Men of Mystery Comics #78

([March] 2009)

[Crime Convention] (Table of Contents)

Manhunter / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Reed Crandall

Inks:

Reed Crandall

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Corky (villain); Spike (villain); Rocks Hannigan (villain); "Eagle Eyes" Connor (villain); "Ears" McSorley (villain); "Bone Crusher" Wilson (villain)

Synopsis:

Rocks Hannigan calls for a convention of crooks in Beach City with the aim of rubbing out Manhunter and his dog.

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• from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #25 (December 1943)

["The wail of police sirens echo through the canyons of Manhattan"] (Table of Contents)

Jester / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Jester [Chuck Lane]; McGinty; Dutch (villain); Miss Weston; Caraso (villain)

Synopsis:

When the Police are unable to catch gambling joint owner Caraso with the proper evidence of his activities, the Jester goes into action to prove their case.

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• from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #34 (July 1942)

["On her way east, Carol stops off for some sightseeing at the great oil fields of the southwest"] (Table of Contents)

Wildfire / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Turner

Pencils:

Jim Mooney

Inks:

Jim Mooney

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wildfire [Carol Vance Martin]; Big Tom (villain); Old Ben

Synopsis:

Wildfire, while visiting oil fields in the southwest, stumbles upon a murder. But Big Tom, the man behind the killing, thinks his liquid air gun will stop her.

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• from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #30 (January 1942)

[A Flea] (Table of Contents)

Lady Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lady Luck; Peecolo; Bruce Banks; Helga; Professor Pulek; Lady Luck Patrol

Synopsis:

The Professor uses his flea circus to spread bubonic plague.

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• from Spirit Section (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series)

[Captain Krass's Double] (Table of Contents)

The Marksman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell ?

Pencils:

Ed Cronin

Inks:

Ed Cronin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Marksman [Major Hurtz]; Vorka; Captain Krass (villain); John Powell

Synopsis:

Captain Krass schemes to replace an American pilot who was caught trying to steal an English plane with Major Hurtz, who he intends to send to America as a spy. But Hurtz, as the Marksman, has other plans.

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• from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #34 (July 1942)

Quality Comics (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Black

Letters:

typeset

[The Lone Shark] (Table of Contents)

Red Torpedo / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

H. C. Kiefer

Inks:

H. C. Kiefer

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Red Torpedo [Roy Larkin]; The Lone Shark (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis:

The Torpedo must battle a crafty sea marauder who uses a powerful vacuum cup device to attach his craft to another, then boards it and plunders.

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• from Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #5 (September 1940)

A Million Dollar Corpse (Table of Contents)

Doll Man / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Spranger

Inks:

John Spranger

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; the Undertaker (villain)

Synopsis:

After stealing a fabulously valuable diamond from a display at a local museum, the Undertaker decides to hide the gem in the corpse of one of his men and obtain it later when the heat is off.

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• from Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #123 (June 1948)

The Voice of Russia (Table of Contents)

T-Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

W. G. Hargis

Inks:

W. G. Hargis

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

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• from T-Man (Quality Comics, 1951 series) #11 (May 1953)

[Introducing the Unknown] (Table of Contents)

The Unknown / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ted Udall [as Ted]

Pencils:

Bernie Klein (signed)

Inks:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Unknown (first appearance); Herr Baboon (villain)

Synopsis:

The Unknown helps the Comitajis against Herr Baboon by capturing a munitions train and preventing the older people from being used as human shields by the Nazis.

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• from National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #23 (June 1942)