(August 1948)
Pines,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1948-06-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Visual Editions Inc.
- Editing
- Ned Pines
Issue Notes
Copyright information was found in the Library of Congress online archive for this issue. The copyright date is listed as June 8th 1948. The cover date is listed as August 1948.
[no title indexed]
Black Terror; Miss Masque / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alex Schomburg (signed as
Schomburg) - Inks
- Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Miss Masque [Diana Adams]
- Reprints
-
in Super Weird Heroes (IDW, 2016 series) #[nn] (November 2016) [altered to add references to Super Weird Comics]
-
The Quiz Crime
The Black Terror / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Meskin (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-173
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's a wakawak?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; JSlim Ruffo (villain; intro); Freddy Hooper (intro; child movie star)
- Synopsis
- Bob and Tim fail to answer questions correctly on a quiz show, and the penalty is to have to don fake Terror Twin costume and halt a fake kidnapping of a child movie star. Real thugs intercept the mock criminals, and the drama becomes more real than the watchers of the quiz show imagine.
- Reprints
Death Stalks at Night
Miss Masque / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- CC-557
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Millionaire John Holder had two nephews...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Miss Masque (Diana Adams); John Holder (introduction; death); Harry; Rod
- Synopsis
- Diana Adams is invited to a party at the home of wealthy industrialist John Holder by Holder's nephews John and Rod. Holder confides to his lawyer that he has a scheme to determine who shall inherit his wealth, Rod or John. The scheme involves faking his death to find who grieves for him. When the scheme goes forward, Holder is truly dead, and Miss Masque must uncover the culprit.
- Reprints
The Mystery of the Larsen Twins
Rod McLeod / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Charles Stewart (credited) (house name)
- Pencils
- John Celardo (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- John Celardo (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-293
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The first cold of winter was closing in...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Rod McLeod; Angus McLeod; Constable Phillips; Olaf Larsen; Sven Larsen
Indexer Notes
text story with two spot illustrations
Jungle Jitters
Commando Cubs / comic story / 11 pages
- Job Number
- CC-1185
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do wild savages still lurk in deadly jungles?
- Genre
- children; detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Commando Cubs [Horace; Ace; Spud; Pokey; Whizzer]; Professor Musselbownd
Indexer Notes
The Commando Cubs appearance here follows their appearance in THRILLING COMICS #65.
[no title indexed]
Zippie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Al Hartley (signed)
- Pencils
- Al Hartley (signed)
- Inks
- Al Hartley (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- CC-1110
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Young man, do you know what time it is?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Zippie
- Reprints
-
in Johnny Hazard (Better Publications of Canada, 1948 series) #5 (August 1948)
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The Rainy Road
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Frank Roslyn (credited)
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (signed) (spot illustration)
- Inks
- Carmine Infantino (signed) (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-306
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Henry Garland wanted to learn all he could...
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Henry Garland; Fred Gillen
Indexer Notes
Art previously credited to Dan Loprino, but the signature - Infantino - is clear.
The Hot Breath of Death
Doc Strange / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- CC-716
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When hoodlums play a lawless game...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Mike Ellis; Alan Pascal (crook); Gunner Marr (crime boss)
Indexer Notes
Art ID's by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
[no title indexed]
Little Legends / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jules Steiner (signed)
- Pencils
- Jules Steiner (signed)
- Inks
- Jules Steiner (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- CC-873
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A practical joker pretended to be drowning...
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
A reinterpretation of the Boy Who Cried Wolf.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Black Terror; Miss Masque -
1.
The Quiz Crime
The Black Terror -
2.
Death Stalks at Night
Miss Masque -
3.
The Mystery of the Larsen Twins
Rod McLeod -
4.
Jungle Jitters
Commando Cubs -
5.
["Young man, do you know what time it is?"]
Zippie -
6.
The Rainy Road
-
7.
The Hot Breath of Death
Doc Strange -
8.
["A practical joker pretended to be drowning..."]
Little Legends
This issue was modified by, among others
- John Censullo
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony Oliva
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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