(August 1943)

Pines, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
Monthly except December, April and June
On-sale Date
1943-06-22
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Better Publications Inc.
Editing
Ned Pines

Issue Notes

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. 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Commando Cubs / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
Inks
Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war; adventure
Characters
Commando Cubs [Ace Browning; Pokey Jones; Horace Cosgrove II; Whizzer Malarkey; Spud O'Shea]; Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange] (inset)
Keywords
tank

The Affair of the Blake Formula (Table of Contents: 1)

Commando Cubs / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes)
Pencils
Bob Oksner (signed as Oksner)
Inks
Bob Oksner (signed as Oksner)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When the sinister hand of Nazi treachery...
Genre
war; adventure
Characters
Commando Cubs [Ace Browning; Pokey Jones; Horace Cosgrove II; Whizzer Malarkey; Spud O'Shea]; The Prophet [Elsa Ruden]; Blackmann (villain, introduction); Nazis (villain)

Indexer Notes

Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.

Fair and Warmer (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
William McClellan (credited) (house name)
Pencils
? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Barry Clark was an orphan.
Genre
war
Characters
Barry Clark; George Clark (Barry's father); Captain Okagawa (Japanese commander)

[The Anthroxin Men] (Table of Contents: 3)

Doc Strange / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes ?
Pencils
Leonard Sansone ?
Inks
Leonard Sansone ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who ever heard of building warships a thousand miles from the ocean?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Mike Ellis (Doc Strange's sidekick); Baron Stuttsen (villain, introduction, death); Anthroxin Men (villain, introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

Pencils/Inks are not by Alex Schomburg as previously attributed.

Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.

The Mystery Wallet (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Donald Bayne Hobart (credited)
Pencils
? (spot illustration)
Inks
? (spot illustration)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The evening was cold and Danny Green shivered...
Genre
crime
Characters
Danny Green; Officer Kelly; Dapper Joe March (crook)

[The Spear of Diana] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
August Froehlich
Inks
August Froehlich
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We've got to assassinate General Sharp...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; Professor Fenton (villain); the spirit of the Venerable Yogi; Diana (Greek goddess, guest star); General Sharp

The American Crusader Stirs Up a Greek Rebellion (Table of Contents: 6)

The American Crusader / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes ?
Pencils
Max Plaisted
Inks
Max Plaisted
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At his headquarters in an abandoned French chateau...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Nazis (villain); The American Crusader [Archibald Masters]

Indexer Notes

Richard Hughes was previously credited with colours, but this was a result of a database glitch.

Riderless Horse (Table of Contents: 7)

Jimmy Blue / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Brant (credited) (house name)
Pencils
Terry Gilkison (signed as TG) (spot illustration)
Inks
Terry Gilkison (signed as TG) (spot illustration)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Helplessly, young Jimmy Blue glanced...
Characters
Jimmy Blue; Sheriff Baxter

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Lucky Lawrence / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A daredevil U. S. Marine and his three pals-in-arms pull a sneak-raid...
Genre
war; adventure
Characters
Sakaru (villain, introduction); Japanese (villain); Lucky Lawrence; Tubby
Keywords
World War II
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Commando Cubs
  2. 1. The Affair of the Blake Formula
    Commando Cubs
  3. 2. Fair and Warmer
  4. 3. [The Anthroxin Men]
    Doc Strange
  5. 4. The Mystery Wallet
  6. 5. [The Spear of Diana]
    The Ghost
  7. 6. The American Crusader Stirs Up a Greek Rebellion
    The American Crusader
  8. 7. Riderless Horse
    Jimmy Blue
  9. 8. ["A daredevil U. S. Marine and his three pals-in-arms pull a sneak-raid..."]
    Lucky Lawrence
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Pat Conolly
  • Del Gruber
  • Dan Kocher
  • John Loffink
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky