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Issue: America's Best Comics #2 (2) Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1942
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Issues: #2 (2) of 31 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/16/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror, Doc Strange
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; The American Eagle [Tom Standish] (inset); Captain Future [Dr. Andrew Bryant] (inset); The Secret Ace (inset); The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen] (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sinistro's Beast-Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Sinistro (villain, introduction); Sinistro's "beast-men" (villains, introduction for all); Brand (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Origin of the American Eagle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes
Penciller(s): Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)
Inker(s): Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The American Eagle
Character(s): The American Eagle [Tom Standish] (introduction, origin); Bud Pierce (introduction); Dr. Wolfe (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Next appearance in Exciting Comics #22.
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The Human Bombs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes
Penciller(s): Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doc Strange
Character(s): Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; Takamura (introduction, death); Dr. Seppuku (villain, introduction); Virmann (villain, introduction); Hokada (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Writer credit determined by textual analysis.
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A Chance At Bat

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Terry
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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The Red Regent

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes
Penciller(s): Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)
Inker(s): Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Future
Character(s): Captain Future [Dr. Andrew Bryant]; The Red Regent (villain, introduction); Matt Madden (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Writer credit determined by textual analysis.
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The Maneuver Map Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes
Penciller(s): Ed Moritz
Inker(s): Ed Moritz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Don Davis, Espionage Ace
Character(s): Don Davis; Hummel (villain, introduction); Werther (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Writer credit determined by textual analysis.
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Homeranch Rodeo

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jackson Cole
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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The Merchants Bank Holdup

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thayer
Inker(s): Ray Thayer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Woman In Red
Character(s): The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; Canri (villain, introduction); Joe (villain, introduction); Vinson (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6

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