Digital Comic Museum > Exciting Comics 004 (diff ver)

Volume: #2, Issue: #1 (4)
Published: July 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/) 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:	The Space Rovers
Credits:	Pencils: Max Plaisted \| Inks: Max Plaisted
Genre:	Adventure Science Fiction
Characters:	Ted Hunt Jane Martin

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Lost Valley of Mars
Featuring:	The Space Rovers
Synopsis:	A mishap on their way back to Earth causes Ted and Jane to pass by Mars where they spy a damsel in distress.
Credits:	Pencils: Max Plaisted (signed) \| Inks: Max Plaisted (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Mara (introduction) Martians Xark (villain, Introduction) Ted Hunt Jane Martin

Comic Story (8 pages)	Ted Crane and the Voice from the Flames
Featuring:	Ted Crane
Synopsis:	Betty has been kidnapped by an evil scientist and Ted Crane comes to her rescue.
Credits:	Pencils: George Mandel \| Inks: George Mandel
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	An Evil Scientist (villain, Introduction, Death) Takima (introduction) Ted Crane Prof. Hawkins Betty Hawkins

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Phony Mask
Featuring:	The Mask
Synopsis:	The Mask is on the trail of a criminal commiting crimes who is posing as the Mask.
Credits:	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

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Theft of the Tank Plans
Featuring:	Son of the Gods
Credits:	Script: George Mandel (signed) \| Pencils: George Mandel (signed) \| Inks: George Mandel (signed) \| Colours: George Mandel
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Dr. John Thesson Daggett (villain, Introduction) Mr. Wheeler Jane Wheeler

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Bootleggers
Featuring:	Dan Williams, Private Investigator
Synopsis:	Dan Williams and Gail Parker break up a bootleg enterprise.
Credits:	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

Text Story (1 page)	Outlaw Ransom
Credits:	Script: Jackson Cole \| Colours: Jackson Cole ? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Buck Sanders Joe Marsh Bill Smith Chuck Wilson Tom Jones Mr. Sanders

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	Sergeant Bill King
Synopsis:	Sgt. King is sent undercover to retrieve the formula for a new bomb created by the Nazis.
Credits:	Pencils: Leonard Sansone [as Leonard] (signed) \| Inks: Leonard Sansone [as Leonard] (signed)
Genre:	War
Characters:	Nazis (villain) Sgt. Bill King Schmidt Herman

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Firebugs
Featuring:	The Sphinx
Credits:	Pencils: Raymond Thayer ? \| Inks: Raymond Thayer ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Sphinx [Ellsworth Forrester] Twist (villain, Introduction) Hoppy Moran (villain, Introduction) Ann Neville Cochrane

Text Story (1 page)	Sergeant Tommy
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.
Credits:	Script: John Easterly \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Military
Characters:	Tommy Harper Capt. Harper Lt. Gray Mrs. Gray

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Corpse in the Cave
Featuring:	Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger
Synopsis:	Jake Norris, utilizing underhanded methods, tries to take the Circle 3 ranch.
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Sylvia Field Rodney Field Jake Norris Capt. McDowell Jim Hatfield Bradley Pete Jones Texas Rangers

Comic Story (1 page)	Mickey wins!
Featuring:	Make-Believe Mickey
Synopsis:	Mickey daydreams that he is a great horse rider; reality proves differently.
Credits:	Script: Klaus Nordling \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling [as Nord] (signed) \| Inks: Klaus Nordling [as Nord] (signed) \| Colours: Klaus Nordling
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Mickey

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Make-Believe Mickey
Synopsis:	Mickey imagines himself as a great juggler.
Credits:	Script: Klaus Nordling \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling [as Nord] (signed) \| Inks: Klaus Nordling [as Nord] (signed) \| Colours: Klaus Nordling ?
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Mickey

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