Exciting Comics
#39
(June 1945)
Pines,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- every other month
- On-sale Date
- 1945-04-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Better Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Ned Pines (credited as N. L. Pines) (president)
Issue Notes
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1945 Periodicals, page 171.
[no title indexed]
The Black Terror / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
- Inks
- Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automatic pistols; hypodermic syringes; Nazi Party flag; poison; rifles; swastikas; Wehrmacht; World War II
in 
[no title indexed]
The Black Terror / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When mad lust for power is teamed...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; "The Mask" (villain); Spike (henchman)
[no title indexed]
Kara, the Jungle Princess / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The isolated New Guinea village of Orokani...
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; jungle
- Characters
- Kara, the Jungle Princess [Jane Howell] (introduction); Major Kit Kendall (introduction); Baldayo (a shaman); Arohitans (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Major Christopher "Kit" Kendall and his fiancee Jane "Jinx" Howell are heading home from New Guinea to be married. Before they leave, a shaman gives June an pouch containing a powder that she swallows making her invulnerable. Their plane crashes, causing an avalanche which makes the lake recede and reveal the city of the Arohitans. The pair are attacked by the Arohitans, but June protects Kit. An Arohitan recognizes the pouch as containing the amulet of Kara, their former ruler. Believing June to be Kara, the Arohitans crown her their ruler and she names Kit leader of the Arohitan army.
Indexer Notes
Synopsis from Anthony William Durrant via the GCD Error Tracker.
Quick As a Flash
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Charles Roberts (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kenneth Fowler was helping the war effort in a big way...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Kenneth Fowler; Martin Lane; Gustave Doenitz (Nazi agent)
[no title indexed]
Ozzie the Seminole / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Larry Riley (signed as Riley)
- Inks
- Larry Riley (signed as Riley)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ozzie the Seminole
- Keywords
- pantomime; wordless comic
[no title indexed]
Sergeant Bill King / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Robert Hughes
- Pencils
- Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That one-man regiment, Bill King...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sergeant Bill King; Sweeney
Indexer Notes
Writer determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
[Grocery]
Adam / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Adam the Chimp
- Keywords
- pantomime; wordless comic
Fur Sled
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Gerald Devers (credited) (house name)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Danny Drake stood in the doorway of the cabin...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Danny Drake; Uncle Seth; Joe (crook); Ed (crook)
[no title indexed]
Crime Crushers / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A chest of jewelry!
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- The Crime Crushers [Steve Barry; Ploopie Carr]; Eric Nostrum (death)
Indexer Notes
Signed on splash, under the blurb.
The Stage Holdup
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Tex Brown (credited) (house name)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tommy Lane halted his little cow pony...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tommy Lane; Old Zack Fenton (stage driver)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Black Terror -
1.
["When mad lust for power is teamed..."]
The Black Terror -
2.
["The isolated New Guinea village of Orokani..."]
Kara, the Jungle Princess -
3.
Quick As a Flash
-
4.
[no title indexed]
Ozzie the Seminole -
5.
["That one-man regiment, Bill King..."]
Sergeant Bill King -
6.
[Grocery]
Adam -
7.
Fur Sled
-
8.
["A chest of jewelry!"]
Crime Crushers -
9.
The Stage Holdup
-
10.
["It's curtains for the Japs when the Air Cadets..."]
Crash Carter -
11.
[Mail]
Adam
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Keith Chandler
- Pat Conolly
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Dan Kocher
- Daniel Martinez
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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