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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Miss Masque [Diana Adams]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Quiz Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; JSlim Ruffo (villain; intro); Freddy Hooper (intro; child movie star)
First Line: What's a wakawak?
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): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Miss Masque (Diana Adams); John Holder (introduction; death); Harry; Rod
First Line: Millionaire John Holder had two nephews...
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
Colorist(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rod McLeod
Character(s): Rod McLeod; Angus McLeod; Constable Phillips; Olaf Larsen; Sven Larsen
First Line: The first cold of winter was closing in...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-293
Disclose Notes: text story with two spot illustrations
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Jungle Jitters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, mystery
Character(s): Commando Cubs [Horace; Ace; Spud; Pokey; Whizzer]; Professor Musselbownd
First Line: Do wild savages still lurk in deadly jungles?
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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Henry Garland; Fred Gillen
First Line: Henry Garland wanted to learn all he could...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-306
Disclose Notes: Art previously credited to Dan Loprino, but the signature - Infantino - is clear.
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The Hot Breath of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Mike Ellis; Alan Pascal (crook); Gunner Marr (crime boss)
First Line: When hoodlums play a lawless game...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: CC-716
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: A practical joker pretended to be drowning...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: CC-873
Disclose Notes: A reinterpretation of the Boy Who Cried Wolf.

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