Digital Comic Museum - Thrilling Comics 008 (paper)


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Volume: #3, Issue: #2 (8)
Published: September 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
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, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Dr. Strange
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Dr. Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange] (also Inset)

Comic Story (12 pages)	Dr. Strange in the South Seas
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)

Comic Story (9 pages)	Fenton and the Electrical Machine
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)

Comic Story (7 pages)	Dr. Heinrich's Magnetic Trap
Genre:	War
Characters:	Tom Niles Dr. Heinrich (villain, Introduction) Helen Ames (villain, Introduction) The Nazis (villains)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Murder In a Riverdale Mansion
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)

Text Story (1 page)	A Surprise For Officer Kelly
Credits:	Pencils: ? (2 spot illustrations) \| Inks: ? (2 spot illustrations) \| Colours: ? (2 spot illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	Monty Brown Patrolman Kelly

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Secret Aircraft Carrier
Genre:	Aviation War
Characters:	The Lone Eagle Capt. Krieger (villain, Introduction) Hauser (villain, Introduction) W.F. Schmidt (villain, Introduction) Nazis (villains)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Debut of Dan Duffy
Genre:	Sports
Characters:	Dan Duffy (introduction) Torelli (villain, Introduction) Clem Foster (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Outlaw Quirt Bronson
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)

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Abduction of Hiram South
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Nickie Norton Brent (villain, Introduction) Dr. Hiram South (introduction) Lefty

Comic Story (2 pages)
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Mickey McGill Jane Mr. McCoy Mrs. McCpy

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