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America's Best Comics #22

Jun 1947 · Pines · 0.10 USD
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An anthology issue featuring five superhero stories: The Fighting Yank battles criminals at an airfield in the jungle; Pyroman fights the Short Fields Gang and discovers a slot machine ring; The Black Terror pursues villains through Forest Terror; Captain Future navigates an encounter involving a secret beam; and Doc Strange faces unspecified adversaries. Additionally, the issue contains a text story titled "Young Carpenter" by Charles S. Strong, in which young Gilbert Walker outwits two bandits who attempt to rob wealthy diamond dealer Spencer Dearborn at an isolated construction site on Mesa Verde.

Contains 6 stories
The Mysteries of Ancient Egypt
8 pp · Superhero
Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]Virginia ThompsonHassan the Bald (villain)Doctor Anthony Pennock (villain)

When ancient Egyptian curses threaten New York, Doc Strange must uncover the truth behind a haunted museum and a stolen pharaoh's ruby—before Hassan the Bald and his criminal gang claim it for themselves. As ghostly apparitions terrorize Doctor Anthony Pennock's collection and Virginia Thompson stumbles onto a deadly mystery, Doc Strange uses his extraordinary powers to separate supernatural legend from criminal deception. There's more to this case than curse tablets and walking mummies, and only Doc can expose what's really going on.

Threat of the Atomic Platter
10 pp · Superhero
The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]Tim Roland]Jean StarrDoctor WelbyDoctor SpencerDoctor GreenJohn Reece (arms dealer)Dolores
Pyroman Hits the Jackpot
8 pp · Superhero
Pyroman [Dick Martin]Joyce ClarkShorty Fields (crook)HerbieBill Dawson (crook)

Pyroman springs into action when a brutal gang war erupts over control of the slot machine racket, with the ruthless Bull Dawson mob clashing against Shorty Fields' operation—and the young hero finds himself caught between two criminal outfits while trying to protect the kids being cheated by rigged machines. After a harrowing encounter that leaves him seemingly helpless, Pyroman must fight his way out and bring both gangs to justice before their feud tears the neighborhood apart.

It Pays to Be Honest
10 pp · Superhero
The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]Joan FarwellGeorge RollinsBuddy Malone (racketeer)Jenkins (butler)the ghost of Bruce Carter I

When a Treasury Department investigator uncovers evidence that racketeer Buddy Malone has cheated the government, he becomes a marked man—and the Fighting Yank must guard him through waves of assassination attempts before a crucial tax hearing. With his ancestor's magic cloak granting him protection, Bruce Carter III faces off against Malone's ruthless gang in a race to keep his friend alive long enough to testify.

The Joke's on Youth
1 pp · Humor, Children
Weapons Raiders
8 pp · Superhero
Captain Future [Dr. Andrew Bryant]GraceDenke (villain)General Kleest (Nazi agent)Colonel Bocker (Nazi agent)

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $119
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $3,061*
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 · 2 in census $947
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $747
CGC 7.5 none in existence
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CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $418*
CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $361*
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $304*
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 · 2 in census $247*
CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $191*
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $169*
CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $151
CGC 2.0 none in existence
CGC 1.5 none in existence
CGC 1.0 · 1 in census $75*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
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