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Issue: America's Best Comics #27 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1948
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Issues: #27 of 31 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Visual Editions, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/08/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines
Disclose Notes: Copyright information was found in the Library of Congress online archive for this issue. The copyright date is listed as June 8th 1948. The cover date is listed as August 1948.
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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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Black Terror; Miss Masque
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Quiz Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jerry Robinson (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Meskin (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Black Terror
Character(s): Black Terror (Bob Benton); Tim Roland; Slim Ruffo (villain; intro); Freddy Hooper (intro; child movie star)
Synopsis: Bob and Tim fail to answer questions correctly on a quiz show, and the penalty is to have to don fake Terror Twin costume and halt a fake kidnapping of a child movie star. Real thugs intercept the mock criminals, and the drama becomes more real than the watchers of the quiz show imagine.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Men of Mystery #6 published January 1998
as The Quiz Crime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: B-173
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Death Stalks at Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Miss Masque
Character(s): Miss Masque (Diana Adams);John Holder (introduction; death)
Synopsis: Diana Adams is invited to a party at the home of wealthy industrialist John Holder by Holder's nephews John and Rod. Holder confides to his lawyer that he has a scheme to determine who shall inherit his wealth, Rod or John. The scheme involves faking his death to find who grieves for him. When the scheme goes forward, Holder is truly dead, and Miss Masque must uncover the culprit.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Men of Mystery #5 published January 1997
as Death Stalks at Night [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: CC-557
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The Mystery of the Larsen Twins

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Charles Stewart]
Penciller(s): John Celardo (illustration)
Inker(s): John Celardo (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rod McLeod
Character(s): Rod McLeod
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-293
Disclose Notes: text with two spot illustrations
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Jungle Jitters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Commando Cubs
Character(s): Commando Cubs
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: CC-1185
Disclose Notes: The Commando Cubs appearance here follows their appearance in THRILLING COMICS #65.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Hartley
Penciller(s): Al Hartley (signed)
Inker(s): Al Hartley (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Zippie
Character(s): Zippie
First Line: Young man, do you know what time it is?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJohnny Hazard #5 published August 1948
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: CC-1110
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The Rainy Road

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Roslyn
Penciller(s): Dan Loprino (illustration)
Inker(s): Dan Loprino (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-306
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The Hot Breath of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ralph Mayo (splash panel); Ed Moritz (rest of story)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Doc Strange
Character(s): Doc Strange
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: CC-716
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jules Steiner
Penciller(s): Jules Steiner (signed)
Inker(s): Jules Steiner (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Little Legends
First Line: A practical joker pretended to be drowning...
Synopsis: a reinterpretation of the Boy Who Cried Wolf
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: CC-873

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