Jane Wheeler


Story Title: The Bootleggers - comic story
Features:Dan Williams, Private Investigator
Pages:8
Pencils:Raymond Thayer [as Ray Thayer] (signed)
Inks:Raymond Thayer [as Ray Thayer] (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Chris Toomey (villain, introduction); Dan Williams; Gail Parker
Synopsis:Dan Williams and Gail Parker break up a bootleg enterprise.


Story Title: Outlaw Ransom - text story
Pages:1
Colors:Jackson Cole ?
Letters:typeset
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Buck Sanders; Joe Marsh; Bill Smith; Chuck Wilson; Tom Jones; Mr. Sanders


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Sergeant Bill King
Pages:5
Pencils:Leonard Sansone [as Leonard] (signed)
Inks:Leonard Sansone [as Leonard] (signed)
Genre:war
Characters:Nazis (villain); Sgt. Bill King; Schmidt; Herman
Synopsis:Sgt. King is sent undercover to retrieve the formula for a new bomb created by the Nazis.


Story Title: The Firebugs - comic story
Features:The Sphinx
Pages:7
Pencils:Raymond Thayer ?
Inks:Raymond Thayer ?
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Sphinx [Ellsworth Forrester]; Twist (villain, introduction); Hoppy Moran (villain, introduction); Ann Neville; Cochrane


Story Title: Sergeant Tommy - text story
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:military
Characters:Tommy Harper; Capt. Harper; Lt. Gray; Mrs. Gray
Synopsis:Tommy Harper thinks of a way to save the fort that is under attack by local inhabitants while most of its regiment is away.


Story Title: The Corpse in the Cave - comic story
Features:Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger
Pages:6
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Sylvia Field; Rodney Field; Jake Norris; Capt. McDowell; Jim Hatfield; Bradley; Pete Jones; Texas Rangers
Synopsis:Jake Norris, utilizing underhanded methods, tries to take the Circle 3 ranch.


Story Title: Mickey wins! - comic story
Features:Make-Believe Mickey
Pages:1
Pencils:Klaus Nordling [as Nord] (signed)
Inks:Klaus Nordling [as Nord] (signed)
Colors:Klaus Nordling
Genre:humor
Characters:Mickey
Synopsis:Mickey daydreams that he is a great horse rider; reality proves differently.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Make-Believe Mickey
Pages:1
Pencils:Klaus Nordling [as Nord] (signed)
Inks:Klaus Nordling [as Nord] (signed)
Colors:Klaus Nordling ?
Genre:humor
Characters:Mickey
Synopsis:Mickey imagines himself as a great juggler.


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