Golden-Age Men of Mystery #12

(1999)

Men of Mystery 12 (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Black ?

Pencils:

Charles Cuidera; ?

Inks:

Charles Cuidera; ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop]

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Text article containing information on each character featured in this issue of Men of Mystery, an original 1997 illustration by Charles Cuidera of all seven members of Blackhawk, and another illustration of Blackhawk only.

Devil's Island (Table of Contents)

Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner [as Will Erwin]

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner

Letters:

?

Editing:

Ed Cronin (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Spy

Characters:

Black X; Dean (death); Batu; Moran; M'sieu Rolande (death); Camille; Commandant of Devil's Island; Rene (death)

Synopsis:

A thief named Moran has sole possession of the secret to a new gun. When he is captured for murder and sent to Devil's Island Black X has to go along to keep him from giving the secret to the French.

Reprints:

• from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #13 (August 1940) [in black and white; originally in color]

["Roy Lincoln, son of a famous explosives expert..."] (Table of Contents)

The Human Bomb / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carroll]

Pencils:

C. C. Beck

Inks:

C. C. Beck

Letters:

?

Editing:

Ed Cronin (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (introduction; origin); Professor Lincoln (death; Roy's father); Roy Lincoln; Fritz (death); Axix Consul (death)

Synopsis:

The origin of the Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln].

Indexer Notes

Restoration/homage to the original Human Bomb story from Police Comics #1 that was illustrated by Paul Gustavson.

["Dr. Hayward's amazing time machine speeds..."] (Table of Contents)

Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Curt Davis]

Pencils:

Louis K. Fine

Inks:

Louis K. Fine

Letters:

?

Editing:

Malcolm Reiss (original Editor); William S. Eisner (Original Art Director); S.M. Iger (Original Feature Editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

Stuart Taylor; Doctor Hayward; Laura; Queen Starina; Lina (death)

Synopsis:

Somewhere in the past Stuart Taylor has to rescue Dr. Hayward and Laura from the clutches of Queen Starina and her wizard.

Reprints:

• from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #22 (December 1940) [originally in color; in black and white]

Indexer Notes

The GCD records for this story in Jumbo Comics #22 show the artist as swiping Louis Fine, Bill Black reports the artist for the story as Louis Fine.

["Upon leaving England for the Malay Jungle..."] (Table of Contents)

Dr. Fung / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Powell

Inks:

Bob Powell

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Dr. Fung; Dan Barrister; Og; Lady Williston

Synopsis:

Dr. Fung and Dan Barrister search the Malay Jungle for Lady Williston, the lost daughter of the Earl of Williston. After they find her they have to help her leave the tribe she has been living with.

Reprints:

• from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #5 (September 1939)

"I Wouldn't Change a Thing" (Table of Contents)

Charles Cuidera / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Black; Mark Heike; Charles Cuidera

Pencils:

Charles Cuidera; ? (photo); Will Eisner; Charles Cuidera; Dick Dillin

Inks:

Charles Cuidera; ? (photo); Will Eisner; Charles Cuidera

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Blackhawk; Charles Cuidera (photo)

Synopsis:

First part of an interview with Chuck (Charles) Cuidera about his life before comics, working with Victor Fox, Will Eisner, Quality and his time in the military.

Indexer Notes

The piece includes a Blackhawk illustration from Military Comics #1, a photo of Chuck (Charles) Cuidera, a reprint of the cover to Military Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941), pencils for an unpublished Police Comics cover and a reprint of an unidentified splash page for a Blackhawks story from the early 50's by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera.

["Five escaped convicts and airlines pilot Del Van Dyne..."] (Table of Contents)

Death Patrol / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Jack Cole

Letters:

?

Editing:

Will Eisner (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

War; Aviation; Humor

Characters:

Death Patrol [Gramps; Slick; Del; Hank; Butch]; Zazzy (first appearance; joins the Death Patrol); Slick (death); Emil

Synopsis:

The Death Patrol is called in to discover how bombs are falling on london when no planes are visible. During their mission one of them is killed.

Reprints:

• from Military Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #3 (October 1941) [reprint title: "Five escaped convicts and airlines pilot Del Van Dyne..."]

["Tibet--Land of Mystery...a barren expanse surrounded..."] (Table of Contents)

Yarko the Great / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner [as Anthony Brooks]

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner

Letters:

?

Editing:

Victor Fox (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Yarko the Great; Li Wan; Wang; Lailani (villain, intro); other vampiresses (villains; intros)

Synopsis:

Yarko and Li Wan go to Tibet in search of the Hoshai Plant (a flower with human blood). They are captured by Lailani and her group of vampiresses and Yarko has to pit his power of hypnotism against hers.

Reprints:

• from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #6 (October 1939) [reprint title: "Tibet--Land of Mystery...a barren expanse surrounded..."]

Collector's Corner (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Black

Pencils:

Lee Elias; Harry Lampert; E. E. Hibbard; Lee Elias; Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Moe Worthman; Harry Lampert; E. E. Hibbard; Lee Elias; Carmine Infantino

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Fiddler; Star Sapphire; The Thinker

Indexer Notes

This article covers the various artists that drew The Flash (Jay Garrick version). It ends with a review of the stories in All-Flash (DC, 1941 series) #32 (December-January 1947-48).

Golden Age Greats / Golden Age Men of Mystery (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

(various)

Inks:

(various)

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. House ad for Golden Age Greats and Golden Age Men of Mystery comics (and others) detailing the contents of each issue, with reprints of the covers to Golden Age Greats #4,6,8,11-13, Golden-Age Men of Mystery #2, 4-8, 10 and 11, Official Golden-Age Hero & Heroine Directory, Senorito Rio TPB, All Hero Retro Annual #1, Best of the West #1, Western Sampler and Roy Rogers Western #1.

[Golden-Age Greats Volume 14] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Rulah

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Promo for Golden-Age Greats Volume 14 featuring the Comic Book Jungle using the cover art and an interior panel to promote it.