Exciting Comics
#53
(January 1947)
Pines,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- every other month
- On-sale Date
- 1946-11-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Better Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Ned Pines [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, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
[no title indexed]
Miss Masque / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alex Schomburg (signed as
Schomburg) - Inks
- Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Miss Masque [Diana Adams]
- Reprints
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in Official Golden-Age Hero & Heroine Directory (AC, 1997 series) #1 (1997) - in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #68 ([October] 2007)
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- Keywords
- automatic pistols; giants
Indexer Notes
Cover marquee: "In This Issue Miss Masque Scourge Of The Underworld"
Exciting Headliners
The Black Terror; Roger Dodger; Miss Masque; Crash Carter; The Crime Crushers; / table of contents / 1 page
- Job Number
- CC-988
The Case of the Chinese Casket
The Black Terror / comic story / 11 pages
- Job Number
- CC-802
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's something about Chinatown that spells m-y-s-t-e-r-y...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean; Chin Lee; Doc Sanders; Sluggsy
[no title indexed]
Roger Dodger / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- CC-837
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yessir, Roger...I'm a sensation!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Roger Dodger; Mabel-Sugar; Van Bunson; Mr. Tweeth; Jeep; Tony; Jinx Merkel; Sylvia Sanders; Hilda Sperry
- Synopsis
- Jeep helps Rodger become as popular with women as heart-throb Van Bunson.
Indexer Notes
"Van Bunson" is a spoof of the name of popular actor Van Johnson, although the character is not drawn to resemble the real-life actor and the character in the story is identified as a singer.
The Face
comic story / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- AC-769
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A clown, rejected by a showgirl, shows her what his real face looks like.
Indexer Notes
pantomime; wordless comic
Bottom half of page is an advertisement for Smith Brothers cough drops.
Engineering Project
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Charles S. Strong (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Things looked bad for the Markham family...
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Mrs. Markham; Frank Markham; George Dahlgren
[no title indexed]
Miss Masque / comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- CC-881
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With society life as a camouflage...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Miss Masque [Diana Adams]; Russ Bowman; Don Starling (racketeer); Francois
[no title indexed]
Crash Carter / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- CC-766
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When trouble rears its ugly head...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Crash Carter; Stew; Louie; Svenson (villain)
Giraffe Hunt
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Young Dave Hilton's father was a big game hunter...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Dave Hilton; Doctor George Hilton; Bill Daly
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Miss Masque -
1.
At The Head Of The Parade -- The Best Comics In America!
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2.
Exciting Headliners
The Black Terror; Roger Dodger; Miss Masque; Crash Carter; The Crime Crushers; -
3.
The Case of the Chinese Casket
The Black Terror -
4.
["Yessir, Roger...I'm a sensation!"]
Roger Dodger -
5.
The Face
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6.
Engineering Project
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7.
["With society life as a camouflage..."]
Miss Masque -
8.
["When trouble rears its ugly head..."]
Crash Carter -
9.
Giraffe Hunt
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10.
["The rugged old heart of Molly Moran..."]
The Crime Crushers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- David Wilt
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