(April 1949)

Pines, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1949-02-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Visual Editions Inc.
Editing
Ned Pines (credited as N. L. Pines) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1949 Periodicals, page 45.
No editor is listed in the indicia. The Statement of the Ownership lists N. L. Pines as the editor.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fighting Yank / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Schomburg
Inks
Alex Schomburg
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]
Keywords
camera

Crucible of Crime! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Meskin (signed)
Inks
Mort Meskin (signed); George Roussos ?; ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-462
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]; Joan Farwell
Synopsis
Larry Castle helps a crook burgle the shop of his father, famed glassblower John Castle. John is shot during the robbery and the crooks kidnap Larry and his girlfriend. Only Fighting Yank can save them all!
Keywords
glassblowing

Indexer Notes

Meskin has help with the inks here. The splash panel looks like his long-term collaborator George Roussos, while some of the minor characters are by another hand.

Swing Your Partner! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fighting Yank / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jerry Robinson (signed)
Inks
Mort Meskin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-410
Characters
Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]
Synopsis
Gambler Nicky Baldo attempts to fix a dancing competition by kidnaping the contest's favorite. Fighting Yank must save the day before the dance contest begins.
Keywords
dance contest

Trouble at Echo Cave (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier

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

True or False? / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
BF-213, BF-217

Indexer Notes

This story has 2 code numbers, side by side, under panel 3.

Ho, for the Artist's Life! (Table of Contents: 5)

Fighting Yank / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Meskin (signed)
Inks
Mort Meskin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-461
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]; Joan Farwell
Synopsis
Antonio, the chef in an Italian restaurant, is a talented painter. Con men Slats and Grizzle force Antonio to create paintings and clean up on the profits. Fighting Yank is on the case, but will he be foiled by a pot of spaghetti?
Keywords
Greenwich Village; paintings; spaghetti

Yipee! Wahoo! Here's a New Brand Of Comic That's Really Funny - Spunky Comics! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Spunky / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Snow Robbery (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Donald Bayne Hobart (credited)
Pencils
Art Saaf (signed as Saaf) (spot illustration)
Inks
Art Saaf (signed as Saaf) (spot illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-402
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Police Chief Dover; Danny Dover (his nephew)

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

Fighting Yank's Notebook / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Williamson (signed as Williamson); ?
Inks
Al Williamson (signed as Williamson); ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
BF-246
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Though this family portrait might seem to contradict it...
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Four unrelated panels. Williamson only draws and signs the second panel, showing his characteristic future soldier figures, heavily influenced by Alex Raymond.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Fighting Yank
  2. 1. Crucible of Crime!
    Fighting Yank
  3. 2. Swing Your Partner!
    Fighting Yank
  4. 3. Trouble at Echo Cave
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    True or False?
  6. 5. Ho, for the Artist's Life!
    Fighting Yank
  7. 6. Yipee! Wahoo! Here's a New Brand Of Comic That's Really Funny - Spunky Comics!
    Spunky
  8. 7. Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.
  9. 8. Snow Robbery
  10. 9. ["Though this family portrait might seem to contradict it..."]
    Fighting Yank's Notebook
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Pat Conolly
  • John DiBello
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • David Wilt