Digital Comic Museum - Americas Best Comics 022 (rescan)


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June, 1947 - 400 dpi c2c rescan of a book first posted January 31, 2004.
Originally scanned at 150 dpi. Cover wrap cut along lower third of front cover, extending into the back cover. Front and back covers repaired using scans found on the internet. Inside covers repaired using scans of Barnyard Comics #12. Indicia recreated using scans of the previous issue and Exciting Comics #51, compared with VERY low resolution auction photos. Featuring Doc Strange, Black Terror, Pyroman, Fighting Yank, and Captain Future. Scanned for Christmas, 2024.

Debuting as part of DCM's Christmas Day 2024 Flood!

Issue: #22
Published: June 1947, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Newsprint Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 27.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Black Terror [Bob Benton] Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange] Pyroman [Dick Martin]

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Mysteries of Ancient Egypt
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange] Virginia Thompson Hassan The Bald (villain) Doctor Anthony Pennock (villain)

Comic Story (10 pages)	Threat of the Atomic Platter
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton] Tim Roland] Jean Starr Doctor Welby Doctor Spencer Doctor Green John Reece (arms Dealer) Dolores

Text Story (1 page)	Plastic Policeman
Credits:	Pencils: ? (spot illustration) \| Inks: ? (spot illustration) \| Colours: ? (spot illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	Dennis Cramer Detective Gallagher

Comic Story (8 pages)	Pyroman Hits the Jackpot
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Pyroman [Dick Martin] Joyce Clark Shorty Fields (crook) Herbie Bill Dawson (crook)

Text Story (1 page)	Armed Guard
Credits:	Pencils: ? (spot illustration) \| Inks: ? (spot illustration) \| Colours: ? (spot illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Buck Turner Old Deacon Haller Zack Moss (stagecoach Driver)

Comic Story (10 pages)	It Pays to Be Honest
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III] Joan Farwell George Rollins Buddy Malone (racketeer) Jenkins (butler) The Ghost Of Bruce Carter I

Text Story (1 page)	Young Carpenter
Credits:	Pencils: ? (spot illustration) \| Inks: ? (spot illustration) \| Colours: ? (spot illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Gilbert Walker Spencer Dearborn

Comic Story (1 page)	The Joke's on Youth
Genre:	Humor Children

Comic Story (8 pages)	Weapons Raiders
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Future [Dr. Andrew Bryant] Grace Denke (villain) General Kleest (Nazi Agent) Colonel Bocker (Nazi Agent)

The data in the above section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database™ under a Creative Commons Attribution License.