The Black Terror #20

(October 1947)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Black Terror Headliners (Table of Contents: 2)

The Black Terror; Tim; The Scarab / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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 lighted: "You'll Die Laughing", "Trouble Down Mexico Way", and "The Golden Doom".

Double Trouble Down Mexico Way! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Black Terror / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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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 (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Charles S. Strong (credited)

Pencils

? (spot illustration)

Inks

? (spot illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

You'll Die Laughing! (Table of Contents: 5)

The Black Terror / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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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 crroks have stored over $200,000 worth of merchandise, and, to protect it's 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 (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Edward Hasset (credited)

Pencils

? (spot illustration)

Inks

? (spot illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Golden Doom! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

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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 (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Donald Bayne Hobart (credited)

Pencils

? (spot illustration)

Inks

? (spot illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

The Four Thieves of Am-Re! (Table of Contents: 9)

The Scarab / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Ken Battefield

Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

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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 in the year 1445, whose tomb was uncovered by a group of beggars and thieves searching for water. They drank of the potion before their "deaths" and are scheduled to arise again from the dead today!

Indexer Notes

Last appearance in Exciting Comics #48.

This is the Scarab's last appearance.

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Dick Tracy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)