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Exciting_Comics_#03 [Jun'40]-68pg-c2c -HPeters scans

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Comment:	Exciting03- Excellent scan one pp03-12: The Space Rovers " two pp13-20: Ted Crane "The City of Gold" three pp21-26: The Mask " four pp27-36: Thesson, son of the gods "Red Blight Ray" five pp37-43: Dan Williams, Private Investigator "Gang Warfare" six p44: "Special Detective" seven pp45-49: Sargeant Bill King eight pp50-56: The Sphinx "Russian Crown Jewels" nine p57: "Robber's Boot" ten pp58-64: Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger

Volume: #1, Issue: #3 (3)
Published: June 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
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/). On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 455852.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	The Space Rovers [Ted Hunt Jane Martin]

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Robot Masters of Venus
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	The Space Rovers [Ted Hunt Jane Martin] Amok (introduction, Death) King Tharrko (introduction) Venusians (introduction) The "evil Gods" (villains, Introduction, Death)

Comic Story (8 pages)	Ted Crane in the City of Gold
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Ted Crane Betty Hawkins Professor Hawkins Gruenfeld (villain, Introduction) Major Stanforth

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Takeover of Jim Gotch
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Mask [Tony Colby] Carol Smith (secretary) Silk Butch Jim Gotch (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Red Light of Dr. Hodl
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Dr. John Thesson [Son Of The Gods] Professor Craig Dr. Hodl (villain, Introduction, Death) General Pasko (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Collins Case
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Dan Williams, Private Investigator Collins (villain, Introduction) Dr. Palumbo (villain, Introduction) Miss Adams (secretary) Miss Neering (a Nurse)

Text Story (1 page)	Special Detective
Credits:	Colours: ? (2 spot illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	Tim Marsh Detective-Sergeant Bill Casey

Comic Story (5 pages)	In Berlin
Genre:	Military
Characters:	Sergeant Bill King Nazis (villains) Lieutenant Beale (Nazi Spy) Carr (British Spy, Introduction)

Comic Story (7 pages)	Case of the Crown Jewels
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Sphinx [Ellsworth Forrester] Tom Countess Donya Petrovich (introduction) Prince Alexis (introduction) Whitford (villain, Introduction) Blackie Lewis (villain, Introduction)

Text Story (1 page)	Robbers' Boots
Featuring:	Johnny Blue
Credits:	Pencils: ? (2 spot illustrations) \| Inks: ? (2 spot illustrations) \| Colours: ? (2 spot illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Characters:	Johnny Blue [later Jimmy Blue] (introduction)

Comic Story (7 pages)	Crisis in Concho
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger Texas Ranger Captain McDowell Bull Jeffrey (villain, Introduction) Duffield (villain, Introduction) Clem Bradley

Comic Story (2 pages)
Genre:	Humor Children
Characters:	Make-Believe Mickey

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