Volume: 7
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1941-06-19
Editing: Ned Pines (president)
Cover Thumbnail for Thrilling Comics (Pines, 1940 series) #v7#1 (19) Edit Cover
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The American Crusader; Doc Strange / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; The American Crusader [Professor Archie Masters] (inset); Nazis
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Issue Data

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!]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Baron Krasna Strikes]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Doc Strange / comic story / 14 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Nazi Intelligence summons ita ace spy!
Characters:
Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Baron Krasna (villain, introduction, death); Doctor Mann (inventor); Franz (Nazi agent)
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Indexer Notes

Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Kin Platt ?, but appears rather to be by Leonard Sansone.

[Origin of the American Crusader]
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The American Crusader / comic story / 18 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The American Crusader [Professor Archie Masters] (introduction, origin); Jane Peters (Master's Secretary, introduction); Professor Scott (physicist, introduction); Doug (G-Man, introduction); Lola (Doug's fiancee, introduction); un-named criminal boss (villain, introduction); the Boss' gang [Augie; rest un-named] (villains, introduction for all); Kruz (villain, ex-Senator, introduction); Scarface Nick Polazi (villain, gangster, introduction); General Oyster (villain, ex-Nazi Officer, introduction)
Synopsis:
Delighted that he has discovered a new planet near Uranus, Professor Masters rushes off to tell Professor Scott and accidently enters a test chamber of Scott's atom smasher, and, as a result, has his entire atomic structure rearranged, giving him unlimited powers. He needs them for he must battle an ex-Nazi officer and his gang of traitors who intend to destroy democracy in the United States.
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[The Baseball Signal Scam]
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Dan Duffy / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:crime; sports; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:If wew take one game...
Characters:
Dan Duffy; Marcia Lee; "Blink" Gordon; Coach Reynolds; Kearns (crook); Captain Long

Message to the Sheriff
(Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page

Script:
Jackson Cole (credited) (house name)
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typeset
  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The roaring of the guns...
Characters:
Zack Luden; Tommy Luden (his grandson)

[The Magic Grail of Gwyllyn]
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The Ghost / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; un-named Yogi Master; Professor Fenton (villain); Stahl (villain)
Synopsis:
The Ghost and Betty go back to 1st Century Wales to prevent the evil Fenton from getting his hands upon the Magic Grail.
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Indexer Notes

Art identification by Bill Black, added by Craig Delich 2013-11-22.

Meet The Crusader!
(Table of Contents: 7)

Chats with the Editor / letters page / 1 page

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typeset

[The Kidnapping of Dr. Ryan]
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The Lone Eagle / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:aviation; war; adventure
Characters:
The Lone Eagle; Dr. Ryan (gas expert); Dr. Ryan imposter (death); Nazi agents [Kees; others un-named](villains, some die)
Synopsis:
The Lone Eagle plans a ruse to get the real Dr. Ryan safely to England with his odorless gas invention, but Nazi agents capture the scientist in his lab before he is scheduled to leave.
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Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich.

[Claude Mowbry's Train Robbery]
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The Rio Kid / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Heer it is in th' Express, boss...
Characters:
The Rio Kid; Claude Mowbry (villain); Evelyn Wayne; Wayne
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    The American Crusader; Doc Strange
  2. [Don't Miss... Captain Future!]
  3. [Baron Krasna Strikes]
    Doc Strange
  4. [Origin of the American Crusader]
    The American Crusader
  5. [The Baseball Signal Scam]
    Dan Duffy
  6. Message to the Sheriff
  7. [The Magic Grail of Gwyllyn]
    The Ghost
  8. Meet The Crusader!
    Chats with the Editor
  9. [The Kidnapping of Dr. Ryan]
    The Lone Eagle
  10. [Claude Mowbry's Train Robbery]
    The Rio Kid
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Issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Del Gruber
  • Dan Kocher
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky
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