(1996)

AC, 1996 Series
 
Price
5.95 USD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
AC Comics
Brand
AC Comics [straight, star in A]
Editing
Bill Black (editor); Ray Krank (original editor)

Issue Notes

This is a flip book in the sense that the back cover and inside back cover are flipped but there is no flipped story content.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Avenger / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Bob Powell
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avenger [Roger Wright]

Indexer Notes

Main character image is copied from splash page of sequence "The Playtime Perils!" in The Avenger (Magazine Enterprises, 1955 Series) #4 (August-September 1955). Backgrounds are different.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avenger; Paul S. Newman / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Black; Peter Tibble
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Avenger was the only super-hero published by Magazine Enterprises and was one of the very few created in the 1950's.
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Paul S. Newman (photo); Bill Black (photo)
Synopsis
Discusses the mostly uncredited but extremely prolific comic book career of writer Paul S. Newman, connecting his work with the subject of this book, the Avenger.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Rust on the Iron Curtain (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Bob Powell
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Reprints

The Invader from the Sea (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell (signed)
Inks
Bob Powell (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Who Is He? (Table of Contents: 4)

The Avenger / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Black ?
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Dick Ayers
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Reprint panels with new lettering to retell Avenger's origin story.

[The Avenger pin-up] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Avenger / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)
Inks
Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avenger [Roger Wright]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Two-page centerfold pin-up of The Avenger saving a woman from a runaway speedboat.
After first page of "Who Is He?".

Peril at Devil's Kitchen (Table of Contents: 6)

Strong Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell (signed)
Inks
Bob Powell (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Reprints

The Metal Menace (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils
Bob Powell (signed)
Inks
Bob Powell (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Blast from the Past! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Torn Between the Woman He's Vowed to Save... and the Enemy He's Sworn to Kill! (Table of Contents: 9)

Sentinels of Justice / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avenger; The Player
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Flipped format.
Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Avenger
  2. 1. ["The Avenger was the only super-hero published by Magazine Enterprises and was one of the very few created in the 1950's."]
    The Avenger; Paul S. Newman
  3. 2. Rust on the Iron Curtain
    The Avenger
  4. 3. The Invader from the Sea
    The Avenger
  5. 4. Who Is He?
    The Avenger
  6. 5. [The Avenger pin-up]
    The Avenger
  7. 6. Peril at Devil's Kitchen
    Strong Man
  8. 7. The Metal Menace
    The Avenger
  9. 8. Blast from the Past!
  10. 9. Torn Between the Woman He's Vowed to Save... and the Enemy He's Sworn to Kill!
    Sentinels of Justice
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore