Men of Mystery Comics #77

([February] 2009)

The Victory Vampire (Table of Contents)

Minute Man / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Phil Bard

Inks:

Phil Bard

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Count Doolb-Rekcus (first appearance); Leopold von Jurp (villain)

Synopsis:

Minute Man must battle the Nazis who seek to control the castle once belonging to a mysterious, supposedly dead Count...a Count who suddenly re-appears as the Victory Vampire!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #43 (October 1943)

Spiggetti, the Knife-Throwing Saboteur (Table of Contents)

Spy Smasher / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Eve Corby; Ferdie; Dolly; Angelo Spiggetti (villain); Musso (villain)

Synopsis:

Angelo hates the U.S. with a passion for jailing him for 10 years, and he is ordered to attend a Defense Ball in Washington D.C. and kill a specific government official.

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• from Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #26 (January 1942)

Temple of Evil (Table of Contents)

Bulletman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

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Inks:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Lt. Kent; The Prince of Evil (first appearance; villain).

Synopsis:

The Bullet duo must penetrate and overcome a strange, wicked haven run by a monster of ageless corruption, who is dedicated to protect all evil humans, and whose temple is a sanctuary for them.

Reprints:

• from Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #43 (October 1943)
• fom Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #43 (October 1943)

["Abandon ship! Run for your lives!"] (Table of Contents)

Man O'Metal / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Harry G. Peter

Inks:

Harry G. Peter

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Man O'Metal [Pat Demspsey]; Craig Dempsey; Bart Rand (villain)

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• from Heroic Comics (Eastern Color, 1943 series) #19 (July 1943)

["Hey John, I just saw Ilona headed for the shack, she was drenched."] (Table of Contents)

Music Master / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ben Thompson

Inks:

Ben Thompson

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Music Master; Downbeat; Ilona; Hans Miller (villain)

Synopsis:

The Music Master battles fifth columnists who have set up a phony charity for "the war effort".

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• from Heroic Comics (Eastern Color, 1943 series) #19 (July 1943)

Indexer Notes

credited to Jimmy Thompson in reprint

Without a Body (Table of Contents)

Major Midnight / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Leonard Frank

Inks:

Leonard Frank

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Midnight [Captain Albright]; Jim; Ed; Xog (villain)

Synopsis:

Midnight travels to Saturn to track down Xog, who wants to become ruler of the universe, and is ambushed and turned into gas particles.

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• from Captain Midnight (Fawcett, 1942 series) #66 (August 1948)

Indexer Notes

relettered to change the hero's name from Captain Midnight to Major Midnight