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America's Best Comics #15

Oct 1945 · Pines · 0.10 USD
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In "The Bio-Megascope Menace," John and Danny hunker down during a fierce storm, flipping through a newspaper warning of escaped bank bandits—only to be interrupted by a knock at their cabin door. They let in four men claiming to be a sheriff and his posse, but Danny’s sharp eye catches a detail that sets off alarm bells, prompting him to alert the ranch’s foreman. With the storm raging and trust in question, tension builds as the true nature of the visitors begins to unravel. Written by Tex Mumford and illustrated in the bold, dynamic style of Alex Schomburg, whose cover art captures the eerie intensity of the moment, this 1945 issue delivers a classic mystery with a twist that lingers long after the final panel.

Contains 3 stories
The Bio-Megascope Menace
10 pp · Superhero
Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]Virginia ThompsonMike EllisProfessor Leroy Dean (inventor)Hiroko (villain, introduction)un-named Japanese (villains)Herman Taub (villain, Dean's assistant, introduction)

In "The Bio-Megascope Menace," Doc and his allies encounter Professor Dean, a brilliant scientist whose newly developed atomic expansion device can magnify living creatures to colossal proportions—raising urgent concerns about its potential use by the Japanese in the ongoing war.

One Corpse Too Many!
8 pp · Superhero
The Black Terror [Bob Benton]Tim [Tim Roland]Jean StarrProfessor Brett Wilkins (mechanical inventor, Dexter's Uncle, introduction)Dexter Wilkins (villain, introduction)Biff (villain, introduction)

In "One Corpse Too Many!" from America's Best Comics #15 (1945), druggist Bob Benton is drawn into a mystery when his client, Brett Wilkins, disappears without a trace. With a stranger’s body turning up to muddy the waters, Bob teams up with his friend Tim, and together they don the bold gear of the Terror Twins to unravel a web of secrets buried beneath the surface.

The Invisible Plane
11 pp · Superhero
The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]Bruce Carter I (in ghost form)Joan Farwellun-named Nazi Colonel (villain)The Nazis (villains, some die)

In "The Invisible Plane," Bruce expresses his concern to Joan as she prepares to board a transport plane, worried after several recent crashes that may not have been accidents. The story unfolds as a quiet moment of tension between two people, with the looming threat of unseen danger hanging over a routine journey.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $88
CGC 9.8 $11,140*
CGC 9.6 $6,628
CGC 9.4 $4,487*
CGC 9.2 $2,876
CGC 9.0 $1,862
CGC 8.5 $1,347
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CGC 8.0 $1,146
CGC 7.5 $871*
CGC 7.0 $727*
CGC 6.5 $612*
CGC 6.0 $489
CGC 5.5 $440*
CGC 5.0 $413*
CGC 4.5 $390
CGC 4.0 $308*
CGC 3.5 $285
CGC 3.0 $240*
CGC 2.5 $197*
CGC 2.0 $170*
CGC 1.5 $132*
CGC 1.0 $108*
CGC 0.5 $85*
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Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Full credits

artist Ed Moritz
cover pencils, inks Alex Schomburg

Reprints

Reprinted in America's Best Comics #15 (1945), The Golden Age Review #[nn] (1978)

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