America's Best Comics #v3#1 (7)

(October 1943)

[The Return of Hannibal] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Black Terror / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

David Gabrielsen ?

Inks

David Gabrielsen ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All aboard...and clear the road...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Hannibal; Dr. Kurt (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains)

[At War In the Atlantic] (Table of Contents: 2)

Pyroman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dick Martin calls on his professor's daughter...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Pyroman [Dick Martin]; Joyce Clark; Admiral Crest; Scrugel (villain, introduction); other spies (villains, introductions); Nazis (villains); Adm. Crest (introduction)

Buckskin Boy (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Buck Billings (credited)

Pencils

? (2 spot illustrations)

Inks

? (2 spot illustrations)

Colors

? (2 spot illustrations)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Zack Bender was only twelve years old...

Characters

Zack Bender; Harry Graves

[The Alarm Clock Firebombs] (Table of Contents: 4)

Doc Strange / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A strange dynamic figure...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia; Mike; Heinmann (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains)

R.A.F. Pilot (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Hale (credited)

Pencils

? (2 spot illustrations)

Inks

? (2 spot illustrations)

Colors

? (2 spot illustrations)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Delighted to have fallen into such good hands...

Genre

war

Characters

Flight Lieutenant Digby Selfridge; Gunnar; Haaken; Mrs. Johnson

[Deviltry At the Dude Ranch] (Table of Contents: 6)

American Eagle / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Maurice Gutwirth (signed)

Inks

Maurice Gutwirth (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This idea of yours to fly out to the dude ranch was swell, Eagle!

Genre

superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The American Eagle [Tom Standish]; Eaglet [Bud Pierce]; Heinke (villain, introduction); other spies (villains, introductions); Jones

Treasure Map (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

John Easterly (credited as John M. Easterly)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (signed as HPL) (2 spot illustrations)

Inks

Harry Lucey (signed as HPL) (2 spot illustrations)

Colors

? (2 spot illustrations)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kenneth Dillmar was accompanying his father...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Kenneth Dillmar

[The Origin of Thunderhoof] (Table of Contents: 8)

Thunderhoof / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes)

Pencils

August Froehlich

Inks

August Froehlich

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

1877 - ...when violence still ruled the plains...

Genre

animal; western-frontier

Characters

Thunderhoof (a horse, introduction, origin); Thunderhoof's mother (introduction, death); Emperor (horse, introduction); Stardust (horse, introduction); Pete Kenton (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

First appearance. Thunderhoof appears next in BLACK TERROR #5.