Golden-Age Men of Mystery #5

(1997)

About This Issue... (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bill Black (signed)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Black Terror

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Comments on the issue and a large illustration of the Black Terror.

The Red Hand of Terror (Table of Contents)

Avenger / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Dick Ayers [as Ayers] (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ayers [as Ayers] (signed); Bill Black (art reconstruction)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Avenger

Reprints:

• from The Avenger (Magazine Enterprises, 1955 series) #1 (February-March 1955) [originally in color; in black and white]

Death Stalks at Night (Table of Contents)

Miss Masque / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?; Bill Black (art reconstruction)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Miss Masque

Reprints:

• from America's Best Comics (Standard, 1942 series) #27 (August 1948)

The Brute of the Bayou (Table of Contents)

Black Terror / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson

Inks:

Mort Meskin; Bill Black (art reconstruction)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Black Terror; Tim

Reprints:

• from The Black Terror (Standard, 1942 series) #26 (April 1949)

The Wandering Evidence (Table of Contents)

Red Rocket / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Plastino ?

Inks:

Al Plastino ?; Mark Heike (art reconstruction)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Red Rocket

Reprints:

• from Phantom Lady (Ajax; Farrell, 1954 series) #4 (June 1955)

The Actor (Table of Contents)

Captain Flash / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

?; Chris Allen (art reconstruction); Bill Black (art reconstruction)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Captain Flash

Reprints:

• from Captain Flash (Sterling, 1954 series) #2 (March 1955)

Indexer Notes

Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)

The Story behind the Cover (Table of Contents)

Miss Masque; The Avenger / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Black

Pencils:

Dick Ayers; Mark Heike

Inks:

Dick Ayers; Mark Heike

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Miss Masque; The Avenger

Indexer Notes

Text story with events leading up to the cover scene.

[Origin of Mr. Mystic] (Table of Contents)

Mr. Mystic / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell

Pencils:

Bob Powell [as S. R. Powell] (signed)

Inks:

Bob Powell; Bill Black (art reconstruction)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Mr. Mystic (origin)

Synopsis:

Recovering in a hospital from being slugged, Mr. Mystic tells a nurse about his escape from Warsaw, Poland, and how he ended up in Tibet, where seven Lamas gave him the gift of magic. Mr. Mystic sends his nurse to recover some important papers, but she is captured by spies and he has to send his astral form to defeat the spies.

Reprints:

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/9/1942 (August 9th, 1942)

Keywords:

hospital; Lamas; magic; Nazis; nurse; spies; telepathy; Tibet; Warsaw

Remembering Dan Barry (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Black

Pencils:

Dan Barry

Inks:

Dan Barry

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Flash Gordon; Bulletman (cameo); Captain Midnight; Commando Yank; Airboy (cameo); Toyboy

Indexer Notes

A summary of the comics work of Dan Barry, who died earlier in the year. Illustrated with several panel reprints.

AC Back Issues! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

(various)

Inks:

(various)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Promo for back issues of AC Comics.

Dedicated to the Preservation of the History of American Comics (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

(various)

Inks:

(various)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Promo for back issues of Golden-Age Greats from AC Comics.