(2013)

AC, 1999 Series
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Price
29.95 USD
Pages
148
On-sale Date
2013-10-23
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
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Brand
AC Comics [straight, star in A]
Barcode
649241926030 09111

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hercules / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Lou Fine
Inks
Lou Fine
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
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[Storm] (Table of Contents: 1)

Doll Man / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Spranger
Inks
Jack Spranger
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Storm was his stock in trade!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Roberts; Martha Roberts; un-named town Mayor; Pluvius (villain, introduction); Daya (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
Doll Man must battle the evil Pluvius, who has invented a terrible rain-making device and is seeking to blackmail towns in order to get the rain to stop.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Phantasmo, the Master of the World / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
E. C. Stoner
Inks
E. C. Stoner
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A swift strato-liner wings westward with Phantasmo...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Phantasmo [Phil Anson]; Whizzer McGee; Jerry (Whizzer's cousin); Captain Oaku (villain, death?); the Japanese (villains, many die)
Synopsis
Phantasmo and Whizzer make their way to California to visit Whizzer's cousin, who has been hearing strange noises from underneath his house.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Atomic Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited as Bekay)
Inks
Bernie Krigstein (credited as Bekay)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
An assassin's bullet strikes down a leading Latin-American liberal...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Atomic Man [Adam Mann]; Dr. Mendez; Dr. Fletcher; Group of Fascists [Ramon; others un-named] (villains)
Synopsis
A group of Fascists in a South American town seriously wound a doctor who, they believe, is selling them out to the Americans. Atomic Man stops an assault on a power plant providing the power to the hospital where Dr. Mendez is being operated on.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Phantom Falcon / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Cliff Dubois]
Pencils
Joey Cavallo
Inks
Joey Cavallo
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The symbol of Nazism was a cross...
Genre
spy; aviation; superhero
Characters
Phantom Falcon [Clipper Kirk]; Marie (introduction); Steve; Otto (villain, introduction, death); Kurt (villain, introduction, death); Karl (villain, introduction, death); other un-named enemy agents (villains, introduction for all, all die)
Synopsis
Enemy agents in Latin America plan to create a 4th Reich in Germany after the war, and they strike by downing Flight Nine which has the Phantom Falcon on board.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Spider Widow / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Borth
Pencils
Frank Borth
Inks
Frank Borth
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Death steals the show of the Great Darbun Circus!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayton]; Bob; J. P. Darbun (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
Spider Widow investigates a series of mysterious but fatal accidents at the local circus, and discovers the owner, dressed as a clown, is responsible. It seems he owed his performers two years back wages, and, because he couldn't pay them off (and was going to lose ownership of the circus), he decided to murder the acts one at a time!
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Martan the Marvel Man / comic story / 8.5 pages (report information)

Script
? [as G. Ellerbrock]
Pencils
? [as William Kent]
Inks
? [as William Kent]
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, Vana, we're leaving the continent...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Martan the Marvel Man; Vana; The Martians (villains)
Synopsis
Martan and Vana land their magic plane in the heart of war-torn Europe and disgustedly want to destroy them all, but they realize that their own race on Antaclea went through the same thing before they learned to forsake war for peace. Leaving Europe and landing in America, the pair attend a performance at a local theater where news is announced that Martians have invaded the Earth.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Hercules / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? [as Gregg Powers]
Inks
? [as Gregg Powers]
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
America’s number one strong man finds trouble in a tombstone plant…
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hercules [Joe Hercules]; two un-named monument works employees; Mr. Clinton (owner of the monument works); Sledge (villain, foreman at monument works); Ferret (villain, manager at monument works)
Synopsis
Joe helps out a couple of workers attempting to move a heavy tombstone then notices large welts on their backs. Investigating, Hercules discovers the foreman and manager at the monument works are treating the employees like slaves, taking half their earnings, all unbeknownst to the owner.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Professor Supermind and Son / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ralph Carlson
Inks
Ralph Carlson
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, Dad, another kidnap case.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Professor Supermind [Professor Warren]; Son [Dan Warren]; gang of kidnappers (villains)
Synopsis
Professor Supermid uses his amazing invention, the Televisoscope, to help the authorities crack a kidnapping racket.
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[The Magic Grail of Gwyllyn] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Ghost / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Froehlich
Inks
August Froehlich
Letters
Howard Ferguson (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the Ghost's study...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; un-named Yogi Master; Professor Fenton (villain); Stahl (villain)
Synopsis
The Ghost and Betty go back to 1st Century Wales to prevent the evil Fenton from getting his hands upon the Magic Grail.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Dr. Miracle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
S. M. Iger
Pencils
Alex Blum
Inks
Alex Blum
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At the show place home of Ralph Billmore, Hollywood millionaire
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Dr. Miracle; Ralph Billmore (villain, Hollywood millionaire); Vulchur (villain, death)
Synopsis
Dr. Miracle is approached by Super Pictures Studio, who wants him to make a movie demonstrating his remarkable magic...all proceeds going to charity. The magician does not realize this is a ruse to kill him by using a camera which emits radium rays, which slowly eat away at Miracle's tissues!
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[The White Streak Smashes the Green Tie Society] (Table of Contents: 11)

