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Issue: America's Best Comics #18 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1946
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Issues: #18 of 31 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Visual Editions Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/11/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 27.
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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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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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Death in Shanghai

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; General Bochi (villain, introduction, death); the Japanese (villains)
First Line: When Japan still dreamed of empire...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: CC-554
Disclose Notes: Set between V-E and V-J Day.

Due to confusion with the inker Ed Hamilton, we formerly suggested Edmond Hamilton as the scripter of this story.
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Rogue's Gallery Picture

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Glenn Lanning; Harry Lanning (his father); Gunner Kane (crook); Slugger Devine (crook)
First Line: Young Glenn Lanning wanted to follow...
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Pages: 1
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The Electrosorber Affair

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Pyroman [Dick Martin]; Joyce Clark; Doctor Clark; Rex Topsed (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introductions); John M. Chilton (inventor)
First Line: Accidentally subjected to terrific voltage...
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Pages: 13
Job Number: CC-395?
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Billy's Birthday Present

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Writer(s): Robert Miles Brower (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: drama
Character(s): Billy Bennett; Mary; George
First Line: Billy Bennett was very proud of his new bicycle.
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The Sleepless People

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Mike Ellis; General Brady; The Japanese (villians)
First Line: With the Allies now giving orders in Tokyo...
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Pages: 10
Job Number: CC-518
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Sheep Boy

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Pop Selden; Monty Latham; Norman Gates (crook); Malcolm Nelson (crook)
First Line: Before Pop Selden headed into town...
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The Balkanian Plot

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]; Joan Farwell; Farkas (villain, introduction, death); his spy ring (villains, introductions, deaths)
First Line: Bruce and Joan visit their friend...
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Pages: 11
Job Number: CC-567
Disclose Notes: Pencils/Inks are not by Alex Schomburg as previously attributed.

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