(August 1946)

Pines, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
every other month
On-sale Date
1946-06-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Standard Magazines Inc.
Editing
Ned Pines (credited as N. L. Pines) (president)

Issue Notes

On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 385.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Doc Strange / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Schomburg
Inks
Alex Schomburg
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]

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

Doc Strange / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
CC-582
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Imagine a weapon that can raze skyscrapers...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Mike Ellis (Doc Strange's sidekick); Palem (crook); Tomlinson (crook)

Indexer Notes

Art ID by Gary Watson, June 2008.

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

Commando Cubs / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
CC-694
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Imagine a large department store after closing time...
Genre
adventure; teen
Characters
The Commando Cubs [Ace Browning; Pokey Jones; Horace Cosgrove II; Whizzer Malarkey; Spud O'Shea]; Pettigrew; Cheney (crook)

Indexer Notes

Pencils/Inks are not by Alex Schomburg.

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

Camel Driver (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dean Garland (credited) (house name)
Pencils
? (spot illustration)
Inks
? (spot illustration)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Vincent Durland was excited.
Genre
adventure
Characters
Vincent Durland; Doctor Gunther Durland; Steve Cronyn (crook); Ali Akbar

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

The Phantom Detective / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
E. E. Hibbard ?
Inks
E. E. Hibbard ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
His exploits have become legendary!
Genre
superhero; detective-mystery
Characters
The Phantom Detective [Richard Curtis Van Loan]; Frank Havens; George Nelson (death); Jenson (butler)

Mining Engineer (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles S. Strong (credited as Charles Stoddard)
Pencils
? (spot illustration)
Inks
? (spot illustration)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Neal Higgins was on an important mission for his father.
Genre
adventure
Characters
Neal Higgins; Pat Higgins

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

Jimmy Cole / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Stanley Kauffman ?
Pencils
Al Camy (signed)
Inks
Al Camy (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Four trigger-happy gunmen cut loose...
Genre
adventure; detective-mystery
Characters
Jimmy Cole; Tom Winters; Cassidy (crook); Lefty (henchman)

Indexer Notes

Stanley Kaufmann? was previously credited with letters, but this was a result of a database glitch.

Wagon Train Holdup (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tex Mumford (credited) (house name)
Pencils
? (spot illustration)
Inks
? (spot illustration)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Slowly the four big canvas-topped freight wagons rumbled...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Danny Rand; Ed Carson (wagon train boss)

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Leo Morey
Inks
Leo Morey
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
CC-570
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What lies behind the disappearance of two armored trucks...
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
The Lone Eagle; Scott; Saunders (villain)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Doc Strange
  2. 1. ["Imagine a weapon that can raze skyscrapers..."]
    Doc Strange
  3. 2. ["Imagine a large department store after closing time..."]
    Commando Cubs
  4. 3. Camel Driver
  5. 4. ["His exploits have become legendary!"]
    The Phantom Detective
  6. 5. Mining Engineer
  7. 6. ["Four trigger-happy gunmen cut loose..."]
    Jimmy Cole
  8. 7. Wagon Train Holdup
  9. 8. ["What lies behind the disappearance of two armored trucks..."]
    The Lone Eagle
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Pat Conolly
  • John Loffink
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore