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/)

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	The Space Rovers
Credits:	Pencils: Max Plaisted \| Inks: Max Plaisted

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Lost Valley of Mars
Featuring:	The Space Rovers
Credits:	Pencils: Max Plaisted (signed) \| Inks: Max Plaisted (signed)
Characters:	Mara (introduction) Martians Xark (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (8 pages)	Ted Crane and the Voice from the Flames
Featuring:	Ted Crane
Credits:	Pencils: George Mandel \| Inks: George Mandel
Characters:	An Evil Scientist (villain, Introduction, Death) Takima (introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Phony Mask
Featuring:	The Mask
Credits:	Pencils: Raymond Thayer \| Inks: Raymond Thayer
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Mask [Tony Colby] (District Attorney) Sandra Cummings (Broadway Star, Death) Dr. Lawrence Reid (villain, Introduction, Death) Slug Custon (villain)

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)

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Bootleggers
Featuring:	Dan Williams, Private Investigator
Credits:	Pencils: Raymond Thayer [as Ray Thayer] (signed) \| Inks: Raymond Thayer [as Ray Thayer] (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Chris Toomey (villain, Introduction)

Text Story (1 page)	Outlaw Ransom
Credits:	Script: Jackson Cole \| Colours: Jackson Cole \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	Sergeant Bill King
Credits:	Pencils: Leonard Sansone [as Leonard] (signed) \| Inks: Leonard Sansone [as Leonard] (signed)
Characters:	Nazis (villain)

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) Moran (villain, Introduction)

Text Story (1 page)	Sergeant Tommy
Credits:	Script: John Easterly \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Corpse in the Cave
Featuring:	Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger

Comic Story (2 pages)	Mickey wins!
Featuring:	Make-Believe Mickey
Credits:	Script: Klaus Nordling \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling [as Nord] (signed) \| Inks: Klaus Nordling [as Nord] (signed) \| Colours: Klaus Nordling

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