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Issue: America's Best Comics #17

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Publication Date: March 1946

Issue #17
- v3 #1 (7)
- v3 #2 (8)
- v3 #3 (9)
- v4 #1 (10)
- v4 #2 (11)
- v4 #3 (12)
- v5 #1 (13)
- v5 #2 (14)
- #15
- #16
- ✔ #17
- #18
- #19
- #20
- #21
- #22
- #23
- #24
- #25
- #26
- #27
- more...
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Issues: #17 of 31 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Pines

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: Nedor Publishing Company

On Sale Date: 01/15/1946

Volume: none

Pages: 52

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 11 (9 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 27.

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Format

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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1 Content Item
- The Diatomite Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

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Content Items (11 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Pyroman [Dick Martin]; The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]; Doc Strange [Thomas Hugo Strange]

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Pages: 1

Prisoner in a Chinese Laundry

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Osaka (villain, introduction), the Japanese (villains)

First Line: If you were to step into Bob Benton's drug store...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 12

Notes: Story set between V-E and V-J Day.

Due to confusion with the inker Ed Hamilton, we formerly credited Edmond Hamilton as the scripter of this story.

Magic Medicine

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)

Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)

Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Character(s): Bobby Green; Simba

First Line: Bobby Green lived in the African jungle...

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Pages: 1

The Durex Formula

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Pyroman [Dick Martin]; Joyce Clark; Nakaki (villain, introduction); the Japanese (villains)

First Line: The invasion of Japan is listed as a necessity...

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Pages: 11

Job Number: CC-392

Notes: Story set between V-E Day and V-J Day.

Night Riders

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)

Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)

Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Johnny Dawe; Ed Lang (ranch foreman); Fred Harper (ranch owner)

First Line: Johnny Dawe, youngest member of the Bar H outfit...

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Pages: 1

The Isotope Tube Terror

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Mike Ellis; Dr. Randall (introduction); Brangan (villain, introduction)

First Line: When a great invention, designed to benefit humanity...

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Pages: 9

Job Number: CC-524

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Cameron

Character(s): Cameron (a cat); Droopy (a dog)

First Line: Gosh, how I haate that droopy dog!

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Pages: 0.75

[untitled]

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.25

The Diatomite Man

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]; Joan Farwell; Andy Fletcher (introduction); Fewling (villain, introduction, death); Milgram (villain, introduction); other hoods (villains, introduction for all)

First Line: Starting with a mysterious attempt on his life…

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Fighting Yank Retro Comics #1 published January 1997
as The Diatomite Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Job Number: CC-516

Notes: Art i.d. from Hames Ware. Originally misidentified as Jon C. Blummer by Bill Black publisher of Fighting Yank Retro Comics (AC, 1997 series) #1, but corrected in his Miss Victory Retro Comics #2.

Mama Mosquito

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Character(s): Madame Chao [Mother Mosquito]

First Line: There is a 67-year-old woman in China...

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Jiggers

Character(s): Jiggers

First Line: Lookin' for somethin', Jiggers?

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Pages: 0.5