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American
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series that ran for 32 issues from September, 1941 through December, 1947. It was published by Ace Publications. Upon cancellation the magazine continued as ''Crime Must Pay the Penalty'' for one issue #33, then as ''Four Teeners'' for issue 34. Though the series started as a
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comic it abandoned that genre after issue 26.
“Ace's output of a few dozen issues of costume hero interest bursts with generic patriotic energy — nothing really creative, but still typical of the period and generally written and drawn a cut above better known companies of the era. It took collectors a long time to discover the Ace heroes because most of them were gone well before the end of World War II. Ace became much better known for its pulps (1930s and 40s) and paperbacks (beginning with the classic Ace Double Novels in 1952). Yet the company was a significant second-tier comic book outfit from 1940-56, especially in the romance field from 1949-56.”CGC
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Publication history

“Four Favorites was numbered consecutively for 32 issues. Although the covers are generally not as cool as Lightning, this is your best bet if you want to get all the major Ace heroes in one book. Magno ran through #26; Lash Lightning through #22 (with Lightning Girl in #19-22); The Unknown Soldier in #4-20; The Raven through #4; Vulcan through #3; Captain Courageous in costume in #5-21 except #6; and The Flag in #6. The best issues are the first 18, since you get four full-length super hero stories in every issue of 10 to 16 pages. These 18 issues of Four Favorites are prime Golden Age examples of patriotic heroes.”
These comics are in the public domain, and various publishers and creators have used them since.


Cover gallery

Image:FourFavorites0101.jpg, Issue 1: September, 1941 File:No image.svg, Issue 2: Image:FourFavorites0301.jpg, Issue 3: January, 1942 Image:FourFavorites0401.jpg, Issue 4: March, 1942 Image:FourFavorites0501.jpg, Issue 5: May, 1942 Image:FourFavorites0601.jpg, Issue 6: July, 1942 Image:FourFavorites0701.jpg, Issue 7: October, 1942 Image:FourFavorites0801.jpg, Issue 8: December, 1942 Image:FourFavorites0901.jpg, Issue 9: January, 1943 Image:FourFavorites1001.jpg, Issue 10: May, 1943 Image:FourFavorites1101.jpg, Issue 11: August, 1943 Image:FourFavorites1201.jpg, Issue 12: November, 1943 Image:FourFavorites1301.jpg, Issue 13: February, 1944 Image:FourFavorites1401.jpg, Issue 14: May, 1944 Image:FourFavorites1501.jpg, Issue 15: August, 1944 Image:FourFavorites1601.jpg, Issue 16: November, 1944 Image:FourFavorites1701.jpg, Issue 17: February, 1945 Image:FourFavorites1801.jpg, Issue 18: May, 1945 Image:FourFavorites1901.jpg, Issue 19: August, 1945 Image:FourFavorites2001.jpg, Issue 20: November, 1945 Image:FourFavorites2101.jpg, Issue 21: January, 1946 Image:FourFavorites2201.jpg, Issue 22: March, 1946 Image:FourFavorites2301.jpg, Issue 23: May, 1946 Image:FourFavorites2401.jpg, Issue 24: July, 1946 Image:FourFavorites2501.jpg, Issue 25: September, 1946 Image:FourFavorites2601.jpg, Issue 26: November, 1946 Image:FourFavorites2701.jpg, Issue 27: January, 1947 Image:FourFavorites2801.jpg, Issue 28: March, 1947 Image:FourFavorites2901.jpg, Issue 29: June, 1947 Image:FourFavorites3001.jpg, Issue 30: August, 1947 Image:FourFavorites3101.jpg, Issue 31: October, 1947 Image:FourFavorites3201.jpg, Issue 32: December, 1947


References

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