Men of Mystery Comics #79

([May] 2009)

The Wolf-Men of the West (Table of Contents)

Mr. Scarlet / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Phil Bard

Inks:

Phil Bard

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Mr. Scarlet; Pinky; Carl Burke; Ellen

Reprints:

• from Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #19
  (November 1943)

The Beginning (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Flash [Keith Spencer] (Intro, origin); Ricky (Ricky Davis)

Synopsis:

After entertaining crippled children at a circus, he then is asked to tell them how he became Captain Flash. As a professor at an atom lab, one day he accidently unsheathed cobalt rays, which gave him incredible powers, and a young boy named Ricky overheard his good fortune, so Keith Spencer decided to take the boy on as a partner.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Captain Flash (Sterling, 1954 series) #1 (November 1954)

"And why does Mars laugh?" (Table of Contents)

Mysta of the Moon / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Doolin

Inks:

Joe Doolin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Mysta of the Moon; Mysta's robot (intro); Mars, God of War (cameo); Superbrain (intro; death); Bela (intro)

Reprints:

• from Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #36
  (May 1945)

The Elixir of Youth (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]; Caleb Vickrey (first appearance; villain; death)

Reprints:

• from Doll Man (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #24
  (September 1949)

Indexer Notes

Title from original appearance. Original appearance index lists Al Bryant as artist

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jim Mooney

Inks:

Jim Mooney

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Tommy Tomorrow

[Invasion of the Kikoos] (Table of Contents)

The Flame / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flame; The Kikoos [villains, some die]; Monk [villain].

Synopsis:

The Flame has to deal with the wanton killing and robberies staged by a group of weird, spectral creatures called the Kikoo, which came from an island where the government leaders hid them out because of their inferior minds. Unfortunately, led by an evil influence, they are capable of extreme violence, as the Flame discovers.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #7 (November 1939)

Unmasked (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; Mr. Banks; Lizard

Synopsis:

Brenda, thinking that Lizard is dead, reveals to her parents that she's still alive. But Lizard captures her and tries to force her to marry him.

Reprints:

• from The Spirit Section (Register and Tribune Syndicate)

The Moon Creatures (Table of Contents)

Major Midnight / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Leonard Frank

Inks:

Leonard Frank

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Major Midnight [Captain Jim Albright]; Icky Mudd; Professor Edan

Synopsis:

Captain Midnight and his companions are threatened by living rocks with a silica base on the Moon

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Captain Midnight (Fawcett, 1942 series) #50 (April 1947)

Indexer Notes

relettered Captain Midnight story.