Cover: Alex Schomburg

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Thrilling Comics #56

Oct 1946 · Pines · 0.10 USD

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"Meet Granny Bowzer" introduces a striking turn in the adventures of Princess Pantha, whose disappearance during a safari in French West Africa sends famed explorer Dane Hunter into the wilds to find her. When Hunter finally reaches the ambush site, he discovers Pantha has adapted to the jungle, living among the tribes and mastering survival with nothing but a leopard-skin outfit and a bow. Rendered with bold, expressive art by Ralph Mayo, this issue blends adventure and mystery in a story that redefines what it means to be a hero in the untamed world. The cover, by Alex Schomburg, captures the tale’s primal intensity with a vivid, dynamic image.

Contains 6 stories

Meet Granny Bowzer

11 pp · Adventure, Teen

The Commando Cubs [Ace BrowningPokey JonesHorace Cosgrove IIWhizzer MalarkeySpud O'Shea]Professor MusselbowndGranny BowzerJeanie

The Case of the High-Flying Corpse

9 pp · Detective-Mystery

Frank HavensEdgar Stone (IRS agent, death)Paul Riley (crook)De PeysterJameson (butler)

Untitled Humor story

1 pp · Humor

The Origin of Princess Pantha

10 pp · Adventure, Jungle

Dane Hunter (introduction)Gilt-Edge Gates

Untitled Humor story

4 pp · Humor

Looie LazybonesClarabelleMadam Romany (fortune teller)Professor Alonzo Peters

Doc Strange Vs. Doc Bela

9 pp · Superhero

Virginia ThompsonMike Ellis (Doc Strange's sidekick)Doctor Lazar Bela (villain)Stacy (henchman)Garon (henchman)Voral (henchman)

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $95

CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $2,455*

CGC 9.2 none in existence

CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $1,082

CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $749

CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $599

CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $414

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CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $399*

CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $335*

CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $290*

CGC 5.5 none in existence

CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $232*

CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $179

CGC 4.0 none in existence

CGC 3.5 none in existence

CGC 3.0 none in existence

CGC 2.5 none in existence

CGC 2.0 none in existence

CGC 1.5 none in existence

CGC 1.0 none in existence

CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $47*

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Cast · 5 characters

Doc Strange Dr. Hugo Strange Princess Pantha Richard Curtis Van Loan The Phantom Detective

Full credits

artist, inker Ralph Mayo

cover pencils, inks Alex Schomburg

Reprints

Reprinted in Golden Comics #2 (2009)

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