(December 1947)

Pines, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1947-10-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Visual Editions Inc.
Editing
Ned Pines (editor, uncredited)

Issue Notes

On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 27.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Black Terror; Miss Masque; Fighting Yank / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Miss Masque [Diana Adams]; Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]
Reprints

The Case of the Creaking Chair (Table of Contents: 1)

The Black Terror / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rafael Astarita ?
Inks
Rafael Astarita ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
CC-891
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A soda fountain...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Archibald Wingate; Monty Sloan (crook); Marty Ellis (fence)

Diana's Jewel (Table of Contents: 2)

Miss Masque / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
CC-446
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Diana Adams...Beautiful, alluring and frivilous society debutante...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Miss Masque [Diana Adams]; Andrews (press photographer); Charley Rado (nightclub owner, crook); Russ Bowman
Synopsis
Crookdom creates a camera that can determine whether or not a gem is truly genuine, thus eliminating jobs that don't pay off.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credit revision by Craig Delich 1-20-08, previously being Lin Streeter; Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-20-08.

Killer's Cache (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Charles Stewart (credited) (house name)
Pencils
? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bob Dixon was enjoying a winter vacation...
Genre
crime
Characters
Bob Dixon; Constable Gene Sanders, R.C.M.P.; Jean-Pierre Duval (killer); Klondike George Dixon

Pyroman vs. the Ghost Horse (Table of Contents: 4)

Pyroman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
CC-1104
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Radium one of the world's rarest element...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Pyroman [Dick Martin]; Joyce Clark; Jack Beldon (rancher); Tim Griffin (prospector); Ed Rogers (rancher, death); Thompson (masked crook)

Code Expert (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Edward Hassett (credited)
Pencils
? (spot illustration)
Inks
? (spot illustration)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Vincent Miller liked word games and puzzles...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Vincent Miller; Lee (spy); Gardiner (spy)

The Science Crooks (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Rafael Astarita ?
Inks
Rafael Astarita ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
CC-643
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The dream of ages...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]; Joan Farwell; Professor Taylor; Doctor Trauble (villain); the ghost of Bruce Carter I
Synopsis
Fighting Yank tracks down the kidnapers of a scientist developing metal transmutation--the secret of changing lead into gold.
Keywords
metal transmutation; prussionic acid
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Black Terror; Miss Masque; Fighting Yank
  2. 1. The Case of the Creaking Chair
    The Black Terror
  3. 2. Diana's Jewel
    Miss Masque
  4. 3. Killer's Cache
  5. 4. Pyroman vs. the Ghost Horse
    Pyroman
  6. 5. Code Expert
  7. 6. The Science Crooks
    The Fighting Yank
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Pat Conolly
  • Craig Delich
  • John DiBello
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky