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''Thrilling Comics'' is the title of a
comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...
series published by
Standard Comics Standard Comics was a comic book imprint of American publisher Ned Pines, who also published pulp magazines (under a variety of company names that he also used for the comics) and paperback books (under the Popular Library name). Standard in t ...
for 80 issues from 1940 to 1951. The first issue is the first appearance of the comic-book character
Doc Strange Doc Strange is a Golden Age comic book superhero who originally appeared in '' Thrilling Comics'' #1 (Better Publications, also called Nedor Comics) in February 1940. The character continued in ''Thrilling Comics'' until issue #64 (Feb 1948). ...
, who debuted in a 37-page origin story. The "Thrilling Comics" title was used again in 1999 by
DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
for one issue of the ''
Justice Society Returns "The Justice Society Returns" is a nine issue story arc that ran through a number of comic books published by DC Comics in 1999, reviving the Golden Age superhero team, which had previously been revived in the 1980s. Publication history The comic ...
'' storyline.


Characters

#Thrilling Comics #1:
Doc Strange Doc Strange is a Golden Age comic book superhero who originally appeared in '' Thrilling Comics'' #1 (Better Publications, also called Nedor Comics) in February 1940. The character continued in ''Thrilling Comics'' until issue #64 (Feb 1948). ...
#Thrilling Comics #2: Woman in Red (Nedor) #Thrilling Comics #3: The Ghost #Thrilling Comics #19:
American Crusader The American Crusader is a superhero who originally appeared in '' Thrilling Comics'' #19 (Better Publications, Aug 1941). He appeared in almost every issue until #41 (April 1944). The character was revived in the Modern Age in ''Femforce'' #59, ...
#Thrilling Comics #56: Princess Pantha


References

Comics magazines published in the United States DC Comics titles 1940 comics debuts 1951 comics endings Magazines established in 1940 Magazines disestablished in 1951 Golden Age comics titles {{DC-Comics-stub