Thrilling Comics

Thrilling Comics, a 1940s Pines publication, ran for 80 issues as a versatile anthology of costumed crime-fighters and eerie adventures. The title is best remembered for introducing Doc Strange, a mystical hero who would become a fixture of the publisher’s line, alongside regular contributions from writers Richard Hughes and Ned Pines and artists like Bob Oksner and Ken Battefield. With a rotating cast that also included The Ghost and The Phantom Detective, the series captured the pulp-to-comics transition of the Golden Age, offering a mix of supernatural and detective thrills that defined Pines’ house style.