(October 1945)

Pines, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
every other month
On-sale Date
1945-08-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Better Publications Inc.
Editing
Ned Pines (president)

Issue Notes

Some info verified using 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, 1945, New Series, Vol. 40, No. 4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Black Terror / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
Inks
Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Black Terror [Bob Benton]
Reprints
Keywords
aircraft carriers; Japanese warplanes; stereotyping of Japanese; World War II
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Black Terror / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Pete Costanza
Inks
Pete Costanza
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
CC-394
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Behind a screen of artificial fog...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; The White Wizard (villain)

The Red Mask (Table of Contents: 2)

American Eagle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
CC-322
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Like a bolt from the blue...
Genre
superhero; western-frontier
Characters
The American Eagle [Tom Standish]; Eaglet [Bud Pierce]; The Red Mask (villain): Irene (ranch owner)

Movie Fan (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Easterly (credited)
Pencils
Leo Morey (signed as Morey) (spot illustration)
Inks
Leo Morey (signed as Morey) (spot illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Buster Clark was a movie fan.
Characters
Buster Clark; Mary Clark; Slink Foster (crook)

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

Kara, the Jungle Princess / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Camy (signed as Camy!)
Inks
Al Camy (signed as Camy!)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
CC-266
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Somewhere in the unknown wilderness of New Guinea...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; jungle
Characters
Kara, the Jungle Princess [Jane Howell]; Major Kit Kendall; Targala (villain, High Priest of Esh-Kar, the evil ape god); Vambolo;; The Supreme Priest; Evona

Muchacho from Chile (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
William McClellan (under house name William B. McClellan)
Pencils
? (spot illustration)
Inks
? (spot illustration)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Felipe was a small Chilean boy...
Genre
drama
Characters
Felipe; Gonzales; Captain George Layton

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Crime Crushers / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Camy ?
Inks
Al Camy ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A mysterious, smoothly-operating gang...
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
The Crime Crushers [Steve Barry; Ploopie Carr]; Gifford Wilson; Mrs. Wilson; "Stuts" J. Johnson; Gifford Wilson Junior

Indexer Notes

The surname 'Barry' is given here as 'Barrie'.

Stage Guard (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Buck Clinton (credited)
Pencils
? (spot illustration)
Inks
? (spot illustration)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Andy Lake picked up the rifle...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Andy Lake; Tim Norton (stage driver); Davis (stage station keeper)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Adam / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Davis (signed)
Pencils
Jim Davis (signed)
Inks
Jim Davis (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Davis (signed)
Genre
humor; animal; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Adam (a chimpanzee)
Keywords
pantomime; wordless story

[He comes from Mars possessing strange, magnetic powers!] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Volto;Grape-Nuts Flakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Black Terror
  2. 1. ["Behind a screen of artificial fog..."]
    The Black Terror
  3. 2. The Red Mask
    American Eagle
  4. 3. Movie Fan
  5. 4. ["Somewhere in the unknown wilderness of New Guinea..."]
    Kara, the Jungle Princess
  6. 5. Muchacho from Chile
  7. 6. ["A mysterious, smoothly-operating gang..."]
    Crime Crushers
  8. 7. Stage Guard
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Adam
  10. 9. [He comes from Mars possessing strange, magnetic powers!]
    Volto;Grape-Nuts Flakes
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