The Black Terror
#20
(October 1947)
Pines,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-08-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Visual Editions Inc.
- Editing
- Ned Pines (editor)
Issue Notes
Order corrected and text stories added by Gary Watson, June 2008.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 51.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 51.
[no title indexed]
The Black Terror / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
- Inks
- Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Jean Starr
- Reprints
in 
Black Terror Headliners
The Black Terror; Tim; The Scarab / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ralph Mayo (signed)
- Inks
- Ralph Mayo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; The Scarab [Peter Ward]
Indexer Notes
The titles of the three Black Terror stories are listed: "You'll Die Laughing", "Trouble Down Mexico Way", and "The Golden Doom".
Double Trouble Down Mexico Way!
The Black Terror / comic story / 11 pages
- Job Number
- CC-1086
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Diego Romero; Mexican Black Terror [Porfirio Juarez Rivera]; Mexican Tim [Miguel]; Manuel (villain, bank robber); Jose Fernando (villain, bank robber)
- Synopsis
- Two reporters in Mexico witness the robbery of a bank, then the appearance of The Black Terror and Tim to take on the crooks. Photos of this event make their way into print in USA newspapers, and Bob and Tim are surprised to see "themselves" in Mexico, knowing they were never there. An investigation confirms the existence of their "doubles", as the fun begins rounding up the crooks.
- Keywords
- Benton Drug Store; Mexico; Teoquilta
Indexer Notes
Corrected story location by Craig Delich.
Circus Lad
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Charles S. Strong (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
You'll Die Laughing!
The Black Terror / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; J. Mortimer Gates (head of Gates Drug Company); Bongo (a gorilla); Gloom (villain); Mugs (villain)
- Synopsis
- Two crooks have stored over $200,000 worth of merchandise, and, to protect its location, seek to murder the owner aboard his yacht, "The Senegal".
- Keywords
- Aldehyde Derivities; Benton Drug Store; Paraldehyde; The Bulletin
Indexer Notes
Corrected story location by Craig Delich.
Splash is a double-page spread.
Smuggler Plot
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Edward Hasset (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- crime
Golden Doom!
The Black Terror / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- CC-644
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Dr. Jack Sloan (Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry); Tom Sloan (Sloan's nephew); Rocks Barnick (villain); Barnick's gang (villains)
- Synopsis
- Dr. Sloan picks up some chemical from the Benton Drug Store to finalize a test of his to see if the good doctor can actually make gold!
- Keywords
- Benton Drug Store; Midvale
Lucky for the Law
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Donald Bayne Hobart (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
The Four Thieves of Am-Re!
The Scarab / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- CC-342
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Scarab [Peter Ward] (an archeologist); Akh-Tu (Scarab's black cat); un-named Egyptian (narrator); a tribe of religious fanatics; a group of four beggars and thieves [Ahmed; rest un-named] (villains, also in flashback, all die)
- Synopsis
- An old Egyptian tells Peter a story of a strange secret potion of weird power that was buried in the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Am-Re, whose tomb was uncovered by a group of beggars and thieves searching for water in the year 1445. They drank of the potion before their "deaths" and are scheduled to arise again from the dead this month!
Indexer Notes
Last appearance in Exciting Comics #48.
This is the Scarab's last appearance.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Black Terror -
1.
["Which of These Exciting Books Do You Want?"]
-
2.
Black Terror Headliners
The Black Terror; Tim; The Scarab -
3.
Double Trouble Down Mexico Way!
The Black Terror -
4.
Circus Lad
-
5.
You'll Die Laughing!
The Black Terror -
6.
Smuggler Plot
-
7.
Golden Doom!
The Black Terror -
8.
Lucky for the Law
-
9.
The Four Thieves of Am-Re!
The Scarab -
10.
["Calling All Dick Tracy Fans!"]
Dick Tracy -
11.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Pat Conolly
- Shad Z. Daly
- Craig Delich
- Katy Hayhurst
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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