The Black Terror
#v2#1 (4)
(November 1943)
Pines,
1942 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-09-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Nedor Publishing Company
- Editing
- Ned Pines (credited as N. L. Pines) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1943 Periodicals, page 361.
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The Black Terror / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)
- Inks
- Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; the Nazis
Indexer Notes
Black Terror and Tim wear no masks on this cover.
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The Black Terror / comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's the most amazing dual role in history...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Captain Jackson; Anton (villain, dress shop employee); un-named lady employee in dress shop (villain); un-named Nazi spies (villains); un-named Japanese spies (villains, many die)
- Synopsis
- A fortune telling and weight machine in the Benton Drugstore eeriely tells correct fortunes, resulting in Jean disappearing in a dress shop.
Indexer Notes
Oddity: On page 2, panel 3, Tim, having gotten wet, is told by Bob Benton to change into his Terror outfit, which he does and is shown in it in panel 4. Yet, in panel 5, he is back in civilian clothes again!
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The Black Terror / comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here comes America's champion of champions...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Harry (young boy); Jim (Policeman); Herr Belz (villain, death); Nazi thugs (villains, some die)
- Synopsis
- As Bob, Tim and Jean watch an Army armored parade, the tanks suddenly start falling apart, and Tim discovers that a group of Nazi saboteurs are responsible. Upon closer investigation of the remains of the tank, Benton discovers termites which have been given human blood and are drugged to work on metal!
- Keywords
- Benton Drug Store
Reindeer Trail
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Chuck Stanley (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Olaf Knutson; Carl Knutson (Olaf's father, fur trapper); Sergeant Tracy (Military Policeman); Big Lawton (villain, fur thief)
- Synopsis
- With his father away, Olaf sees a man with a rifle approaching him, demainding the furs his father has collected. Olaf then goes to the Army Camp at Tanana to see help from Sgt. Tracy.
- Keywords
- Alaska; Tanana
Indexer Notes
A story of Alaska.
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The Black Terror / comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Total war grips America...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Axis gang (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Terror Twins head for Mexico to seek out stolen hemisphere defense plans.
Guilty Color
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Michael O'Brien (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Allan Maynard; Peter Maynard (famed artist, Allan's father); Lester Comstock (villain)
- Synopsis
- Allan is kidnapped and is being held for ransom, When the kidnapper asks the lad to write a letter to his father, attesting to the fact that he was being held prisoner, he asks to make a drawing to accompany his note. The kidnapper never realizes, until it's too late, that the scene drawn by Allan matches a painting once done by his father, and that is how the villain was tracked down.
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The Crime Crushers / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes
- Pencils
- Al Camy [as Camy] (signed)
- Inks
- Al Camy [as Camy] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pull in your ears and grab your hat...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- The Crime Crushers [Steve Barry; Ploopie Carr]; Jackie Nester; Ancil (Jackie's Uncle); Mr. Streeter (death); George Sansom (villain, Streeter's business associate); Helen (villain, Streeter's secretary)
- Synopsis
- Steve and Ploopy are hired to watch a young "brat" and it embroils them in a murder plot that may end their careers.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
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The Black Terror -
1.
["Boy! Oh! Boy!"]
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2.
["Here's the most amazing dual role in history..."]
The Black Terror -
3.
["Here comes America's champion of champions..."]
The Black Terror -
4.
Reindeer Trail
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5.
["Total war grips America..."]
The Black Terror -
6.
Guilty Color
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7.
["Pull in your ears and grab your hat..."]
The Crime Crushers -
8.
I Will Train You at Home For Vital Jobs Now Open in Radio
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9.
["Boys! Free 5 Power Telescope"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Pat Conolly
- Craig Delich
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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