Men of Mystery Comics #100

(2016)

Women (Men) of Mystery (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Stephanie Heike

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

The Case of the Swindling Eye! (Table of Contents: 2)

Phantom Lady / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ruth Roche

Pencils

Matt Baker

Inks

Matt Baker

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]

Reprints

• from All Top Comics (Fox, 1946 series) #11 (May 1948) [p. 1 only]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Amazona the Mighty Woman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Toni Blum

Pencils

Alex Blum

Inks

Dan Zolnerowich

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the vast cold reaches of the far north lives Amazona...

Genre

science fiction; adventure

Characters

Amazona (introduction, origin); Blake Manners (newspaperman, explorer, introduction, only appearance); Hennigan (Blake's newspaper Editor, introduction); unnamed cab driver (introduction); gang of jewel robbers (villains, introduction for all, most die)

Synopsis

Amazona and her people, the last survivors of a super race that perished during the last ice age, live in the far north reaches of the Arctic. They are visited by Blake, the only survivor of an exploratory expedition. Wanting to return to America, a land Amazona know nothing about, Blake finds himself accompanied on the trip by Amazona, who is bored with her true home.

Reprints

• from Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #3 (March 1940)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Klaus Nordling

Inks

Klaus Nordling

Letters

?

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Aboard a yacht...

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Woman in Red / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Smith

Inks

Bill Smith

Letters

?

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In the dressing room of Linda Lytell, a noted actress…

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; Linda Lytell (actress); Perry Knight (actor); Tinker (actor, death); Inspector Cavenaugh; unnamed Police Commissioner; Mike (Policeman); The Black Death [Weber] (villain, theatre owner, introduction)

Synopsis

When Perry Knight, supposedly as the Black Death, murders an actor on stage, he is arrested by Inspector Cavenaugh. At the same time, his leading lady, Linda Lytell, is kidnapped. The Woman in Red enters the case to track down the real killer, posing at The Black Death.

Reprints

• from Thrilling Comics (Pines, 1940 series) #v4#1 (10) (November 1940)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Madame Strange / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Chuck Winter

Inks

Chuck Winter

Letters

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Mysterious, beautiful and cloaked with an unknown identity, Madam Strange matches…

Genre

adventure

Characters

Madame Strange (introduction); Bonza (villain, Japanese, introduction, death); Bohlog (villain, introduction); Pedro (villain, introduction, death); Dingo Bill (villain, introduction); Mato (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

As Madam Strange walks the streets of a Hawaiian island, she is shot at, but is able to capture one of the felons, and learns that Bonza, the kingpin of Axis agents, is behind it. If he is successful in overthrowing the island's government and execute its leaders, it means millions to Bohlog.

Reprints

• from Great Comics (Great Comics, 1941 series) #1 (November 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Magician from Mars / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Giunta (signed)

Inks

Malcolm Kildale (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Magician from Mars [Jane Gem35] (introduction, origin); Jane Faro [Gem35] (Earth woman, mother of daughter Jane); Jarl Gem35 (Martian man, father of daughter Jane); Dr. Clinton (introduction); Jane's Aunt (guardian, introduction)

Synopsis

The daughter of a Martian father and human mother is accidentally exposed to the rays of a cathode tube by her nurse which gives her extraordinary powers and advanced mentality. However, her Earthly heritage of affection for blood relatives is her one weakness.

Reprints

• from Amazing Man Comics (Centaur, 1939 series) #7 (November 1939)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Fantomah / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

W. B. Hovious

Pencils

George Appel

Inks

George Appel

Letters

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Fantomah and her stalwart captain of the guards leave the lost city of Khefra...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Fantomah; Fury (a leopard); Horus (Captain of the Guards); The Mzilis (an African tribe); Ghazia (villain, Priestess of Nekbi); Koba (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

Ghazia continues to plot to seize Fantomah's throne, so Fantomah calls on the vulture goddess to save her and Horus from being burned at the stake.

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #30 (June 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Miss Victory / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Saul Rosen

Inks

Saul Rosen

Letters

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Not even Joan Wayne, in her powerful identity as Miss Victory, could stem the tide...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Miss Victory [Joan Wayne]; General Conover; Black Zagar (villain); Zagar's gang [Marlowe; rest unnamed] (villains)

Synopsis

A nationwide crime wave and the authorities inability to combat it draw Miss Victory into the fray when asked by General Conover. She discovers that the crime wave was only a decoy while a sly gang robbed the Federal Reserve Bank.

