Golden-Age Men of Mystery (1996 series) (AC) #4

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Field	Previous	Change
Number	4	4
Volume
No Volume	No	Yes
Display Volume With Number	No	No
Indicia Publisher		AC Comics
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed	Printed
Brand		GAG Golden Age Greats
No Brand	No	No
Publication Date	1997	1997
Key Date	1997-00-00	1997-00-00
Year On Sale	None	None
Month On Sale	None	None
Day On Sale	None	None
On Sale Date Uncertain	No	No
Indicia Frequency
No Indicia Frequency	No	Yes
Price	6.95 USD	6.95 USD
Page Count	52 (note: total sum of story page counts is 48)	52 (note: total sum of story page counts is 52)
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Editing	Bill Black	Bill Black
No Editing
Barcode
No Barcode	No	Yes
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 0

Field	Previous	Change
Sequence Number	0	0
Title
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	cover	cover
Feature	Flame	The Flame
Genre	superhero	superhero
Job Number
Script
No Script	X	X
Pencils	Lou Fine	Lou Fine
No Pencils
Inks	Lou Fine	Lou Fine
No Inks
Colors	Bill Black ?	Bill Black ?
No Colors
Letters
No Letters	X	X
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Flame	The Flame; Captain Flash (inset); Commando Yank (inset); Marvelman (inset)
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 1

Field	Added
Sequence Number	1
Title	Men of Mystery
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Bill Black (signed)
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Phantom Lady (cameo)
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Inside front cover. Comments about the stories in the issue. Panel reprint from the Phantom Lady story.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 2

Field	Previous	Change
Sequence Number	1	2
Title	The Black Knight	The Black Knight
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Captain Flash	Captain Flash
Genre	Superhero	Superhero
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	Mike Sekowsky	Mike Sekowsky
No Pencils
Inks	?	?
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X	X
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	7	7
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Captain Flash	Captain Flash
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)	Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)
Keywords
Original Reprint Notes		The migration of the following original reprint notes was confirmed in this change: from Captain Flash (Sterling, 1954 series) #2 (March 1955)
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. from Captain Flash (Sterling, 1954 series) #2 sequence Captain Flash (comic story: 7.000) The Black Knight	The following reprint links are not part of this change. from Captain Flash (Sterling, 1954 series) #2 sequence Captain Flash (comic story: 7.000) The Black Knight

Sequence 3

Field	Previous	Change
Sequence Number	2	3
Title	Commando Yank Takes a Vacation	Commando Yank Takes a Vacation
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Commando Yank	Commando Yank
Genre	superhero	superhero
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	Carl Pfeufer	Carl Pfeufer
No Pencils
Inks	John Jordan	John Jordan
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X	X
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	12	12
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Commando Yank	Commando Yank
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords
Original Reprint Notes		The migration of the following original reprint notes was confirmed in this change: from Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #102 (October 1948)
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. from Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #102 sequence Commando Yank (comic story: 12.000) Commando Yank Takes a Vacation	The following reprint links are not part of this change. from Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #102 sequence Commando Yank (comic story: 12.000) Commando Yank Takes a Vacation

Sequence 4

Field	Previous	Change
Sequence Number	3	4
Title	The Arson Ring	The Arson Ring
Unofficial Title?	Yes	Yes
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Flame	The Flame
Genre	superhero	superhero
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	Lou Fine [as Basil Berold]	Lou Fine [as Basil Berold]
No Pencils
Inks	Lou Fine [as Basil Berold]	Lou Fine [as Basil Berold]
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X	X
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	9	9
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	The Flame	The Flame
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords
Original Reprint Notes		The migration of the following original reprint notes was confirmed in this change: from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #6 (1939)
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #6 sequence The Flame (comic story: 9.000) [The Arson Ring of Mr. Crass]	The following reprint links are not part of this change. from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #6 sequence The Flame (comic story: 9.000) [The Arson Ring of Mr. Crass]

Sequence 5

Field	Previous	Change
Sequence Number	4	5
Title	"The big transport plane's engines purred, and killer..."	"The big transport plane's engines purred, and killer..."
Unofficial Title?	Yes	Yes
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Phantom Falcon	The Phantom Falcon
Genre	superhero	superhero
Job Number
Script	?	? [as Cliff Dubois]
No Script
Pencils	Frank Fermonetti [as Cliff Dubois]	Frank Fermonetti [as Fermo] (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	Frank Fermonetti [as Cliff Dubois]	Frank Fermonetti [as Fermo] (signed)
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X	X
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	6	6
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	The Phantom Falcon	The Phantom Falcon
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords
Original Reprint Notes		The migration of the following original reprint notes was confirmed in this change: from Wings Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #102
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. from Wings Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #102 sequence The Phantom Falcon (comic story: 6.000) ["The big transport plane's engines purred, and killer..."]	The following reprint links are not part of this change. from Wings Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #102 sequence The Phantom Falcon (comic story: 6.000) ["The big transport plane's engines purred, and killer..."]

Sequence 6

Field	Previous	Change
Sequence Number	5	6
Title	Success Is No Accident	Success Is No Accident
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Phantom Lady	Phantom Lady
Genre	superhero	superhero
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	?	?
No Pencils
Inks	?	?
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X	X
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	5	5
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Phantom Lady	Phantom Lady
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords
Original Reprint Notes		The migration of the following original reprint notes was confirmed in this change: from Wonder Boy (Ajax; Farrell, 1955 series) #18
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. from Wonder Boy (Ajax; Farrell, 1955 series) #18 sequence Phantom Lady (comic story: 5.000) Success is no Accident!	The following reprint links are not part of this change. from Wonder Boy (Ajax; Farrell, 1955 series) #18 sequence Phantom Lady (comic story: 5.000) Success is no Accident!

Sequence 7

Field	Added
Sequence Number	7
Title	New Retro Series!
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	promo (ad from the publisher)
Feature	AC Comics
Genre
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	(various)
No Pencils
Inks	(various)
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Promo for Men of Mystery #5; Fighting Yank Retro Comics #1; Miss Victory Retro Comic #2; and Cat-Man Retro Comic #0, with covers depicted.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 8

Field	Previous	Change
Sequence Number	6	8
Title	The Pacifist	The Pacifist
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Marvelman	Marvelman
Genre	superhero	superhero
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	?	?
No Pencils
Inks	?	?
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X	X
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	8	8
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Marvelman	Marvelman
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords
Original Reprint Notes		The migration of the following original reprint notes was confirmed in this change: from Marvelman (L. Miller & Son, 1954 series) #227 (December 21, 1957)
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. from Marvelman (L. Miller & Son, 1954 series) #227	The following reprint links are not part of this change. from Marvelman (L. Miller & Son, 1954 series) #227

Sequence 9

Field	Added
Sequence Number	9
Title	AC Comics Back Issues!
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	promo (ad from the publisher)
Feature	AC Comics
Genre
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	(various)
No Pencils
Inks	(various)
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Inside back cover. Promo for back issues of AC Comics.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 10

Field	Added
Sequence Number	10
Title	Golden Age Greats!
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	promo (ad from the publisher)
Feature	Golden-Age Greats
Genre
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	(various)
No Pencils
Inks	(various)
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Back cover. Promo for back issues of Golden Age Greats.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Comments

Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Merlin Haas	Editing	2012-11-21 04:38:04	Available	Editing
Merlin Haas		2012-11-21 04:54:24	Editing	Pending Review
Donald Dale Milne		2012-11-22 01:43:55	Pending Review	Under Review
Donald Dale Milne		2012-11-22 01:44:04	Under Review	Approved

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