Digital Comic Museum - Exciting Comics 003


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Exciting_Comics_#03 [Jun'40]-68pg-c2c -HPeters scans

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Comment:	Exciting03- Excellent scan one pp03-12: The Space Rovers " two pp13-20: Ted Crane "The City of Gold" three pp21-26: The Mask " four pp27-36: Thesson, son of the gods "Red Blight Ray" five pp37-43: Dan Williams, Private Investigator "Gang Warfare" six p44: "Special Detective" seven pp45-49: Sargeant Bill King eight pp50-56: The Sphinx "Russian Crown Jewels" nine p57: "Robber's Boot" ten pp58-64: Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger

Volume: #1, Issue: #3 (3)
Published: June 1940, 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
Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/). On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 455852.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	The Space Rovers
Credits:	Pencils: L. North \| Inks: L. North
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Ted Hunt Jane Martin

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Robot Masters of Venus
Featuring:	The Space Rovers
Credits:	Pencils: Max Plaisted (signed) \| Inks: Max Plaisted (signed)
Characters:	Amok (introduction, Death) King Tharrko (introduction) Venusians (introduction) The "evil Gods" (villains, Introduction, Death)

Comic Story (8 pages)	Ted Crane in the City of Gold
Featuring:	Ted Crane
Credits:	Pencils: George Mandel [as Geo Mandel] (signed) \| Inks: George Mandel [as Geo Mandel] (signed)
Characters:	Gruenfeld (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Takeover of Jim Gotch
Featuring:	The Mask
Credits:	Pencils: Kin Platt (signed) \| Inks: Kin Platt (signed)
Characters:	Jim Gotch (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Red Light of Dr. Hodl
Featuring:	Thesson, Son of the Gods
Credits:	Script: George Mandel \| Pencils: George Mandel [as Gene Kamen] (signed) \| Inks: George Mandel [as Gene Kamen] (signed) \| Colours: George Mandel
Characters:	Dr. Hodl (villain, Introduction, Death) Gen. Pasko (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Collins Case
Featuring:	Dan Williams, Private Investigator
Credits:	Pencils: Ray Lowry \| Inks: Ray Lowry
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Collins (villain, Introduction) Dr. Palumbo (villain, Introduction)

Text Story (1 page)	Special Detective
Credits:	Script: Frank Johnson \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (5 pages)	In Berlin
Featuring:	Sergeant Bill King
Credits:	Pencils: Leonard Sansone \| Inks: Leonard Sansone
Characters:	Nazis (villains) Carr (introduction)

Comic Story (7 pages)	Case of the Crown Jewels
Featuring:	The Sphinx
Credits:	Pencils: Kin Platt? \| Inks: Kin Platt?
Characters:	Countess Petrovich (introduction) Prince Alexis (introduction) Whitford (villain, Introduction) Blackie Lewis (villain, Introduction)

Text Story (1 page)	Robbers' Boots
Credits:	Script: Sam Brant \| Letters: typeset
Characters:	Johnny Blue [later Jimmy Blue] (introduction)

Comic Story (7 pages)	Crisis in Concho
Featuring:	Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger
Characters:	Bull Jeffrey (villain, Introduction) Duffield (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (2 pages)	So you're the tough guy on our block!
Featuring:	Make-Believe Mickey
Credits:	Script: Klaus Nordling \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling [as Nord] (signed) \| Inks: Klaus Nordling [as Nord] (signed) \| Colours: Klaus Nordling
Genre:	Humor

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