The Black Terror #16

(October 1946)

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Dan Gordon

Inks

Dan Gordon

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here They Are Folks!

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover.

Illustrated house advertisement for the books available that month from Visual Editions, Inc., including: It Really Happened, Barnyard Comics, Mystery Comics, Wonder Comics, The Black Terror, America's Best Comics, Happy Comics, Goofy Comics, The Fighting Yank, Real Life Comics, Thrilling Comics, Coo Coo, and Startling Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Black Terror / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Suchorsky

Inks

Mike Suchorsky

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

CC-780

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Amidst winking lights and jostling crowds...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Nemo (freak show living skeleton); Dr. Titus (freak show sword swallower); Tim Thumb (freak show midget); Margie Bannerman (daughter of Mr. Bannerman); Mr. Bannerman (Margie's father, freak show owner); Jim Tuttle (villain, freak show owner, introduction); Tuttle's gang [Tony (knife thrower); rest un-named] (villains)

Synopsis

Two rival freak shows erupt into a real rivalry when one has its sideshow attractions walk out because they can't get paid, and another takes matters into his own hands to make sure the rival company fails.

Keywords

Benton Drug Store

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

The Black Terror / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

CC-615

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out of the little known Amazon jungles...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Dr. Carleton (introduction); Waddell (villain, introduction); other un-named criminals (villains, introduction for all); Vakupis (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

The Terror Twins, alert to the fact that Dr. Carleton has made an amazing discovery while searching for Vakupi relics in Brazil, run into a gang of crooks wanting that secret.

Keywords

Benton Drug Store; Vakupi Tribe

Sound of Guilt (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gerald Devers (credited)

Pencils

? (spot illustration)

Inks

? (spot illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Characters

Danny Kelly (son of Police officer); Sergeant Kelly (Danny's father); Mr. Clark (grocery store owner); Joe Smith (villain)

Synopsis

Danny smells a rat when he enters the local grocery store and a strange man is behind the counter. He later proves his point to his father, who is brought onto the scene.

[Making Faces] (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Ugh / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harris Steinbrook (signed)

Inks

Harris Steinbrook (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

AC-588

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Ugh (Indian boy, introduction); Ugh's mother (introduction); un-named Indian boy (introduction); un-named Indian boy's mother (introduction)

Synopsis

The two boys decide to made faces and gestures at one another, while throwing trying to act innocent to their respective mothers. But Little Ugh gets revenge in the end.

Indexer Notes

Only appearance?

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

The Black Terror / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Moritz

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

CC-806

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A groups of self-seeking men aims to use our returning soldiers...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jimmy (soldier, friend of Bob Benton); The Patriotic Americans (villains, introduction for all); Fritz Von Schlye (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

The Terror Twins must battle a group of self-seeking men who seek to use returning soldiers as a spearhead to set up a Fascist America!

Keywords

Benton Drug Store; Casey's Grove

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

Cave Man Kenny / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harris Steinbrook (signed)

Inks

Harris Steinbrook (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

AC-440

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, son, you did very well on your first hunting trip...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Cave Man Kenny (introduction); Kenny's father (introduction)

Synopsis

Kenny successfully completes his hunting trip, but the survival training mystifies him until he gets a brilliant idea!

Keywords

Opal Match Company

Indexer Notes

Only appearance?

Mountain Climbers (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Charles S. Strong (credited)

Pencils

? (spot illustration)

Inks

? (spot illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Arthur Jackson (a Sea Scout); David Bradley

Synopsis

A Sea Scout and his friend attempt to scale a mountain, but a slippery slope spells danger until his training in the Scouts saves the day.

Keywords

Mount Paulson

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

Crime Crushers / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

CC-646

First Line of Dialogue or Text

They call themselves the 'we-do-it' boys...

Genre

adventure; crime

Characters

Crime Crushers [Steve Barry; Ploopie Carr]; un-named landlord; R.D. Robinson (industrialist, introduction); Robinson (villain, R.D.'s brother, counterfeiter, introduction); un-named counterfeiters (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Steve and Ploopie's business is spiraling downhill and there is no money available to pay their rent. When an apparently rich man sends them on an errand and they are paid $50 for their efforts, they are high on the hog: until they discover the bill is counterfeit!

Navajo Boy (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Sam Brant (credited)

Pencils

? (spot illustration)

Inks

? (spot illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Young Eagle (young Navaho Indian); Eddie Foster; George; Alvin

Synopsis

Eddie and his friends ride out one day to investigate some ancient Navaho cliff dwellings, when they discover that they've lost their horses overnight.

[Missing Shoe] (Table of Contents: 11)

Samuel Spaniel / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

AC-631

Genre

humor

Characters

Samuel (a dog); Samuel's owner

Synopsis

Samuel's owner is looking for a lost shoe and when he finds it, Samuel is in for trouble!

What's My Job? - I Manufacture Weaklings into Men! (Table of Contents: 12)

Charles Atlas / advertisement / pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Charles Atlas (photo)

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from Charles Atlas promoting his patented system of "Dynamic Tension."

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

Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?; ? (photo)

Inks

?; ? (photo)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's Fun to Ride a Schwinn-Built Bicycle

Indexer Notes

Found on the back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from the Arnold, Schwinn and Company, requesting readers send in the coupon for a free movie star bicycle folder, which pictures famous stars riding their Schwinn bikes.