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Issue: Ace Comics Presents #4
Publication Date: November 1987
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Issues: #4 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagA.C.E. Comics
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: ACE Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 CAD
$1.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Cover title is "Ace Comics Presents The Art of Lou Fine." Indicia title is "Ace Comics Presents...The Art of Lou Fine No. 4."
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Art of Lou Fine

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Ray; The Flame; Hack O'Hara
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Lou Fine Story

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Synopsis: Biography of Lou Fine.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover and inside back cover; spot illustration by Lou Fine from a 1940s magazine.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Hack O'Hara
First Line: Once more "Sir Galahad" O'Hara tries to help out a lady...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCrack Comics #23 published May 1942
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Coming in October from Ace Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ace Comics Presents
Character(s): Nature Boy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Ace Comics Presents #5, which reprints Charlton's Nature Boy. Cover is depicted.
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Lou Fine Index

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lou Fine (photo)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Index to Lou Fine's art, along with a 1941 photo of Fine.
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Lou Fine Cover Gallery

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Flame; Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Uncle Sam
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJumbo Comics #10 published October 1939
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagWonderworld Comics #8 published December 1939
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagWonderworld Comics #9 published January 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagMystery Men Comics #8 published March 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagWonderworld Comics #12 published April 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagWonderworld Comics #15 published July 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagNational Comics #10 published April 1941
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagNational Comics #16 published October 1941
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Full-page cover reprints. Original index for National Comics #16 says its by Reed Crandall, not Fine. Previous indexer identified the artist as Reed Crandall. Reed Crandall expert Roger Hill agrees that this is not Crandall.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Space Conquerors
Character(s): Kurt; Primo
First Line: At the door of the monumental rocket bow...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Boy's Life (May 1971)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: 7105B
Disclose Notes: Two-page spread in centerfold. Apparently reproduced from the original art.
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Lou Fine Cover Gallery - Part 2

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Firebrand; Red Bee; Neon; Hercultes
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHit Comics #5 published November 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagHit Comics #9 published March 1941
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagHit Comics #12 published June 1941
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagHit Comics #17 published November 1941
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Full-page cover reprints. Cover reprint of Hit Comics #5 has no logo or lettering.
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Lou Fine Sample Pages

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Black Condor; Samson
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: First page of a Black Condor story from Crack Comics #? and a full-page promo for Fantastic Comics #1 with cover depicted.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Jack Cortez]
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Count of Monte Cristo
Character(s): Mercedes; Albert; Jocopo
First Line: In response to the message sent by the Count...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJumbo Comics #17 published July 1940
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]second page only
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawn in Sunday comic page style. Numbered 52.
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In Search of Expression

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lou Fine (photo)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Previously unpublished doodles by Fine, along with a December 1941 photo of him.
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From Ace Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Crypt of the Claw
Character(s): The Claw; Black Terror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for The Crypt of the Claw, "coming in October." Cover is depicted.
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Cadava the Crumbler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Ray; Diane; Cadava (villain)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSmash Comics #15 published October 1940
was Cadava the Crumbler [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Say, hey...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ace Comics
Character(s): Spencer Spook
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for back issues of Ace Comics.

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