(April 1944)

Pines, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
?
On-sale Date
1944-02-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Standard Magazines Inc.
Editing
Ned Pines ?

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, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; the Nazis
Keywords
bomber planes; Dornier Do-17; glide bombs; invasion of Norway; Nazi Party flag; swastikas; warships; World War II

Indexer Notes

Schomburg's signature (partially obscured) may be found on the battleship bottom left.

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

The Black Terror / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield ?
Inks
Ed Moritz ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who dares to steal the uniform of the mighty Black Terror?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Willi (young betrayer); Kurt Hauser (Nazi spy); Kraus (Nazi spy)

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

American Eagle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Masters of the secret of flight...
Genre
superhero; western-frontier
Characters
The American Eagle [Tom Standish]; The Eaglet [Bud Pierce]; the Japanese (villains); Carson (ship's officer; Japanese sympathiser)

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

The Crime Crushers / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes (credited)
Pencils
Al Camy (signed as Camy!)
Inks
Al Camy (signed as Camy!)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Brrr-rr!
Characters
The Crime Crushers [Steve Barry; Ploopie Carr]; Virginia Mead; Tim Mead; Nazi agents

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

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

Sergeant Bill King / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
On an enemy-ridden jungle isle in the Pacific...
Genre
war
Characters
Sergeant Bill King

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

Crash Carter, Air Cadet / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We're off again with the fighting air cadets...
Genre
war
Characters
Crash Carter; Stew; Louie
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Black Terror
  2. 1. ["Who dares to steal the uniform of the mighty Black Terror?"]
    The Black Terror
  3. 2. ["Masters of the secret of flight..."]
    American Eagle
  4. 3. ["Brrr-rr!"]
    The Crime Crushers
  5. 4. ["On an enemy-ridden jungle isle in the Pacific..."]
    Sergeant Bill King
  6. 5. ["We're off again with the fighting air cadets..."]
    Crash Carter, Air Cadet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose