(June 1946)

Pines, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1946-04-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Better Publications Inc.
Editing
Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)

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, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.

[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]; Jean Starr
Keywords
motion pictures; robbery; safes
Cover Thumbnail for Exciting Comics (Pines, 1940 series) #48
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Black Terror / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Oksner ?
Inks
Bob Oksner ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
CC-519
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ruthless greed and brutal vice!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; James Prince (death)

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

Kara, the Jungle Princess / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Camy
Inks
Al Camy
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
CC-381
First Line of Dialogue or Text
For thousands of years, the jungle metropolis of Arohiti has remained untouched...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; jungle
Characters
Kara, the Jungle Princess [Jane Howell]; Major Kit Kendall; Targala (villain, High Priest of the evil ape god); Balakan; Mondok; Tambulu

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

"Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop; Pepsi-Cola / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Office Robbery (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
William R. McClellan (credited)
Pencils
? (spot illustration)
Inks
? (spot illustration)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
James Phelps was completing his first week...
Genre
crime
Characters
James Phelps; Mr. Delaney; Buzzer Martin

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

The Scarab / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
CC-214
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When the remnants of defeated Nazism seek to retain at least a vestige...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Scarab [Peter Ward]; Uncle Joe Ward; Colonel Carlin

Indexer Notes

next app. in BLACK TERROR #20

Donny Runs the Store (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Buck Chilton (credited)
Pencils
? (spot illustration)
Inks
? (spot illustration)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Donny Lance stepped out...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Donny Lance; Joe Kerry

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

Crash Carter, Air Cadet / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
CC-521
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Today is a far cry from the terrible battles and the great air strikes...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Crash Carter; Stew; Louie; Major Togaya

Signal Lights (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles S. Strong (credited as Chuck Stanley)
Pencils
? (spot illustration)
Inks
? (spot illustration)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Billy Kane was very proud of his father...
Genre
crime
Characters
Billy Kane; Captain Arthur Kane

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Maurice Gutwirth
Inks
Maurice Gutwirth
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
CC-483
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Out of the ruin and desolation Hitler has bequeathed his once mighty Reich...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Sergeant Bill King; Corporal Scott; Preisser (Nazi saboteur)
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Black Terror
  2. 1. ["Ruthless greed and brutal vice!"]
    The Black Terror
  3. 2. ["For thousands of years, the jungle metropolis of Arohiti has remained untouched..."]
    Kara, the Jungle Princess
  4. 3. ["Is a track meet the same as horse meat, Pepsi?"]
    "Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop; Pepsi-Cola
  5. 4. The Office Robbery
  6. 5. ["When the remnants of defeated Nazism seek to retain at least a vestige..."]
    The Scarab
  7. 6. Donny Runs the Store
  8. 7. ["Today is a far cry from the terrible battles and the great air strikes..."]
    Crash Carter, Air Cadet
  9. 8. Signal Lights
  10. 9. ["Out of the ruin and desolation Hitler has bequeathed his once mighty Reich..."]
    Sergeant Bill King
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