(1999)
Avalon Communications,
1999 Series
- Price
- 2.95 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Avalon Communications
- Brand
-
America's Comic Group
- Editing
- Roger Broughton
From the Creator of "The Crow."
J. O'Barr's Original Sins / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Promo for "Original Sins #1." Illustrated with a drawing (not the comic cover.)
Wanted: Hitler, Dead or Alive!
Nemesis / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
- Pencils
- Chic Stone [as Stone]
- Inks
- Tom Hickey [as Hickey]
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Nemesis; Grim Reaper; Adolph Hitler; Winston Churchill; Herman Goering; Joseph Goebbels; PFC Steve Flint (Nemesis' human form when he was on Earth, cameo)
- Synopsis
- After viewing an alternate Earth where Germany won World War II, Nemesis goes back to 1940 to help the British with the evacuation at Dunkirk and with the Blitz on London. Later, Nemesis encourages Hitler to attack Russia, and eventually he provides the weapon for Hitler to commit suicide. At the end everything on Earth is back to normal.
- Reprints
-
from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #169 (December 1966 - January 1967)
-
- Keywords
- auto-gyro; Berlin; Blitz; Dunkirk; London; World War II
Indexer Notes
Dunkirk is misspelled as "Dunkerque." There is no explanation whether the activities occur on Earth or on an alternate Earth.
The Case of the Careful Guardian!
Crime Crusader / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Crime Crusader [Jonathan Jones]; Kewpie O'Toole; Butch Hogan; Vivienne Reed; Mr. Barton; Tommy (Barton's nephew); Mrs. Grupe
- Synopsis
- Mr. Barton's nephew threatens to kill him unless he gives him money to pay his gambling debts. The Crime Crusader and Kewpie visit a gambling yacht to see if they can talk to the operators about the nephew's debts.
- Reprints
-
in ACG's Heroes (Avalon Communications, 2002 series) (2002) - from ?
-
- Keywords
- gambling; murder; yacht
The Strange Case of the Black Dragon Gods
The Crash Kid / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Crash Kid [Rusty Adams] (introduction); Pook (Rusty's pal); Ho Lin Fong; Lum Fo (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Crash Kid joins forces with the daughter of a murdered oriental businessman to track down and halt the activities of the Black Dragon Cult.
- Reprints
- from Cannonball Comics (Rural Home, 1945 series) #1 (February 1945)
-
- Keywords
- Chinese cult; death-trap; rubies
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Wanted: Hitler, Dead or Alive!
Nemesis -
1.
From the Creator of "The Crow."
J. O'Barr's Original Sins -
2.
Wanted: Hitler, Dead or Alive!
Nemesis -
3.
The Case of the Careful Guardian!
Crime Crusader -
4.
The Strange Case of the Black Dragon Gods
The Crash Kid -
5.
The Jack Kirby Collector #20
TwoMorrows -
6.
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