Exciting Comics #v9#1 (25)
(February 1943)

Pines, 1940 Series
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Volume
9
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly with the exception of March, July, October
On-sale Date
1942-12-29
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Better Publications Inc.
Editing
Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)

Issue 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, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.

[Electrocution] (Table of Contents)

The Black Terror / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Elmer Wexler ?
Inks
Elmer Wexler ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]
Synopsis
The Black Terror electrocutes a robot.
Keywords
bondage; robots

Indexer Notes

Cover marquee: "A New Feature The American Eagle Democracy's Champion"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Black Terror / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Elmer Wexler ?
Inks
Elmer Wexler ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Deriving great powers from his experiments...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Macro (introduction, villain, death); Mecanons (robots, introduction, villains, all destroyed in this story)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit determined from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

American Eagle / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Alderman
Inks
Jack Alderman
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Once more the spirit of the minute-man rides abroad...
Genre
superhero; western-frontier
Characters
The American Eagle [Tom Standish]; Eaglet [Bud Pierce]; Schnell (Nazi spy)

Indexer Notes

Art is consistent with Aldermanā€˜s credited work from Captain Aero Comics #11 (September 1943) and Cat-Man Comics #21 (November 1943).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Crash Carter, air cadet / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Three fighting air-devils in an ill wind...
Genre
war
Characters
Tom 'Crash' Carter; Looie Tizzle; Horace 'Stew' Kent; Winston Churchill (Cameo)

Blackout Burglar (Table of Contents: 4)

Herbie Johnson / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Donald Bayne Hobart (credited)
Pencils
Everett Kinstler ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
Everett Kinstler ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Young Herbie Johnson did not mind being alone...
Genre
crime
Characters
Herbie Johnson; Smith (burglar)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Liberator / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Maurice Gutwirth ?
Inks
Everett Kinstler ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Prof. Nelson Drew, aided by ancient Egyptian Lamesis...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Liberator [Professor Nelson Drew]; Annabel Evans; Tommy; Taki (Japanese servant and spy)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Lazy Looie / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello, Mom...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Lazy Looie; his mother; Smoky

Outlaw Trail (Table of Contents: 7)

Buck Martin / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tex Mumford (credited) (house name)
Pencils
? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Buck Martin of the Flying-M...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Buck Martin; Jeff Harvey

Indexer Notes

Includes illustrations.

In the Balkans (Table of Contents: 8)

Pepper Swift / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Pepper Swift; Buzz Ward; Anna

Indexer Notes

last appearance

The Radio Beam Mystery (Table of Contents: 9)

Larry North, U.S. Navy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Leslie Bellem ?
Pencils
Max Plaisted
Inks
Max Plaisted
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wonder what's happened to Betty...
Genre
war
Characters
Lieutenant Larry North, U.S. Navy; Betty Harmon

Indexer Notes

Bellem credit suggested by Jerry Bails's Who's Who.

Kidnap Chase (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 0.833 page (report information)

Script
Allen Douglass (credited)
Pencils
? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Imprisoned in the trunk of the speeding automobile...
Genre
crime
Characters
Sally Rhodes; Joe (kidnapper)

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 11)

statement of ownership / 0.167 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Sergeant Bill King / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Inks
Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A fighting top-kick lashes the Japs...
Genre
war
Characters
Sergeant Bill King; Corporal Richardson (war correspondent)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Electrocution]
    The Black Terror
  2. 1. ["Deriving great powers from his experiments..."]
    The Black Terror
  3. 2. ["Once more the spirit of the minute-man rides abroad..."]
    American Eagle
  4. 3. ["Three fighting air-devils in an ill wind..."]
    Crash Carter, air cadet
  5. 4. Blackout Burglar
    Herbie Johnson
  6. 5. ["Prof. Nelson Drew, aided by ancient Egyptian Lamesis..."]
    The Liberator
  7. 6. ["Hello, Mom..."]
    Lazy Looie
  8. 7. Outlaw Trail
    Buck Martin
  9. 8. In the Balkans
    Pepper Swift
  10. 9. The Radio Beam Mystery
    Larry North, U.S. Navy
  11. 10. Kidnap Chase
  12. 11. Statement of Ownership
  13. 12. ["A fighting top-kick lashes the Japs..."]
    Sergeant Bill King
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Keith Chandler
  • Pat Conolly
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose