Volume: 4
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1941-05-27
Editing: Ned Pines (credited as N. L. Pines) (president)
Cover Thumbnail for Exciting Comics (Pines, 1940 series) #v4#2 (11) Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

The Black Terror / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
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Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly with the exception of May, August, November
  • Printer: ?

Indexer 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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.

[Don't miss...Captain Future]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Future / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Framed for Murder]
(Table of Contents: 2)

The Black Terror / comic story / 14 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look, Bob! Here comes Jean!
Characters:
The Terror Twins Alderman Peters (villain, introduction, death)
Reprints (1)

[Captured by the Sea Raider]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Larry North, U.S.N. / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:war; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There's the airport of Rio de Janeiro...
Characters:
Lieutenant Larry North, U.S. Navy; Betty Harmon; Ernst Knauss (Nazi agent)

Ted Crane in the Persian Gulf
(Table of Contents: 4)

Ted Crane / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:adventure; jungle
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Aboard a tanker...
Characters:
Ted Crane; Betty Hawkins; Professor Hawkins; Pat Rowan (crook)

[The $75,000 Briefcase Snatch]
(Table of Contents: 5)

The Mask / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Kin Platt (signed as K) (see notes)
Inks:
Kin Platt (signed as K) (see notes)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In the office of the Republic Trust Co.
Characters:
Carol Smith (secretary); Toomey (villain, introduction, death); Preston (villain, introduction); Brant (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Platt signs - as 'K' - in the final panel.

[The Stolen Pollbooks]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:n one corner of the Texadillo Bar...
Characters:
Stevens (crook); Mayor Fanning; Sue Fanning

Teddy Talks
(Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page

Script:
Jackson Cole (credited) (house name)
Pencils:
? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks:
? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors:
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:animal; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Teddy was a little wire-haired terrier...
Characters:
Don; Teddy (a terrier)

[The Murder of William Morton]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Dan Williams, Private Investigator / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:As Dan Williams leaves his agency...
Characters:
Dan Williams, Private Investigator; William Morton (death); Robert Hedges (murderer)

[The Plastic Surgery Gang]
(Table of Contents: 9)

The Sphinx / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Kin Platt (signed as Kin) (see notes)
Inks:
Kin Platt (signed as Kin) (see notes)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:One day The Sphinx reads...
Characters:
Gorilla Lefty (crook); Al Hax (gang leader); Dr. Crete (dentist; death); Dr. Harris; Dr. Lawrence

Indexer Notes

Platt signs - as 'Kin' - in the final panel.

Smart Boy
(Table of Contents: 10)

Jimmy Blue / text story / 1 page

Script:
Sam Brant (credited) (house name)
Pencils:
? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks:
? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors:
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jimmy Blue sat on the steps...
Characters:
Jimmy Blue; Jed Sloan (rustler)

[The Supply Hijackers]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Sergeant Bill King / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:military; war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Shoulder arms!
Characters:
Private Mills; Private Green; Private Taylor; Nickie (crook)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Harvey / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Kin Platt (signed as Kin)
Inks:
Kin Platt (signed as Kin)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hm...That Miser Wilbur's Coming Out...
Characters:
Harvey; Wilbue

Doc Strange The Mightiest Man On Earth
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Doc Strange / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    The Black Terror
  2. [Don't miss...Captain Future]
    Captain Future
  3. [Framed for Murder]
    The Black Terror
  4. [Captured by the Sea Raider]
    Larry North, U.S.N.
  5. Ted Crane in the Persian Gulf
    Ted Crane
  6. [The $75,000 Briefcase Snatch]
    The Mask
  7. [The Stolen Pollbooks]
    Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger
  8. Teddy Talks
  9. [The Murder of William Morton]
    Dan Williams, Private Investigator
  10. [The Plastic Surgery Gang]
    The Sphinx
  11. Smart Boy
    Jimmy Blue
  12. [The Supply Hijackers]
    Sergeant Bill King
  13. ["Hm...That Miser Wilbur's Coming Out..."]
    Harvey
  14. Doc Strange The Mightiest Man On Earth
    Doc Strange
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