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America's Best Comics #23

Sep 1947 · Pines · 0.10 USD
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The Fighting Yank confronts a gorilla monster in the backwoods mountains, where he must prevent the creature from terrorizing a woman and child while fighting off the gangster-like villain Ugly. The Yank pursues the monster through a series of action-packed encounters involving gunfire and physical combat, ultimately trapping the villain in a chandelier and subduing the beast to rescue the captives.

Contains 5 stories
Undersea Raider
10 pp · Superhero
Doc Strange [Doctor Thomas Hugo Strange]Mike EllisTorpedo Burns (villain)

When a criminal gang uses a salvaged submarine to orchestrate a daring prison break led by the notorious Torpedo Burns, Doc Strange and his partner Mike Ellis find themselves racing to stop a crime spree that threatens the entire city. As Torpedo and his crew escalate from stealing military munitions to orchestrating a coordinated assault on the jewelry district under cover of smoke and fog, Doc Strange must pursue them into danger—and work to dismantle their undersea operation before they can execute their boldest heist yet.

The Stone Age Monster
11 pp · Superhero
The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]Joan FarwellUkk [Gorilla McFarland]Annie Mae'Prettyface' Hull'Stumbly' GrogginsO'Neil (crook)
The Case of the Bawling Baby!
9 pp · Superhero
Miss Masque [Diana Adams]'Bull' Turner (crook)Elmer (reporter)Belinda (maid)Noyes (mimic)Shrimp (crook)Stan Whelan (radio announcer)
Rehearsal for Death
11 pp · Superhero
The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]Tim Roland]Jean StarrGene Madden (actor, death)Hester Stone (actor, death)Donald Harris (playwright)Lionel Bender

When Jean Starr lands a role in playwright Donald Harris's murder mystery at the abandoned Majestic Theater alongside stars Gene Madden and Hester Stone, The Black Terror and Tim Roland show up for a routine pickup—only to discover that genuine murders are unfolding backstage alongside the theatrical ones. As bodies pile up and a mysterious killer orchestrates increasingly deadly traps, the Terror Twins must uncover who's behind the carnage before Jean and director Lionel Bender become the final victims of this deadly rehearsal.

Dog Days
4 pp · Humor, Animal
Jasper (a dog)

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $206
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $5,133
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $1,317*
CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $1,057*
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CGC 7.0 · 4 in census $886
CGC 6.5 · 5 in census $715
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $611
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $611
CGC 5.0 · 3 in census $509*
CGC 4.5 · 4 in census $435*
CGC 4.0 · 4 in census $378
CGC 3.5 · 4 in census $323
CGC 3.0 · 2 in census $298*
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Full credits

artist, inker Rafael Astarita
cover pencils, inks Alex Schomburg

Reprints

Reprinted in FemForce #123 (2003), Men of Mystery Comics #85 (2011)

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