Exciting Comics
#42
(December 1945)
Pines,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- every other month
- On-sale Date
- 1945-10-02
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Better Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Ned Pines (credited as N. L. 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.
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]
The Black Terror / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
- Inks
- Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
- Colors
- ?
[no title indexed]
The Black Terror / comic story / 11 pages
- Job Number
- CC-312
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The rugged, snowclad peaks of the Canadian Rockies...
- Feature Logo
- The Black Terror
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Professor Duval
The White Angels
American Eagle / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- CC-382
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mysteriously crashing planes...
- Genre
- superhero; western-frontier
- Characters
- The American Eagle [Tom Standish]; Eaglet [Bud Pierce]; General Swanson; The White Angel (villain, introduction)
[no title indexed]
Kara the Jungle Princess / comic story / 11 pages
- Job Number
- CC-456
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is a story of the jungle...
- 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); The Supreme Priest; Panther Men [Ocelo; Pardali; Fellinu, the Mighty Avenger; unnamed others]
Blind Man's Bluff
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Johnston Craig (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Danny Grayson was ten years old...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Danny Grayson; Fred Martin (thief)
[no title indexed]
Sergeant Bill King / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The attack moves forward!
- Genre
- military
- Characters
- Sergeant Bill King; unnamed Nazis
Trail Drive Holdup
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Sam Brant (credited) (house name)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A Western Story
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Johnny Jackson; Matt Lang (trail drive cook); Tom Harvey (trail boss)
The Avengers
The Scarab / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- CC-350
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Two membersof an Egyptian expedition...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Scarab [Peter Ward]; Dr. Rawlings; Arfid (villain)
Indexer Notes
The Scarab feature last appeared in Startling Comics (Pines, 1940 series) #34 (July 1945).
[no title indexed]
Gabby / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys, lemme tell ya how I knocked out...
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
[no title indexed]
History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page
[Volto's Magnetic Powers Protect a Merchantman in Sub-infected Seas]
Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Black Terror -
1.
["The rugged, snowclad peaks of the Canadian Rockies..."]
The Black Terror -
2.
The White Angels
American Eagle -
3.
["This is a story of the jungle..."]
Kara the Jungle Princess -
4.
Blind Man's Bluff
-
5.
["The attack moves forward!"]
Sergeant Bill King -
6.
Trail Drive Holdup
-
7.
The Avengers
The Scarab -
8.
["Boys, lemme tell ya how I knocked out..."]
Gabby -
9.
["Nobody knows the secret of the Giant Turtles of the Galapagos"]
History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
10.
[Volto's Magnetic Powers Protect a Merchantman in Sub-infected Seas]
Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Shad Z. Daly
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- David Wilt
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