Digital Comic Museum - Thrilling Comics 044


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Issue: #44
Published: October 1944, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Ned Pines
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Doc Strange
Synopsis:	A parachuting Doc Strange assaults a Nazi Guard while a frightened Hitler fleeing Berlin raises his hands in surrender.
Credits:	Pencils: Alex Schomburg \| Inks: Alex Schomburg
Genre:	Superhero War
Characters:	Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange] Adolf Hitler Nazi Guards

Comic Story (12 pages)
Featuring:	The Commando Cubs
Synopsis:	The Cubs flush out a German spy, but the villain escapes with blueprints for a super-rocket plane. The Cubs follow him and grab the blueprints, but the Nazis trap the boys in a farmhouse, whom the boys later defeat with flaming arrows.
Credits:	Script: Richard Hughes \| Pencils: Bob Oksner [as Oksner] (signed) \| Inks: Bob Oksner [as Oksner] (signed)
Genre:	Children War
Characters:	The Commando Cubs [Ace Browning Pokey Jones Horace Cosgrove II Whizzer Marlarkey Spud O'Shea] Professor Musselbownd Renee Marat (shepherdess) Alderman Rauch (villain, German Spy, Town Alderman, Death) German Commandant (villain) Major Von Schroeder (villain) The Nazis (villains, Some Die)

Comic Story (11 pages)
Synopsis:	Doc chases a German spy carrying a map of munitions centers on the East Coast, but the superhero is captured by Nazis. After swallowing a dose of Alosun, he overwhelms his captors, downs a fleet of Nazi catapult planes, and captures a German u-boat.
Genre:	Superhero War
Characters:	Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange] Mike Virginia Henry Sally Jeep (a Dog) Herr Von Zum (villain, German Spy) The Nazis (villains)

Text Story (1 page)	Spy Chaser: A Story of Espionage
Synopsis:	Philip thwarts a German spy looking for sensitive government information at a hobby show.
Credits:	Script: William McClellan \| Pencils: ? (spot illustration) \| Inks: ? (spot illustration) \| Colours: ? (spot illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	War
Characters:	Philip West (teen Hobbyist) George Banton (G-Man): German Spy

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Lucky Lawrence
Synopsis:	Lucky and his buddies are swept away by a tropical storm to a mysterious isle where they are captured by Japs who have stolen an idol from a native temple. The Leathernecks escape, and use their muscle and smarts to defeat the Japs and return the idol to the temple.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Maurice Gutwirth] \| Pencils: Maurice Gutwirth \| Inks: Maurice Gutwirth
Genre:	War
Characters:	Lucky Lawrence Lucky's USMC Buddies Japanese Soldiers Native Chief Island Natives

Text Story (1 page)	The Boy Wrangler: A Trail Drive Story
Synopsis:	Buck thwarts a gang of rustlers and frees an old friend from their camp.
Credits:	Script: Buck Barton \| Pencils: ? (spot illustration) \| Inks: ? (spot illustration) \| Colours: ? (spot illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Buck Wilson (teen Wrangler) Tom Lang (trail Boss) Hank Traver (rustler)

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Lone Eagle
Synopsis:	Lone Eagle is on a mission to find a Nazi supply depot on Crete, but is forced to bail out when harassed by Messerschmitts. He learns that Patros is a traitor working for the Nazis and exposes him. The guerillas vow to continue the fight to free their homeland.
Genre:	War
Characters:	Lone Eagle German Commandant Nazis Patros (leader Of Greek Guerillas)

Text Story (1 page)	The Black Box: A Story of Africa
Synopsis:	Bob performs magic tricks to rescue his brother from African natives.
Credits:	Script: Johnston Craig \| Pencils: ? (spot illustrations) \| Inks: ? (spot illustrations) \| Colours: ? (spot illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Bob Green Jim Green (Bob's Brother) Witch Doctor African Natives

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	The Ghost
Synopsis:	Nazis are hiding in an old mansion on Long Island, and are intent upon destroying American ships in a nearby harbor. They capture George and his friends, but the Yogi Sage rescues them. George saves the fleet using his magical powers.
Credits:	Pencils: August Froehlich \| Inks: August Froehlich
Genre:	Superhero War
Characters:	George Chance [The Ghost] Betty Morris (George's Friend) Peter (George's Servant) Yogi Sage (George's Otherworldly Aide) Nazis Constable

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