(September 1945)

Pines, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
every other month
On-sale Date
1945-07-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Better Publications Inc.
Editing
Ned Pines (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1945 Periodicals, page 387.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Pyroman / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Pyroman [Dick Martin]
Reprints
Keywords
firefighting; Japanese Imperial Palace; stereotyping of the Japanese

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

Fighting Yank / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Japs grow desperate as they see their Nazi partners crumble!

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

Pyroman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A lurking Jap sub devastates American shipping...

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can a scientific super-criminal gain control of the whole United States?

Sky Scout (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles Stoddard
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

Oracle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Henry Kiefer ?; August Froehlich ?
Inks
Henry Kiefer ?; August Froehlich ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bob Paxton, alias 'the Oracle', foresees Axis trouble on New Mexico's prairies...

Indexer Notes

Froehlich's possible art credits are suggested by "mtorra8155," via the GCD Error Tracker (Error 3638, 8 April 2010), citing Froehlich's style.

Pony Express Trail (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Donald Grey
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

Don Davis / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ed Moritz (signed)
Inks
Ed Hamilton (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
CC-402
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Germany's defeat has not ended every effort to injure America!

Indexer Notes

Signatures spotted by Saltarella and submitted via the GCD Error Tracker. We formerly credited the art to Leonard Sansone.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Pyroman
  2. 1. ["The Japs grow desperate as they see their Nazi partners crumble!"]
    Fighting Yank
  3. 2. ["A lurking Jap sub devastates American shipping..."]
    Pyroman
  4. 3. ["Can a scientific super-criminal gain control of the whole United States?"]
    Captain Future
  5. 4. Sky Scout
  6. 5. ["Bob Paxton, alias 'the Oracle', foresees Axis trouble on New Mexico's prairies..."]
    Oracle
  7. 6. Pony Express Trail
  8. 7. ["Germany's defeat has not ended every effort to injure America!"]
    Don Davis
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Pat Conolly
  • Del Gruber
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky