([April] 2014)

AC, 1999 Series
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Price
29.95 USD
Pages
144
On-sale Date
2014-04-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
?
Brand
AC Comics [Rising, Star on Top]
Barcode
649241926030 09211

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Black Terror / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
Inks
Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero; war
Characters
The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; the Nazis
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Indexer Notes

The scan at GCD for the original cover has Schomburg's signature blocked out. The reprint here has restored the signature.

Cover Thumbnail for Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #92
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The Minstrel! (Table of Contents: 1)

Doll Man / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
Jack Spranger
Inks
Jack Spranger
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Rodolfo Bohanini (orchestra conductor); The Minstrel (villain, introduction); Minstrel's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
A troubadour called The Minstrel goes on a music-themed crime spree with his unique trick banjo/gun.
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[The Gremlin and the Airplane] (Table of Contents: 2)

Man in Black / comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Bob Powell
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Good evening! I am Mr. Twilight, your story teller — The Man in Black!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
The Man in Black [Mr. Twilight] (narrator); Father Time (introduction); Googy the Gremlin (introduction); Ken Parks (introduction); Dr. Knowles (introduction); Patsy (introduction); Patsy's family (introduction for all); Worryin' Warren (introduction); Thor; Satan (villain)
Synopsis
The World-Mirror offers to pay $25,000 to anyone who can fly coast to coast in four hours or less, and Ken Parks decides to take on the challenge.
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[Origin of the American Crusader] (Table of Contents: 3)

The American Crusader, Defender of Democracy / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Max Plaisted
Inks
Max Plaisted
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
At Grand University, Professor Archibald Masters announces a discovery...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The American Crusader [Professor Archie Masters] (introduction, origin); Jane Peters (Master's Secretary, introduction); Professor Scott (physicist, introduction); Doug (G-Man, introduction); Lola (Doug's fiancee, introduction); un-named criminal boss (villain, introduction); the Boss' gang [Augie; rest un-named] (villains, introduction for all); Kruz (villain, ex-Senator, introduction); Scarface Nick Polazi (villain, gangster, introduction); General Oyster (villain, ex-Nazi Officer, introduction)
Synopsis
Delighted that he has discovered a new planet near Uranus, Professor Masters rushes off to tell Professor Scott and accidently enters a test chamber of Scott's atom smasher, and, as a result, has his entire atomic structure rearranged, giving him unlimited powers. He needs them for he must battle an ex-Nazi officer and his gang of traitors who intend to destroy democracy in the United States.
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Komodo Goes A'Courting! (Table of Contents: 4)

Red Dragon / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
Characters
The Red Dragon; Komodo (a dragon); Ching Foo; Emperor Hirohito (villain, cameo); The Japanese (villains)
Synopsis
Komodo wanders away and soon comes across a female Komodo dragon, and the Red Dragon and Ching believe that "love" is in the air, when, in reality, the female dragon is a clever trap being laid by the Japanese.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Thor / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heir to the supernatural power of the ancient god Thor, Grant Farrel is summoned to Valhalla.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Thor (ancient god); Grant Farrel [also as a Mongol traveller]; Glenda; The Grand Llama; General Wong (villain); Wong's Army (villains)
Synopsis
Grant must stop the bandit thief Wong and his men from securing the vast gold hoard of Buddha.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Scarlet Arrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Bob Powell
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Roxanne! Come down here!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Scarlet Arrow [Alan Bidell]; Roxanne (Alan's sweetheart); Roger; Senator Claxonhorn; fake Senator Claxonhorn (villain); Montmorcey (villain, fake Senator's bodyguard)
Synopsis
Roxanne's father is throwing a charity bash, and the money is supposed to be presented to a blowhard U.S. Senator. However, the Arrow must step in when it is discovered the Senator and his bodyguard are imposters.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Tabu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Enrico Bagnoli
Inks
Enrico Bagnoli
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stop -- all you who hear these mournful words -- and ponder!
Genre
jungle
Characters
Tabu; the Panther Princess (Priestess of the Panther Temple); Chief Lango; Songhais (African tribe); Hawkins (villain); Ayah (villain); Spade (villain); Araki (villain, witch doctor/medicine man)
Synopsis
Tabu spots evil doings on the funeral barge of the Songhai and uses his magics to raise the spirits of the Princess's panthers to chase away the criminals, then seeks to revive the seemingly dead Princess. Once she is revived, the duo head to the kraal to take on the criminals, who have stolen rare jewels from the tribe.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Red Comet / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ken Jackson
Pencils
Ken Jackson
Inks
Ken Jackson
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The year is 2040. Man has progressed in great strides…
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
Characters
The Red Comet (introduction); un-named police captain (introduction); The Munitions King [J.G.] (villain, introduction, death); Munition King's war-profiteers (villains, introduction for all, all die)
Synopsis
While the public is amazed and elated that no crimes have been committed for two weeks, the police feel that their jobs are less secure because of the crime busting activities of the Red Comet. His magical powers seem to draw him like a magnet to the criminal element, and he has rounded them up with amazing speed, taking each to a different uninhabited but inhabitable planet and dropping them off to fend for themselves.
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Violins for Villainy! (Table of Contents: 9)

The Black Terror / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
Frank Frazetta (partial); ?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; James Spragg (wealthy patron of the arts); Jarvis (Spragg's butler); Harold Cosgrove (young violinist); Halloran (villain); Halloran's gang [Red; others un-named] (villains)
Synopsis
A wealthy patron of the arts decides to find a deserving youngster who will appreciate his Stradivarius violin by holding a music contest in Vocalian Hall. Unfortunately, a group of crooks decide that the violin could line their pockets with much needed cash, so they kidnap, then disguise, a young violinst, to win it for them, and it's up to the Terror Twins to stop them.
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Wanted for Murder (Table of Contents: 10)

Nightmare and Sleepy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Nightmare [Bob Whiyte] (a wrestler); Sleepy [Terry Wake] (White's teenage manager); Rooney (detective, White's pal); un-named Chief of Police; Chuck Harris (world champion wrestler); Sweeney (champion swimmer, death); Roy Nelson (champion boxer); Riles (boxer, mention only); Toro (a tiger); Skeik (a shark); Fargo (villain, death)
Synopsis
Nightmare and Sleepy investigate the disappearance of ten athletes who vanished in the span of one week and discover a man who pits the athletes in do-or-die battles so that others can bet on the event.
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The Birth of the Gun! (Table of Contents: 11)

Gun Master / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Gun Master [Dumas Poe] (origin); Kattak Po (original Gun Master, flashback, death); un-named brother of Kattak Po (flashback); Kattak Po's son (flashback, death); Kattak Po's grandson (flashback); Captain Kane (of homicide); Velvet [as V. Silver] (villain, gun shop owner); Lefty Finger (villain); Duke Dillon (villain)
Synopsis
The original Gun Master, named Kattak Po, has his invention of gunpowder and iron tube which can fire a projectile (early example of a gun) is stolen from him, and the charge is made to his descendants to track down the criminal if they can, but, most importantly, commit their lives to stopping the use of this weapon. Now, the last able-bodied descendant of Kattak Po, Dumas Poe, carries on that tradition.
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[The Crow from Space] (Table of Contents: 12)

Rex Dexter / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Briefer
Pencils
Dick Briefer
Inks
Dick Briefer
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Inside the rocket ship -- Take the controls, Cynde.
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rex Dexter; Jan (introduction); Yna (introduction); The Hunter (villain, introduction, death)
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Phantasmo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
E. C. Stoner
Inks
E. C. Stoner
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whizzer and Phantasmo stroll onto an old pier...
Genre
superhero
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[Airboy Fights the Ice People] (Table of Contents: 14)

Airboy / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ernie Schroeder
Inks
Ernie Schroeder
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our scene is in the far north, at the top of the world…
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Airboy [David Nelson II]; un-named Army Major; The Sightless People [Tamerac (patrol Captain, death); Zirac (their leader); Tintia; others un-named]; The Ice-Incas [Torko (interpreter); rest un-named] (villains, all die?); The Food Gulls (villains, birds)
Synopsis
Airboy crash lands in Point Barrow, Alaska, and is rescued by the sightless people. Soon, all are attacked by the Ice-Incas, but they are cleverly avoided, and Airboy is taken to the tropical Hidden Valley, the village of the sightless ones. Here he is asked to help co-ordinate an attack on the Ice-Incas...but a wary Airboy eventually discovers that the Ice-Incas really are villains.
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[Introducing the Weaver] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Bob Powell
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I am the Weaver. My woof and my warp are lives of people…
Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
The Weaver (narrator, introduction); Gracchus (a gladiator); Ledra (Gracchus' wife); Marcus (Ledra's Uncle); Crassius Livitcus (leader, death)
Synopsis
The wife of gladiator Gracchus urges him to rebel against Crassius and his outright thievery of the people's money. Gracchus kills Crassius, then flees with Ledra to her uncle's town where they will be safe. Unknown to anyone, on August 24, 79 A.D., that town, Pompeii, was to be destroyed by an eruption of a volcano.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Black Terror
  2. 1. The Minstrel!
    Doll Man
  3. 2. [The Gremlin and the Airplane]
    Man in Black
  4. 3. [Origin of the American Crusader]
    The American Crusader, Defender of Democracy
  5. 4. Komodo Goes A'Courting!
    Red Dragon
  6. 5. ["Heir to the supernatural power of the ancient god Thor, Grant Farrel is summoned to Valhalla."]
    Thor
  7. 6. ["Roxanne! Come down here!"]
    Scarlet Arrow
  8. 7. ["Stop -- all you who hear these mournful words -- and ponder!"]
    Tabu
  9. 8. ["The year is 2040. Man has progressed in great strides…"]
    The Red Comet
  10. 9. Violins for Villainy!
    The Black Terror
  11. 10. Wanted for Murder
    Nightmare and Sleepy
  12. 11. The Birth of the Gun!
    Gun Master
  13. 12. [The Crow from Space]
    Rex Dexter
  14. 13. ["Whizzer and Phantasmo stroll onto an old pier..."]
    Phantasmo
  15. 14. [Airboy Fights the Ice People]
    Airboy
  16. 15. [Introducing the Weaver]
    The Weaver
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