Reprints

• from Captain Aero Comics (Temerson / Helnit / Continental, 1941 series) #26 (August 1946)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Spider Queen / comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks

Arturo Cazeneuve

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A band of vicious racketeers, by means of threats, torture, and kidnapping, is forcing small store keepers...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spider Queen [Shannon Kane]; Detective Mike O'Bell; group of racketeers (villains)

Synopsis

Spider Queen must battle a vicious group of racketeers who, by means of threats, torture and kidnapping, is forcing small store keepers to sign over their shops.

Reprints

• from The Eagle (Fox, 1941 series) #3 (November 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

The Blue Lady / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Frollo (signed)

Inks

Frank Frollo (signed)

Letters

?

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Lucille Martin is the name of an adventurous novelist, who is on a homeward voyage from China…

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Blue Lady [Lucille Martin] (novelist, introduction, origin); Larry Grant (Lucille's sweetheart, introduction); Lotus (faithful maid of Chin Liang, introduction, death); unnamed banker (introduction, death); Sing Thang (introduction); Chinese gangsters [Lee; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Novelist Lucille Martin is on a boat headed home from China where she was getting proper atmosphere for her new novel, when the maid of Chin Liang informs her that she is carrying a valuable jade idol to New York for her master, and that three enemy agents are on board to stop her. The maid, soon to die, gives Lucille a "Bluebird" ring and the idol to deliver to America. Once home, Lucille finds her home ransacked and the idol missing. When she accidentally drops the ring and steps on it, a mysterious gas is emitted which gives Lucille Martin super-powers, which she uses to retrieve the idol.

Reprints

• from Amazing Man Comics (Centaur, 1939 series) #24 (October 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Connie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Godwin (signed)

Pencils

Frank Godwin (signed)

Inks

Frank Godwin (signed)

Letters

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Connie has been captured by Ko Lin and taken to the yellow flagship…

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Connie Kurridge; Jack Brown; Dr. Chrono; Ko Lin (villain); Ko-Wai-Kong (villain, torturer)

Synopsis

Connie, commander of the United Military Forces, has been captured by the nefarious Ko Lin and sent to the torture chamber. Jack and Dr. Chrono succeed in freeing her from her captors, but are quickly followed in space ships...which Chrono manages to hurl back into time with his time machine.

Reprints

• from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #91 (January 15 1942)
which is reprinted
• from Connie Sunday (Ledger Syndicate) 1937-01-31 - 1937-02-21 [modified for reprint]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

USA, the Spirit of Old Glory / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Maurice Gutwirth (signed)

Inks

Maurice Gutwirth (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The plans of the U.S. defenses are closely guarded...

Genre

superhero

Characters

USA; unnamed U.S. Secretary of War (introduction); Linden (villain, government draftsman, introduction); Unger (villain, introduction); unnamed spies (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

A corrupt government draftsman attempts to steal the plans of U.S. defenses, but USA throws a monkey wrench into that plan.

Reprints

• from Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #44 (May 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Camilla / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (house name)

Pencils

Nick Cardy

Inks

Nick Cardy

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Camilla, queen of the jungle, sets out to visit an old friend...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; unnamed tribal woman (introduction); Trader Davis (old friend of Camilla's, introduction); Toyo (villain, a monkey, introduction); The Renegade (villain, introduction); Renegade's gang (villains, group of bandits, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Camilla saves her old friend, Trader Davis, from a water buffalo. She learns a native tribe, led my a white man, has attacked his trading post, stealing guns and ammunition with the purpose of stealing a village's ivory and its men. Camilla rescues the the men and recovers their ivory.

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #35 (November 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Pat Parker / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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As the city of London sleeps -- slinking invaders prepare an insidious disease...

Genre

adventure; war; medical; superhero

Characters

Pat Parker; Fritz (villain, death); unnamed Nazi leader (villain); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis

Hearing the words of a dying patient in a London war hospital spurs Pat to head to a hidden cove on the English coast, where she spies a German sub surfacing. She follows the Nazis to London's water supply and notes they are about to pollute the water with cholera germs. She destroys them with fire, then follows the sub towards Germany, and captures it single-handedly.

Reprints

• from Speed Comics (Harvey, 1941 series) #15 (November 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Russell Stamm (signed)

Pencils

Russell Stamm (signed)

Inks

Russell Stamm (signed)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Scarlet entered the apartment unseen...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; detective-mystery; superhero

Characters

Invisible Scarlet O'Neill; Paul Itch (Ivan's twin brother); Ivan Itch (villain); Shiltz (villain); Iltz (villain)

Synopsis

Shiltz and Iltz come to see Ivan and discover that the two plan to destroy the aeronautics plant where Iva's twin brother is stationed. They plan for Ivan to take Paul's place at the plant and destroy it from within, but Scarlet invisibly follows them and is unknowingly knocked into a well.

