([January 2009])
- Editing:
- Bill Black (editor); Mark B. Heike (associate editor)
- Format:
- Black & White; Standard Modern Age U.S; Glossy Cover; White paper interior
Issue Notes
on sale date from comicslistdatabase.com. No date in indicia. Copyright date is 2008.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
from Sure Fire Comics (Ace Magazines, 1940 series) #v1#3[a] (September 1940), #v1#3[a] (September 1940)
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[no title indexed]
Black Terror / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Alex Schomburg
- Inks:
- Alex Schomburg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Black Terror
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from The Black Terror (Standard, 1942 series) #18 (April 1947)
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The Funny Man Murder
Black Terror / comic story / 11 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim; Jean; The Funny Man; Trigger (villain); Ace Crawley (villain
- Synopsis:
- Bob decides to take Tim to the amusement park instead of taking out Jean, but when they enter the "House of Laughs", it's anything but a laughing matter! Especially when it is being used to frame people for murder!
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from The Black Terror (Standard, 1942 series) #21 (January 1948)
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The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil
The Hood / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bob Fujitani
- Inks:
- Bob Fujitani
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Hood [Major Wood]; Rae Herman [his fiancée]; Satan (the Man in the Black Cloak, villain); Harvey Stone [villain, Dies].
- Synopsis:
- The Hood has to face Harvey Stone, a man who sells his soul to the Devil for 10 good years, a man who now has the luck of the Devil, and whose every venture is crowned with success and unspeakable evil.
- Reprints:
- from Cat-Man Comics (Temerson / Helnit / Continental, 1941 series) #v3#1 [26] (September 1944)
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The Secret Six
Doll Man / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ross Andru
- Inks:
- Ross Andru
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Doll Man [Darrell Dane]; Secret Six
- Synopsis:
- Darrel wanders into Chinatown and is nearly captured by a strange group called "The Secret Six," who plan to assassinate a Judge Benton.
- Reprints:
- from Doll Man (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #36 (October 1951)
- from Doll Man (Quality, 1941 series) #36
(October 1951)
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Attention Men of Mystery Readers
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Black
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Announcement touting AC's on-line sales service, newsletter and predicting that AC's future titles may not be available through Diamond Distribution.
["Lightning receives a visit from the old man of the pyraminds"]
Flash Lightning / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harry Lucey
- Inks:
- Harry Lucey
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Flash Lighting; Marcia Rand; Miko the Grand Dictator
- Synopsis:
- Flash must stop a foreign Army that has been hiding in the United States from capturing Fort Holden
- Reprints:
- from Sure Fire Comics (Ace Magazines, 1940 Series) #3 (september 1940)
[Terrapin Aspic]
Lady Luck / comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Pencils:
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Inks:
- Klaus Nordling (signed)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Lady Luck
- Reprints:
- from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #? [1946]
["Here's tonight's box office receipts, Sir."]
The Raven / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- W. E. Rowland
- Inks:
- W. E. Rowland
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Raven [Sgt. Danny Dartin]; Mike Collins; Jack; Captain Lash; Lola Lash; Corvell (villain); Slug Dugan (villain, death)
- Synopsis:
- The robbery of a movie theatre leads the Raven and Lola into perils beyond hope against the Corvel Gang
- Reprints:
- from Sure-Fire Comics (Ace Magazines, 1940 series) #3 (September 1940)
The Thieving Leprechauns
Black Terror / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim; "Two-Sight" Gallagher (villain, death); Waxey Gargon (villain, death)
- Synopsis:
- Superstitious mobster "Two-sight" Gallagher believes in the "little people"....elves and the like, and when one of them plants an amulent on his person, Gallagher believes it to be a good luck charm.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from The Black Terror (Standard, 1942 series) #21 (January 1948)
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Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Black Terror -
1.
The Funny Man Murder
Black Terror -
2.
The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil
The Hood -
3.
The Secret Six
Doll Man -
4.
Attention Men of Mystery Readers
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5.
["Lightning receives a visit from the old man of the pyraminds"]
Flash Lightning -
6.
[Terrapin Aspic]
Lady Luck -
7.
["Here's tonight's box office receipts, Sir."]
The Raven -
8.
The Thieving Leprechauns
Black Terror
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- Lou Mougin
- Bob Hughes
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