(September 1944)

Pines, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
every other month
On-sale Date
1944-06-30
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Better Publications Inc.
Editing
Ned Pines (credited as N. L. Pines) (president)

Issue Notes

On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1944 Periodicals, page 335.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Pyroman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Schomburg
Inks
Alex Schomburg
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Pyroman [Dick Martin]; Nazis
Keywords
rockets; World War II

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

Pyroman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield
Inks
Everett Kinstler
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
An automatic welding device...
Genre
superhero

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

Fighting Yank / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield (signed)
Inks
Everett Kinstler (signed as Everett Raymond Kinstler)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What really lies within the fear-shrouded walls...
Genre
superhero

Good Deed (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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

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

Captain Future / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield
Inks
Everett Kinstler
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Experimenting with gamma and infra-red rays...
Genre
superhero

Water Wings (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles S. Strong
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

Four Comrades / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tommy, Buzz, Tip and Pudge smash some lawbreakers...
Genre
superhero

Kidnap Note (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tex Brown (house name)
Pencils
Harry Lucey (signed as HPL)
Inks
Harry Lucey (signed as HPL)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

Oracle / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Armed with a strange prophetic sense...

Indexer Notes

Artist previously identified as possibly Henry Kiefer.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Pyroman
  2. 1. ["An automatic welding device..."]
    Pyroman
  3. 2. ["What really lies within the fear-shrouded walls..."]
    Fighting Yank
  4. 3. Good Deed
    Herbie Johnson
  5. 4. ["Experimenting with gamma and infra-red rays..."]
    Captain Future
  6. 5. Water Wings
  7. 6. ["Tommy, Buzz, Tip and Pudge smash some lawbreakers..."]
    Four Comrades
  8. 7. Kidnap Note
  9. 8. ["Armed with a strange prophetic sense..."]
    Oracle
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Pat Conolly
  • Del Gruber
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Eric Schumacher
  • Len Wolinsky