The White Streak / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Burgos (signed)
Pencils
Carl Burgos (signed)
Inks
Carl Burgos (signed)
Letters
Carl Burgos

First Line of Dialogue or Text
And it’s these Fifth Columnists and saboteurs that we must be on guard against!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The White Streak [Danny Sanders]; Agent Hook (of the FBI); Dr. Sears; Green Tie Society (villains); Korn (villain, introduction); Rensen [also spelled Renson] (villain, death); Jackson (villain, introduction); Captain Jenkins (villain, Captain of the "Jenny Lynn")
Synopsis
The White Streak, on the trail of Fifth Columnists and saboteurs, realizes that his face is known to the criminal element, so he asks Agent Hook to provide a means of giving him a new face. Once that is accomplished, the Streak joins the Green Tie Society in order to learn how best to stop the group's unpatriotic activities.
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The Human Zoo (Table of Contents: 12)

The Hooded Wasp / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Hooded Wasp [Bob]; Wasplet [Jim Martin]; Babe (introduction); Dr. Zandricks (villain, introduction, death); Zandrick's animal men (villains, introduction for all, some die)
Synopsis
While out of a date, Wasplet's girl is kidnapped by a mysterious cat-like creature and taken to the laboratory of Dr. Zandricks, who injects her with a serum he has created that can turn people into animals. But when the Wasp makes an ally of a "beaver-man," the creatures that hate the doctor turn on him and kill him.
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It's a Case of Mistaken Identity! (Table of Contents: 13)

Sub-Zero / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Daly
Inks
John Daly
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Zero; Freezum; the Japanese (villains, some die)
Synopsis
While Sub-Zero is inside a government facility conducting business, police suddenly approach Freezum and take him away to a temporary concentration camp, claiming that he is Japanese. But that is fortunate because, inside, Freezum learns from other Japanese prisoners that an invasion is coming soon to free them from American captivity.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

The Mouthpiece / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Guardineer
Inks
Fred Guardineer
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy scout, Don Conroy, busy at his task of collecting papers for national defense...
Genre
detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins]; Don Conroy (Boy Scout); Big Joe Gabul (villain); Moko (villain)
Synopsis
Scout Don Conroy accidently hears a big time crook call an associate named Moko to meet him at Southard Park in order to turn over stolen plans for a new cannon.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Mack]
Pencils
Enrico Bagnoli
Inks
Enrico Bagnoli
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The name of Marvella, the-woman-who-could-not-die, traveled faster than the pulsing sound of the drum...
Genre
jungle
Characters
Tabu; Chief Nayika; Fajelus (African tribe); Azali; Landor (villain, magician); Marvella, the Priestess of Life
Synopsis
Chief Nayika has invited Marvella, the woman who cannot die, to visit his tribe. Marvella and her assistant, after a display of stage magic, demand tribue from the Fajelus. Tabu senses trickery afoot and, in seeking to stop it, accidentally wounds a boy, unwittingly falling into a well-laid trap set by the magicians. Tabu quickly learns the error of his ways and exposes the tricks of the magicians and chases them into the jungle with his illusions.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Fearless Flint / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Peter
Inks
Harry Peter
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jack Bradley, the famous Flint Man, after offering his services to the owners of Martian Towers...
Genre
superhero; adventure
Characters
Fearless Flint [Jack Bradley]; Ruth Parsons; Dr. Lee Fang (villain); Gargoyles (villains)
Synopsis
Dr. Fang sends his vicious gargoyles out to kidnap Jack and they bring him to the vacant Martian Tower, the scene of mysterious activity for which Jack has been hired to look into. He is thrown into a cell with Ruth Parsons, the daughter of one of the owners of the tower, and must transform himself into Fearless Flint in order to save her from being thrown off the tower by one of the gargoyles. However, the two are once again captured by the creatures and returned to the doctor's lair.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Ghost of Flanders / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Brenner
Inks
George Brenner
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In 1918 -- 15 year old Rip Graves enlists in the army and leaves for combat in the First World War...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Ghost of Flanders ["Rip" Graves] (introduction, origin); Fritz (villain, death); Carl (villain); Rudolf (villain); Eric (villain, death)
Synopsis
Supposedly dead in the First World War, "Rip" Graves operates as a superhero from a crypt beneath the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In this tale, a group of Fifth Columnists seek to secure some important defense plans from Fort Brigg.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Zero, Ghost Detective / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Witmer Williams
Inks
Witmer Williams
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Spirits and evil spectres hold no fear for the famous...
Genre
detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Zero; Dr. Winters; Hiram (farmer, death); Gloria (Hiram's daughter); John (villain, Hiram's stepson, death); Hiram's un-named housekeeper (villain)
Synopsis
Zero is asked search the remains of a wealthy farmer in order to obtain a locket that contains the location of the farmer's hidden fortune, but stepson John wants to beat Zero to the punch. John is killed and Zero discovers that Hiram's body is missing from the vault.
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Statue of Doom! (Table of Contents: 19)

