Digital Comic Museum - Exciting Comics 004


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Volume: #2, Issue: #1 (4)
Published: July 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/) The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.

Comic Contents:

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

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Lost Valley of Mars
Synopsis:	A mishap on their way back to Earth causes Ted and Jane to pass by Mars where they spy a damsel in distress.
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	The Space Rovers [Ted Hunt Jane Martin] Mara (introduction) Martians Xark (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (8 pages)	Ted Crane and the Voice from the Flames
Synopsis:	Betty has been kidnapped by an evil scientist and Ted Crane comes to her rescue.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	An Evil Scientist (villain, Introduction, Death) Takima (introduction) Ted Crane Prof. Hawkins Betty Hawkins

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Phony Mask
Synopsis:	The Mask is on the trail of a criminal commiting crimes who is posing as the Mask.
Genre:	Crime Superhero
Characters:	The Mask [Tony Colby] (District Attorney) Sandra Cummings (Broadway Star, Death) Dr. Lawrence Reid (villain, Introduction, Death) Slug Custon (villain) Pat O'Rooney Bill Kallem Butch Dick Granville Jim Boughton Carol Smith

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Theft of the Tank Plans
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Dr. John Thesson [Son Of The Gods] Daggett (villain, Introduction) Mr. Wheeler Jane Wheeler

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Bootleggers
Synopsis:	Dan Williams and Gail Parker break up a bootleg enterprise.
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Dan Williams, Private Investigator Chris Toomey (villain, Introduction) Gail Parker

Text Story (1 page)	Outlaw Ransom
Credits:	Pencils: ? (2 spot illustrations) \| Inks: ? (2 spot illustrations) \| Colours: ? (2 spot illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Buck Sanders Joe Marsh Bill Smith Chuck Wilson Tom Jones Mr. Sanders

Comic Story (5 pages)
Synopsis:	Sgt. King is sent undercover to retrieve the formula for a new bomb created by the Nazis.
Genre:	War
Characters:	Nazis (villain) Sgt. Bill King Schmidt Herman

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Firebugs
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Sphinx [Ellsworth Forrester] Twist (villain, Introduction) Hoppy Moran (villain, Introduction) Ann Neville Cochrane

Text Story (1 page)	Sergeant Tommy
Synopsis:	Tommy Harper thinks of a way to save the fort that is under attack by local inhabitants while most of its regiment is away.
Credits:	Pencils: ? (spot illustration) \| Inks: ? (spot illustration) \| Colours: ? (spot illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Military
Characters:	Tommy Harper Capt. Harper Lt. Gray Mrs. Gray

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Corpse in the Cave
Synopsis:	Jake Norris, utilizing underhanded methods, tries to take the Circle 3 ranch.
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Sylvia Field Rodney Field Jake Norris Capt. McDowell Jim Hatfield Bradley Pete Jones Texas Rangers

Comic Story (1 page)	Mickey wins!
Synopsis:	Mickey daydreams that he is a great horse rider; reality proves differently.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Make-Believe Mickey

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