trying to id a comic.

[hoshishoju-migration]

First post here! So, here is my querry.

 

I have a comic from the Golden Age, but it is coverless. The stories inside are

 

Black Terror

The Fighting Yank

Pyroman

Doc Strange

 

In that order.

 

I know that it's probably by AC (?) comics, but I would think that it is probably an Exciting Comics issue. I haven't been able to confirm or deny this, Could anyone give me some confirmation or dispel this thinking?

[drbanner]

I imagine you'd have better luck by scanning in the 1st page of the book...

[B. Neely-migration]

Could it be America's Best Comics #12

[rob_react]

Could it be America's Best Comics #12

 

ABC is a good guess since Doc Strange was in Thrilling, The black Terror was in Exciting and The Fighting Yank was in Startling and I don't know how often they appeared in the other books.

[143ksk]

I would say it is almost certainly an America's Best issue. Post a scan (or story title) of the first page and I bet someone can identify it for you!

[hoshishoju-migration]

well, here it is.

[143ksk]

I'll check my (very small) America's Best collection when I get home. Hey, nearmint does this ring a bell?

 

[Jeffreykli]

[nearmint]

How many pages are in the book?

[hoshishoju-migration]

48 if you count front and back

 

24 if you count each "page"

[nearmint]

Are there any WW2 stories? If not, the issue is probably #17 or later. Also, if there's no Miss Masque(sp?) story, then it's probably #22 or earlier.

[Scrooge]

Based on the page count, this would be anywhere between Issue 9 and 14.

 

Considering the lineup, it could only be Issue 13, April 45 as Keltner Index is the only one with these 4 heroes in any issue in that range.

 

The GCD list the story title as follows for a final check:

 

Fighting Yank in The Blinding Light

Pyroman in The Radio Activator

Doc Strange in The Miner

 

+ the GCD confirms the story order you mentioned: BT, FY, P and DS.

 

Let us know if the story titles match.

[hoshishoju-migration]

Stories in order

 

Black Terror: Car Gang

 

1 page The Joke's on Youth

 

Night Trail by Charles Stoddard- 1 page story

 

The Fighting Yank- closing days of WWII Japanese story

 

Prospector's Gold by Gerald Devers- 1 page story

 

Pyroman- 2 master criminals

 

Deep Purple by Robert Miles Browder- 1 page story

 

Doc Strange: Experiments in Spectrology

 

that's the stories, and what not to the best of my abilities. they don't have any banners or anything telling what they are.

[nearmint]

that's the stories, and what not to the best of my abilities. they don't have any banners or anything telling what they are.

 

Are you saying that those aren't actual titles, but descriptions of the stories? I checked every issue of America's Best Comics on www. comics. org, and none of those titles appear, except for "The Jokes on Youth", a one-page humor story that appeared in issues 20-22, but that seems quite late for the The Fighting Yank WW2 story that you mentioned. It may be that the info on www.comics.org is incomplete and "The Jokes on Youth" appeared in other issues.

[143ksk]

I think it's #20:

 

contents

[nearmint]

I think it's #20:

 

contents

 

Sounds like a good candidate, with the Fighting Yank story entitled "The Japanese Spy". That might appear to be a WW2 story in a book that came out in December of '46.

 

Mystery solved?

[hoshishoju-migration]

#20 it is, after checking that website. Thanks so much guys. I appreciate the help.

[Scrooge]

I think you're right.

 

I hadn't noticed in Keltner that ABC did go back up in length after just 2 issues (15 and 16) at 36 pages to a thicker 52 page count.