([August] 1999)

AC, 1996 Series
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Price
6.95 USD
Pages
68
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
AC Comics/Paragon Publications
Editing
Bill Black (editor)

Issue Notes

Highly unusual issue in that most of the content is articles rather than stories. Publication date from comicslistdatabase.com.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain 3-D! / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mort Meskin
Inks
Bill Black
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain 3-D

Indexer Notes

recreated from an ad for the unpublished Captain 3-D #2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Fighting American / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting American; Speedboy
Reprints

Men of Mystery No. 15: Salute to Simon and Kirby! (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Black
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Bill Black
Letters
typeset

Characters
Captain 3-D; Joe Simon (photo); Jack Kirby (photo)
Reprints

Captain 3-D and Me (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain 3-D / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jeff Gelb
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
typeset

Characters
Captain 3-D
Reprints

Captain 3-D Comics (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Black
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Captain 3-D
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Description of the contents of Captain 3-D #1

Menace of the Living Dolls (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain 3-D / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Mort Meskin; Steve Ditko; ?
Letters
Ben Oda ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain 3-D; Danny Davis; The Phantom Thief; Tigra; Skweel; Grone; the Paper Doll Men
Synopsis
A phantom thief with powers like Captain 3-D's causes Danny to lose trust in his hero.
Reprints

Creating and Re-creating Captain 3-D! (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 2.5 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Black
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Bill Black
Letters
typeset

Characters
Captain 3-D
Reprints

The Simon & Kirby 3-D Effort (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Mort Meskin
Letters
typeset

Reprints

What Happened to Captain 3-D No. 2? (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Black
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Captain 3-D
Synopsis
The history of the unpublished Captain 3-D #2
Reprints

Challenge of the Speed Demon (Table of Contents: 9)

Captain 3-D / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Mort Meskin ?
Pencils
Mort Meskin
Inks
Bill Black (pages 1, 6, 7 and 10)
Letters
AC Comics staff

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain 3-D; Be Bop Bendix; Margie Moran; Danny Davis; Happy Herkimer
Synopsis
BeBop Bendix has no time for anything but racing. To help out Margie Moran the Captain and Danny have to arrange for BeBop to be beaten in a race so he'll pay attention to her instead.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

10 pages of art printed sideways, two to a comic page. Mostly in pencil. Unpublished art intended for Captain 3-D No. 2

The Legacy of Captain 3-D! (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Black
Pencils
Bill Black
Inks
Bill Black
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Enter the Dimension Man (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 0.7 page (report information)

Script
Ronn Foss
Pencils
Ronn Foss
Inks
Ronn Foss
Letters
typeset

Reprints

The Grass Green Connection (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 1.3 pages (report information)

Script
Grass Green
Pencils
Grass Green
Inks
Grass Green
Letters
typeset

Reprints

The Hour of the 3-D Man (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg (layouts); Bill Black
Inks
Bill Black
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Triple Threat! Bill Black's Three Dimensional Heroes (Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 2.67 pages (report information)

Script
Stephanie Heike (credited as Stephanie Sanderson)
Pencils
Mike Machlan
Inks
Jerry Ordway
Letters
typeset

Reprints

The Jack Kirby Collector (Table of Contents: 15)

TwoMorrows / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Ad for The Jack Kirby Collector #25 with small version of cover depicted. TwoMorrows Publishing, Raleigh, NC 27605.

Bullseye (Table of Contents: 16)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Black; Bill Cosgrove
Pencils
Jack Kirby; Bill Black
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art recreation by Bill Black.

Who Is Bullseye? (Table of Contents: 17)

Bullseye / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Black
Inks
Bill Black
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Bullseye [Panhandle Pete] (origin); Yellow Snake; Long Drink; Deadeye Dick
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Recreation of Bullseye origin story in Bullseye #3.

Meet Fighting American (Table of Contents: 18)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Kidson
Pencils
Bill Black (recreation of Jack Kirby)
Inks
Bill Black
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Whatta Ya Know, Joe? (Table of Contents: 19)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Black; Joe Simon
Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Samson and Delilah at Boys' Ranch (Table of Contents: 20)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
R. C. Harvey
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
typeset

Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Black Owl / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Death goes to sea in a million dollar yacht...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Black Owl [Doug Danville]; The Whistler (villain; death)
Reprints

Golden Age Greats (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Promo for Golden Age Greats and Golden Age Men of Mystery back issues (and a few others) available by mail from Paragon Publications, Box 521216, Longwood, FL 32752. Covers of some issues are depicted in small size.

Talking Points (Table of Contents: 23)

www.simoncomics.com / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for www.simoncomics.com with quotes from the article "Spider Man before Spider-Man."

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain 3-D!
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Fighting American
  3. 2. Men of Mystery No. 15: Salute to Simon and Kirby!
  4. 3. Captain 3-D and Me
    Captain 3-D
  5. 4. Captain 3-D Comics
  6. 5. Menace of the Living Dolls
    Captain 3-D
  7. 6. Creating and Re-creating Captain 3-D!
  8. 7. The Simon & Kirby 3-D Effort
  9. 8. What Happened to Captain 3-D No. 2?
  10. 9. Challenge of the Speed Demon
    Captain 3-D
  11. 10. The Legacy of Captain 3-D!
  12. 11. Enter the Dimension Man
  13. 12. The Grass Green Connection
  14. 13. The Hour of the 3-D Man
  15. 14. Triple Threat! Bill Black's Three Dimensional Heroes
  16. 15. The Jack Kirby Collector
    TwoMorrows
  17. 16. Bullseye
  18. 17. Who Is Bullseye?
    Bullseye
  19. 18. Meet Fighting American
  20. 19. Whatta Ya Know, Joe?
  21. 20. Samson and Delilah at Boys' Ranch
  22. 21. ["Death goes to sea in a million dollar yacht..."]
    Black Owl
  23. 22. Golden Age Greats
    Paragon Publications
  24. 23. Talking Points
    www.simoncomics.com
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Merlin Haas
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore