CATALOG RECORD

America's Best Comics #27

Pines · Series began 1942 · August 1948

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Dates

Cover date: August 1948
On sale: June 8, 1948
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Alex Schomburg, Jerry Robinson, John Celardo, Lin Streeter, Al Hartley, Carmine Infantino, Ed Moritz, Ralph Mayo, Jules Steinerinks: Alex Schomburg, Mort Meskin, John Celardo, Al Hartley, Carmine Infantino, Jules Steinerscript: Charles Stewart, Richard Hughes, Al Hartley, Frank Roslyn, Jules Steiner

Stories

The Quiz Crime · 11 pages
Bob and Tim fail to answer questions correctly on a quiz show, and the penalty is to have to don fake Terror Twin costume and halt a fake kidnapping of a child movie star. Real thugs intercept the mock criminals, and the drama becomes more real than the watchers of the quiz show imagine.
Death Stalks at Night · 10 pages
Diana Adams is invited to a party at the home of wealthy industrialist John Holder by Holder's nephews John and Rod. Holder confides to his lawyer that he has a scheme to determine who shall inherit his wealth, Rod or John. The scheme involves faking his death to find who grieves for him. When the scheme goes forward, Holder is truly dead, and Miss Masque must uncover the culprit.
The Mystery of the Larsen Twins · Rod McLeod · 2 pages
Jungle Jitters · 11 pages
The Rainy Road · 1 pages
The Hot Breath of Death · 10 pages

Reprinted in

Golden-Age Men of Mystery (1996), Johnny Hazard (1948), Men of Mystery - Heroes for the Ages (2006), The Black Terror Men of Mystery Spotlight Special (2008)