America's Best Comics #27 Values

Publisher: Pines, 1948

About America's Best Comics #27

Alex Schomburg cover and Jerry Robinson art.

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COVER DETAILS

Pencils: Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)

Inks: Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: The Quiz Crime

Characters: Black Terror (Bob Benton); Tim Roland; Slim Ruffo (villain; intro); Freddy Hooper (intro; child movie star)

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 11.000

Pencils: Jerry Robinson (signed)

Inks: Mort Meskin (signed)

Title: Death Stalks at Night

Characters: Miss Masque (Diana Adams);John Holder (introduction; death)

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 10.000

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	4	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	4	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17

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