(February 1944)

Pines, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
every other month
On-sale Date
1943-12-14
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Standard Magazines Inc.
Editing
Ned Pines (credited as N. L. Pines) (president)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Doc Strange / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
Inks
Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
Colors
Alex Schomburg ?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]
Reprints
Keywords
Mitsubishi A6M Zero (plane); World War II
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Commando Cubs / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Bob Oksner (signed as Oksner)
Inks
Bob Oksner (signed as Oksner)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stealing a secret weapon...
Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Commando Cubs [Ace Browning; Pokey Jones; Horace Cosgrove II; Whizzer Malarkey; Spud O'Shea]; Professor Musselbownd; Doctor Corey; Foltz (Nazi spy); Schramm (Nazi spy)

Indexer Notes

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

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield
Inks
Everett Kinstler
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Centuries recede to the steaming dawn of time...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Mike Ellis (Doc Strange's sidekick); Hakahara (Japanese spy leader)

Forest Fire (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script
Walt Wilson (credited)
Pencils
? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
"Forest fire!"
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Tommy Gray; Black Lawton (crook)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
H. L. Herbert (credited) (business manager)
Letters
typeset

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

The Lone Eagle / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Leo Morey
Inks
Leo Morey
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've selected you to fly me to Yugoslavia, Eagle...
Genre
adventure; war; aviation
Characters
The Lone Eagle; General Mihailovitch

Young Naturalist (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles S. Strong (credited)
Pencils
? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Young Gerald Delaney, son of a famous naturalist...
Genre
crime
Characters
Gerald Delaney; Butch; Buck

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
August Froehlich
Inks
August Froehlich
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
An anicent mummy case...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; the spirit of the Venerable Yogi; Professor Robert Haskell; Doctor Martin; Kafka (bandit chief)

Smithy's Son (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Charles Roberts (credited)
Pencils
? (spot illustration)
Inks
? (spot illustration)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jimmy Neale was alone...
Genre
crime
Characters
Jimmy Neale; Douglas Painter (bank robber)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Lucky Lawrence / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
W. B. Smith (signed as SMITH)
Inks
W. B. Smith (signed as SMITH)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A valiant marine, Lucky Lawrence...
Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Lucky Lawrence; Sergeant Quinn; Noodle; Tubby; Miss Healey
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Doc Strange
  2. 1. ["Stealing a secret weapon..."]
    Commando Cubs
  3. 2. ["Centuries recede to the steaming dawn of time..."]
    Doc Strange
  4. 3. Forest Fire
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. ["I've selected you to fly me to Yugoslavia, Eagle..."]
    The Lone Eagle
  7. 6. Young Naturalist
  8. 7. ["An anicent mummy case..."]
    The Ghost
  9. 8. Smithy's Son
  10. 9. ["A valiant marine, Lucky Lawrence..."]
    Lucky Lawrence
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