America's Best Comics
#v2#2 (5)
(April 1943)
Pines,
1942 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-02-18
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Nedor Publishing Company
- Editing
- Ned Pines (editor)
Issue Notes
Indicia info from a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/)
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
[no title indexed]
Pyroman; Liberator; Captain Future; Black Terror; Doc Strange / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; Pyroman [Dick Martin]; Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Liberator [Nelson Drew]; Nazis; Captain Future [Andrew Bryant]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- World War II
in 
[no title indexed]
Coo Coo Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's the newest... the greatest...
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. House ad for Coo Coo Comics.
[The Living Fire of Dr. Fosfor]
Pyroman / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Along a lonely stretch of coast--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Fosfor (villain, introduction, death); Nazis (villains); Pyroman [Dick Martin]; Franz; Joyce; Col. Brock
- Keywords
- calorite
Indexer Notes
Initials "AA" on splash panel (directly under the butt of the man in the brown suit). Bails identifies this artist as Al Anders.
[Evil In Alexandria]
The Black Terror / comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The shifting sands of the mysterious Egyptian desert hide many a...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; One-Eye (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains)
- Keywords
- Egypt
The Green Ghoul
Doc Strange / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Binder (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Binder (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doc Strange roars into action against a crafty dealer in deviltry who...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Green Ghoul (villain, introduction); Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; Mike Ellis; Virginia Thompson
Rodeo Act
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Walt Wilson (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
[The Bullet Saboteurs]
Captain Future / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At the Agatha Detective Agency... My factory is making a secret rifle...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steuber (villain, introduction, death); Bucher (villain, introduction, death); Lissa (villain, introduction, death); Koch (villain, introduction, death); Captain Future [Andrew Bryant]; Grace Adams
Indexer Notes
Art is consistent with Alderman’s credited work from Captain Aero Comics #11 (September 1943) and Cat-Man Comics #21 (November 1943).
[no title indexed]
Theo / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Don Williams (signed as D. Williams)
- Inks
- Don Williams (signed as D. Williams)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Theo (a duck)
- Synopsis
- A duck is enamored with another duck that is swimming neck deep in water.
- Keywords
- pantomime; wordless story
[The Anthrax Attack]
The Liberator / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Professor Tompkins is doing new work in animal diseases!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Myers (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introductions); The Liberator [Nelson Drew]; Prof. Tompkins; Tommy; Annabel Evans; Mr. Larkin
- Keywords
- anthrax; Claflin University; Crow Pass
Gilbert Takes a Picture
text story / 1 page
- Script
- John Easterly (credited as John M. Easterly)
- Pencils
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Alone in the big house on Nob Hill...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Gilbert Arnold; Ray; Doug
[no title indexed]
Jerry / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome to Pleasantville--
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Jerry Berry; Billy Smythe; Mahoney
- Synopsis
- Jerry befriends Billy until he learns that Billy's father is a truant officer.
- Keywords
- Pleasantville
[The Flying Submarine]
The Lone Eagle / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're assigning you to special coast patrol duty with...
- Genre
- war; adventure; aviation
- Characters
- The Lone Eagle; Nazis (villains)
Indexer Notes
Appearance between THRILLING COMICS #34 / 35
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Pyroman; Liberator; Captain Future; Black Terror; Doc Strange -
1.
["It's the newest... the greatest..."]
Coo Coo Comics -
2.
[The Living Fire of Dr. Fosfor]
Pyroman -
3.
[Evil In Alexandria]
The Black Terror -
4.
The Green Ghoul
Doc Strange -
5.
Rodeo Act
-
6.
[The Bullet Saboteurs]
Captain Future -
7.
[no title indexed]
Theo -
8.
[The Anthrax Attack]
The Liberator -
9.
Gilbert Takes a Picture
-
10.
["Welcome to Pleasantville--"]
Jerry -
11.
[The Flying Submarine]
The Lone Eagle -
12.
["What did you do today... for Freedom?"]
Citizens Service Corps -
13.
["Amazing gift offer to "comic" readers!"]
Modern Concise Encyclopedia
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- Keith Chandler
- Del Gruber
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- Jean-Francois Masse
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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