Black's Terror Tales #1

([July] 2003)

AC Action for 2003! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Black's Terror Tales (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Bill Black (credited)

Pencils

Mort Meskin (credited) (illustration)

Inks

Jerry Robinson (credited) (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

Illustration is a reprint of the 3rd panel on page 9 of the first story. Art credits are derived therefrom.

The Eye of the Lady Serpent! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Black Terror / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Robinson ?; Mort Meskin ?

Pencils

Mort Meskin (credited) (signed as Meskin)

Inks

Jerry Robinson (credited) (signed as Robinson)

Letters

?

Editing

Ned Pines (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland; Sergeant Mac Gooligan; un-named prison matron; un-named prison Warden (death); Officer Schanz (death); Maharajah of Argozil; Lady Serpent (villain); Serpent's gang (villains, three die)

Reprints

• from The Black Terror (Pines, 1942 series) #23 (June 1948)

Indexer Notes

Robinson and Meskin sometimes rewrote the stories and interchanged art chores.

The Lady Serpent Returns! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Black Terror / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Robinson ?; Mort Meskin ?

Pencils

Mort Meskin (credited) (signed as Mort Meskin)

Inks

Jerry Robinson (credited) (signed as Jerry Robinson); Matt Moring (credited) (reconstruction)

Letters

?

Editing

Ned Pines (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland; Sergeant Mac Gooligan; Murphy (a Policeman); Sparks (radio operator); Joe (a sailor); The Lady Serpent (villain); Hulga (villain); Mogu (villain, a snake); Naru (villain, a snake); Mike (villain)

Reprints

• from The Black Terror (Pines, 1942 series) #24 (September 1948)

Indexer Notes

Signed Robinson and Meskin sometimes rewrote stories and interchanged art chores.

The Dream Maker (Table of Contents: 5)

The Black Terror / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Meskin (credited); Ralph Mayo (credited) (splash and last panel)

Inks

Mort Meskin (credited); Ralph Mayo (credited) (splash and last panel)

Letters

?

Editing

Ned Pines (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland; Mr. Felton (chair of the Fibber's Club); Dr. Fission (nuclear physics authority); Bo Briantus (scientist, becomes the Black Terror's Deputy in the year 9767); Krol Mul (villain, ruler of the year 9767)

Reprints

• from The Black Terror (Pines, 1942 series) #22 (March 1948)

[Dr. Turner's Experiment] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Suchorsky (credited)

Inks

Mike Suchorsky (credited)

Letters

?

Editing

Ned Pines (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Picture the fearful possibilities…when an escaped convict gains control of a process…

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland; Jean Starr; Dr. Turner; Larkin; the warden; escaped prisoners

Synopsis

The Black Terror and Tim need all their wits to bring down an escaped prisoner who's threatening to destroy a city with a nuclear bomb if he's not paid $1,000,000.

Reprints

• from America's Best Comics (Pines, 1942 series) #20 (December 1946)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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From Out of the Past… Black Terror Strikes (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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