(September 1952)
Pines,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Visual Editions Inc.
- Brand
-
Standard Comics
- Editing
- ?
Triumph Over Terror
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Celardo
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Pre-Code Classics: Fantastic Worlds / Lost Worlds (PS Artbooks, 2017 series) (August 2017), (August 2017) [cover] -
in Fremde Welten (ilovecomics, 2017 series) #21 (2022)
-
Triumph Over Terror
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-1213
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The most terrifying story ever told...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Thomas Alden; Joan Alden; Bill Grayson; Cleve Marston; John Spears; Clugg
- Synopsis
- A science fiction writer and his wife are captured by aliens who read their minds. The aliens decide not to invade Earth because they realize that humans would do anything to protect it.
- Reprints
-
in Alex Toth: Edge of Genius (Pure Imagination, 2007 series) #1 (2007) - in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #9 (2010)
- in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) (August 2011)
- in Pre-Code Classics: Fantastic Worlds / Lost Worlds (PS Artbooks, 2017 series) (August 2017)
- in Fremde Welten (ilovecomics, 2017 series) #21 (2022)
-
Flying Saucery
comic story / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- B-1234
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man from Mars decides not to fly to Earth.
- Reprints
The Space Treasure
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Murphy Anderson (signed)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-1189
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He was just an ordinary guy...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Mark Henty; Gloria Wheeler; McBane
- Synopsis
- A meteor smashing rocket's crew mutinees when they find a diamond covered meteor.
- Reprints
- in Seduction of the Innocent! (Eclipse, 1985 series) #2 (November 1985)
- in Pre-Code Classics: Fantastic Worlds / Lost Worlds (PS Artbooks, 2017 series) (August 2017)
- in Fremde Welten (ilovecomics, 2017 series) #21 (2022)
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Indexer Notes
Script credit per Binder's records.
Anderson signs in the second panel on page one.
Johnny Randall's Body
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jerome Bixby
- Pencils
- ? [2 spot illustrations]
- Inks
- ? [2 spot illustrations]
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are robots and robots...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Johnny Randall; Pete Fallon; Doctor Alexander Farmer
- Synopsis
- Johnny Randall, whose body is destroyed in an accident, gets a new body of a spaceship.
- Reprints
Space Dictionary
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-1153
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With space travel a thing of the not-too-distant future...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Definitions of space travel terms.
- Reprints
Hero Of Space
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- A 1206
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dogs used to be man's best friend...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Hal Garth; Tyna Starr; Rober Mannling
- Synopsis
- A woman falls in love with a man who ends up being a robot.
- Reprints
Flight to Venus
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-1152
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Venus will probably be the first planet visited by man.
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Conrad; Stella; Weber; Gunta
- Synopsis
- Description of what will be needed for a trip to Venus.
- Reprints
The Invaders
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- B-1189?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We've come a long way in these two years, Stella!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Stella; Conrad; Weber; Gunta
- Synopsis
- Aliens from Mercury try to invade Pax, a peaceful Earth colony, but end up being destroyed.
- Reprints
-
in Golden Comics (Univers Comics, 2009 series) #3 - in Alex Toth: Edge of Genius (Pure Imagination, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #10 (2011)
- in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) (August 2011)
- in Pre-Code Classics: Fantastic Worlds / Lost Worlds (PS Artbooks, 2017 series) (August 2017)
- in Fremde Welten (ilovecomics, 2017 series) #21 (2022)
-
Indexer Notes
Panel 6 on page 7 redrawn by ?
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Triumph Over Terror
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1.
["Do you want a success-winning voice?"]
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2.
Triumph Over Terror
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3.
["Is the safari ready to start?"]
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4.
Flying Saucery
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5.
The Space Treasure
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6.
Johnny Randall's Body
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7.
Space Dictionary
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8.
Hero Of Space
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9.
Flight to Venus
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10.
The Invaders
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11.
Science Fiction Pioneer
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12.
[Newest Hit Parade Break-Resistant Vinylite Filled Records]
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13.
[Cracker Jack's Magnetic Car]
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