The Black Terror
#18
(April 1947)
Pines,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-02-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Visual Editions Inc.
- Editing
- Ned Pines (credited as N. L. Pines) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 51.
Pines is credited as President in the indicia, and as Editor in the Statement of Ownership.
Pines is credited as President in the indicia, and as Editor in the Statement of Ownership.
[no title indexed]
The Black Terror / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]
- Reprints
-
in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #76 ([January 2009])
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[no title indexed]
The Black Terror / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- CC-676
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What is this strange and terrible malady...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jear Starr; Dr. Stephen Hardwick (a bacteriologist); Monahan (Policeman); "Brains" Smiler (villain, death); Smiler's mob (villains)
- Synopsis
- Bob, Tim and Jean are having a picnic when they hear a noice and investigate, finding a broken window in a shack laboratory and a man shot inside. The man, a Doctor Hardwick, has been studying a rare and mysterious disease for years, called Lata, which paralyzes a portion of the brain so that the victim imitates everything said or done by another. Now the reseach has been stolen!
- Keywords
- Lata
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The Black Terror / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- CC-685
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When a vicious plot threatens disaster...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr (mention only); un-named old woman; woman's son; Armando (villain); other criminals (villains)
- Synopsis
- Bob and Tim are in the process of delivering a prescription to an address when they hear screams from the house. Inside is an old woman who says she is hearing voices, telling her to surrender a package mailed to the house from her supposedly dead son.
Bigger and Better
comic story / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- Ac-885
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- A girl; her date
- Synopsis
- A man brings his girl a surprise box of chocolates, and as he gestures his intentions, she continues to eat and grow larger.....until he is shoved off the couch!
Young Puzzlesmith
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Edward Hassett (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Douglas Allen; Police Lieutenant Garry McMann; The Ghost [Dutch Galvin] (villain, a kidnapper)
- Synopsis
- Douglas worked at his father's company that helped make new types of games and created various types of puzzles. He was working late one night on a puzzle idea of his own when a knock at the door allowed a kidnapper to enter. But his quick thinking allowed a Policeman friend of his to eventually locate and save the lad.
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The Black Terror / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- CC-650
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The frozen wastes of the far north...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Killer Hearn (villain); Hearn's gang [Butch; others un-named] (villains)
- Synopsis
- On their way to General Hospital to deliver some medicine, Bob and Tim hear about the escape of Killer Hearn from prison, and come face-to-face with Kearn, who, with his gang, rob the institution of a million dollars in radium.
- Keywords
- Royal Mounted Police
Hour of Peril
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Charles S. Strong (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- George Miller (lawyer, Harry's father); Harry Miller; Jake Foster (villain); Marvin Diercks (villain)
- Synopsis
- George is very concerned that enemies of his lawyer father might strike at them in their isolated suburban home.......and he is right!!!
[no title indexed]
Oompah / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Don Christiensen [as Don Arr] (signed)
- Inks
- Don Christiensen [as Don Arr] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes sir--wild animal beasts better not let mighty Oompah get 'em!
- Genre
- humor; jungle
- Characters
- Oompah; Mr. Socrates (an owl)
- Synopsis
- Oompah is tracking down wild and fierce jungle beasts, feigning bravery, but has to secure the services of Socrates in order to find out why the beasts avoid him.
Foiled Again
comic story / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- CC-984
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- a magician; a crook (villain)
- Synopsis
- A magician uses an unusual method of dealing with a hold-up man.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.5 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
The Statement of Ownership lists N. L. Pines as Editor and H. L. Herbert as Business Manager.
Just Lucky
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Donald Bayne Hobart (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tom Carson (trail boss); Danny Small; Jack Adams (a wrangler); Matt (the cook); cattle rustlers (villains)
- Synopsis
- Danny is hired on as a hand for the Diamond A as six waddies were driving some cattle, and he was said to bring the outfit luck. They needed it, because, up ahead in the mountainous country, were cattle rustlers who were just waiting for them!
- Keywords
- The Diamond A
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The Crime Crushers / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- CC-553
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When a big time gambler decides to...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- The Crime Crushers [Steve Barry; Ploopie Carr]; Astrophel (a horse); J. V. Williams (owner of Astrophel); Jane Williams) (William's daughter); George; band of gamblers (villains)
- Synopsis
- Ploopie is driving Steve nuts making animal imitations while his partner tries to read. When Steve remarks one imitation was right on the money, they discover the sound was made by a real horse....a race horse that some bettors are trying to put out of commission so that the nag they've bet on, Zombie wins instead.
- Keywords
- Laurel Downs Race Track
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
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The Black Terror -
1.
They're All Winners!
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2.
["What is this strange and terrible malady..."]
The Black Terror -
3.
["When a vicious plot threatens disaster..."]
The Black Terror -
4.
Bigger and Better
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5.
[no title indexed]
Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
6.
Young Puzzlesmith
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7.
["The frozen wastes of the far north..."]
The Black Terror -
8.
Hour of Peril
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9.
["Yes sir--wild animal beasts better not let mighty Oompah get 'em!"]
Oompah -
10.
Foiled Again
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11.
[no title indexed]
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12.
Just Lucky
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13.
["When a big time gambler decides to..."]
The Crime Crushers -
14.
I Will Show You How to Learn Radio by Practicing in Spare Time
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15.
["The eagle on the quarter says,.........."]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Pat Conolly
- Craig Delich
- Michael Hoskin
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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