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America's Best Comics #20

Dec 1946 · Pines · 0.10 USD
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America's Best Comics #20 is an anthology featuring multiple superhero stories. "The Fighting Yank" battles Japanese forces during World War II, ultimately destroying a Nipponese sledgehammer weapon that threatens Allied hopes. Other stories in the issue feature Doc Strange, who investigates a mysterious ghost gang's third robbery and an attempted heist at Duchamps, while the protagonist becomes entangled with criminals and a stolen diamond.

Contains 5 stories
Dr. Turner's Experiment
11 pp · Superhero
The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]Tim Roland]Jean StarrDoctor TurnerLarkin (escaped convict)

In "Dr. Turner's Experiment," the Black Terror and Tim Roland race against time to stop an escaped convict, Larkin, from detonating a nuclear bomb in the city unless he’s paid a million dollars. With the stakes higher than ever, the duo must outthink a desperate man and unravel the mystery behind a dangerous experiment tied to Doctor Turner and a mysterious young woman, Jean Starr.

The Joke's on Youth
1 pp · Humor

A young girl tries to put her doll to bed in this humorous domestic snapshot by Al Hartley, where the joke lands in the innocent logic of childhood—and the wonderfully ordinary chaos of family life in 1946.

The Japanese Spy
9 pp · Superhero
The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]Joan FarwellGeneral Favilthe ghost of Bruce Carter I
The Wreakers of Terror
12 pp · Superhero
Pyroman [Dick Martin]Joyce ClarkDoctor Clark' Professor ChiltonChimp Matson (crook)The Unseen (villain)

When Pyroman's civilian identity Dick Martin helps appraise a synthetic diamond created by Professor Chilton's revolutionary Maxogenerator, the news attracts the attention of two master criminals: the ruthless Chimp Matson and the mysterious villain known as The Unseen. As the crooks scheme to steal the powerful machine for their own sinister purposes—one for wealth, one for world-destroying vengeance—Pyroman must race against time to stop them before they can weaponize its incredible power. The stakes escalate when those closest to Dick, including Joyce Clark, find themselves caught in the crossfire of this escalating battle.

The Ghost Gang
12 pp · Superhero
Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]Virginia ThompsonMike EllisTorgle (crook)Professor Bradley

When crooks on the run from the law stumble upon Professor Bradley's hidden laboratory, they discover his experimental spectro-disperser—a device that renders them invisible to the naked eye, transforming them into the feared "Ghost Gang." Doc Strange must match his unmatched strength against criminals who can commit robbery and murder while existing as phantoms, all while the gang holds his allies Mike Ellis and Virginia Thompson hostage. Racing against time and relying on scientific deduction, Doc Strange zeroes in on the truth behind the ghostly terror.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $73
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $770
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $545
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $421*
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $338*
CGC 7.0 · 3 in census $281*
CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $236*
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CGC 6.0 · 3 in census $204*
CGC 5.5 · 3 in census $171*
CGC 5.0 · 6 in census $163*
CGC 4.5 · 3 in census $139*
CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $97
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Full credits

artist, inker Mike Suchorsky
cover pencils, inks Alex Schomburg

Reprints

Reprinted in Black's Terror Tales #1 (2003), The Black Terror Men of Mystery Spotlight Special #1 (2008)

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