Bronze Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alvin Hollingsworth (signed as Alec Hope)
Inks
Alvin Hollingsworth (signed as Alec Hope)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Bronze Man [Major Randy Ronald]; Judge Buzz Smith (Rand's father); Rand Ronald Smith, Jr.; Bull Gambos (villain); Gambo's gang (villains, all die?)
Synopsis
Randy gets off the train and spots a statue named after him in appreciation for saving the life of the local judge years back, and he visits the courtroom where the judge is sentencing a criminal to prison. While seated there, Randy overhears a threat to the judge's life and tries to follow the plotters, but instead sees the judge's son kidnapped. He discovers that the statue is loaded with explosives, timed to go off during a citizen's committee speech to be given by the judge.
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[The Plague Year Murders] (Table of Contents: 20)

Flying Fist and Bingo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Morgan
Pencils
Fred Morgan
Inks
Fred Morgan
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Betty is at North Point Airfield waiting for a friend in from Chicago...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flying Fist [Freddy Tapps]; Bingo [Junior Tapps]; Carl Rick (practical joker, death); Gabble (actor); Van Lunce (villain, play producer)
Synopsis
The Tapps decide to secure a walk-on role in a new production based on the horrific plague that occured in 1557. After their scene is over, they retreat to the balcony to watch the rest of the play and notice that the bald heads of orchestra members spell "DEATH"! As the Flying Fist and Bingo, they investigate the situation and discover that a person, dressed as the astrologer in the play, is the killer of one of the actors.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Hercules
  2. 1. [Storm]
    Doll Man
  3. 2. ["A swift strato-liner wings westward with Phantasmo..."]
    Phantasmo, the Master of the World
  4. 3. ["An assassin's bullet strikes down a leading Latin-American liberal..."]
    Atomic Man
  5. 4. ["The symbol of Nazism was a cross..."]
    Phantom Falcon
  6. 5. ["Death steals the show of the Great Darbun Circus!"]
    The Spider Widow
  7. 6. ["Look, Vana, we're leaving the continent..."]
    Martan the Marvel Man
  8. 7. ["America’s number one strong man finds trouble in a tombstone plant…"]
    Hercules
  9. 8. ["Look, Dad, another kidnap case."]
    Professor Supermind and Son
  10. 9. [The Magic Grail of Gwyllyn]
    The Ghost
  11. 10. ["At the show place home of Ralph Billmore, Hollywood millionaire"]
    Dr. Miracle
  12. 11. [The White Streak Smashes the Green Tie Society]
    The White Streak
  13. 12. The Human Zoo
    The Hooded Wasp
  14. 13. It's a Case of Mistaken Identity!
    Sub-Zero
  15. 14. ["Boy scout, Don Conroy, busy at his task of collecting papers for national defense..."]
    The Mouthpiece
  16. 15. ["The name of Marvella, the-woman-who-could-not-die, traveled faster than the pulsing sound of the drum..."]
    Tabu
  17. 16. ["Jack Bradley, the famous Flint Man, after offering his services to the owners of Martian Towers..."]
    Fearless Flint
  18. 17. ["In 1918 -- 15 year old Rip Graves enlists in the army and leaves for combat in the First World War..."]
    Ghost of Flanders
  19. 18. ["Spirits and evil spectres hold no fear for the famous..."]
    Zero, Ghost Detective
  20. 19. Statue of Doom!
    Bronze Man
  21. 20. [The Plague Year Murders]
    Flying Fist and Bingo
This issue was modified by
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Dan Stevenson