Reprints

• from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #91 (January 15 1942)
which is reprinted
• from Invisible Scarlet O'Neil daily (The Chicago Times) 1941-01-xx - 1941-01-xx

The Case of the Photo Crimes (Table of Contents: 17)

Black Cat / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Powell

Inks

Bob Powell

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick (newspaperman); unnamed Naval Lieutenant (introduction, death); Greenway (villain, film director, introduction, death); female movie extra (villain, introduction, death); unnamed stdio electrician (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Filming on Linda Turner's latest film is halted until the arrival of a Naval officer, who happens to be carrying a briefcase of photos and secret gun emplacements. Later, when Linda and Rick discover the officer dead and papers stolen, the Black Cat goes into action to track down the culprits involved.

Reprints

• from Speed Comics (Harvey, 1941 series) #27 (July 1943)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Lady Fairplay / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Ryan (signed)

Inks

Jack Ryan (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The incredible feats of Lady Fairplay during the past few weeks...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Lady Fairplay [Mary Lee] (school teacher); Clem Jones (old man); Emmy Jones (old man's wife); the Loathers (villains); Loather's servant (villain)

Synopsis

Mary is out for a drive after classes were over when it starts to rain. As she puts up the convertible top on her car, she sees an old man reeking of alcohol who says that he has escaped from a nearby home run by the Loathers. When he tells her that there have been six mysterious deaths at the home due to various accidents, Mary decides that Lady Fairplay should look into the matter, discovering that the Loather's were arranging accidents on their clients to collect their insurance.

Reprints

• from Bang-Up Comics (Progressive Publishers, 1941 series) #2 (March 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Miss America / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Maurice Kashuba

Pencils

Elmer Wexler

Inks

Elmer Wexler

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Joan Dale, (Miss America) endowed with the magical powers of the Statue of Liberty...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Tim Healy (of the FBI); The Moth (villain, introduction, death); Moth's gang (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Miss America faces a non-costumed silk thief who uses cards that burst into flames when thrown.

Reprints

• from Military Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #7 (February 1942) [reprint in black and white]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Wildfire / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Turner

Pencils

Jim Mooney (signed)

Inks

Jim Mooney (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When her parents died in a great forest fire Carol Vance was given the power to use flames…

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wildfire [Carol Vance Martin]; Mickey Keene (movie star); kidnappers [Slippery; Red Coles; others unnamed](villains)

Synopsis

Criminals try to kidnap young movie star Micky Keene and Carol Martin in Snow Valley to hold them for ransom, but Wildfire foils their plans.

Reprints

• from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #31 (February 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Queen of Evil / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Alex Andrea

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Harry Lucey

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What hideous hands of death came clutching at the throats of those...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; crime

Characters

The Queen of Evil [Nagana] (villain, sorceress); Kalkor [The Avenger of Wrongs]; Sir Henry Booke; Karknov (scientist, death); Athor the Egyptian (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

Sir Henry tells his fellow scientists that Nagana can restore the evil Athor to life, but she warns that they might not be pleased with him. Rising from the dead, Athor displays the sacred ruby, which one of the scientists wants badly, and it costs him his life. When Kalkor appears and fights with Athor, the ruby falls to the floor; Nagana grabs it and vanishes, an act that will unleash a terrible demon unless the ruby is returned to Athor.

Reprints

• from V...- Comics (Fox, 1942 series) #2 (March 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Lady Satan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ralph Mayo

Inks

Ralph Mayo

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Perhaps I am the only person in the world today who is a master of the art of black magic…

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero; horror-suspense

Characters

Lady Satan [Marietta Chesler]; The Shadow People; three unnamed children; werewolf (villain, death)

Synopsis

Lady Satan encounters three children that are under the control of a werewolf who turns them into werewolves and who attack her. She fends them off using her Xanda Powder, the calls up the Shadow People to lead her to the madman responsible so that she can end his reign of terror.

Reprints

• from Red Seal Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1945 series) #17 (July 1946)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Pat Patriot / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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War! Paramount in the minds of men today…

Genre

superhero

Characters

Pat Patriot [Patricia Patrios]; Delznic (movie producer); Keef (guard on the set); Mr. Reynolds (Boy Scout leader); Walter Mills (villain, actor); Fritz Haubner (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

Miss Patriot is invited on set to watch a new war movie being made called "Fight to Die," and meets the star of the movie, who has fallen for her. However, little does Pat know that the star of the film is in on a Nazi plot to sabotage the nearby aircraft plant.

Reprints

• from Daredevil Comics (Lev Gleason, 1941 series) #8 (March 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

The Sorceress of Zoom / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Don Rico

Inks

Don Rico

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Zoom is a magic city that appears and disappears at the will of its ruler...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Sorceress of Zoom; Tom; Janice; The Stranger

Reprints

• from Weird Comics (Fox, 1940 series) #1 (April 1940)