The Black Terror #23

(June 1948)

The Eye of the Lady Serpent! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script:

Jerry Robinson ?; Mort Meskin ?

Pencils:

Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)

Inks:

Jerry Robinson [as Robinson] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B-172

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Sergeant Mac Gooligan; un-named prison matron; un-named prison Warden (death); Office Schanz (death); Maharajah of Argozil; Lady Serpent (villain); Serpent's gang (villains, three die)

Synopsis:

The Terror Twins must track down the Lady Serpent, who has just broken out of jail, killing the Warden, and who likely has her sights set of the million dollars worth of jewels being brought to town by the Maharajah od Argozil.

Reprints:

• in Black Terror Comics (Better Publications of Canada, 1948 series) #23 (June 1948)
• in Golden-Age Mystery Men (AC, 1996 series) #1 (April 1996)
which is reprinted
• in Hip Comics (Windmill Comics, 2009 series) #19189 (oktober 2016)
• in Black's Terror Tales (AC, 2003 series) #1 ([July] 2003)
• in Golden Titans (Univers Comics, 2009 series) #2 (novembre 2009)
• in Vixens, Vamps & Vipers (Exterminating Angel Press, 2014 series) (2014)

Keywords:

Benton Drug Store

Indexer Notes

Robinson and Meskin sometimes re-wrote scripts and often switched off on the pencil and ink chores. Jim Amash and others agree that this example was Meskin pencils and Robinson inks (per Alter Ego #111 for July, 2012).

The Road To Revenge! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B-229

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Buzz Mikola (newsboy, Danny's brother); Mrs. Nikola (Danny and Buzz's mother); Mr. Nikola (Policeman, Danny and Buzz's father, death, image only); Danny Nikola (villain, death); Krafty (villain, death); Krafty's gang (villains)

Synopsis:

Young Danny Nikola is too involved with the wrong kind of friends, and ends up on the opposite side of the law. But when his brother is easily swayed into helping the gang steal some uncut diamonds, the Terror Twins step in to put a halt to the matter.

Reprints:

• in Black Terror Comics (Better Publications of Canada, 1948 series) #23 (June 1948)

Keywords:

Benton Drug Store; Lily's Roadhouse

Young Deerhunter's Trail (Table of Contents: 3)

Deerhunter / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Charles Stewart (credited)

Pencils:

Vic Prezio [as Prezie] (spot illustrations) (signed)

Inks:

Vic Prezie [as Prezie] (spot illustrations) (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Deerhunter (Yellowknife Indian boy); Deerhunter's mother; Constable Paul Miller; McTavish

Synopsis:

Constable Miller stops by Deerhunter's abode and asks if there is one of their young men capable of being a guide, and the young boy volunteers to help Miller loacte old man McTavish.

Keywords:

Ash Creek; Mackenzie River; Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Danger In the Air! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson (signed); Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks:

Jerry Robinson (signed); Mort Meskin (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B-256

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Joe Subrini (acrobat); Nellie (villain, acrobat, reforms, death); Bojo (villain, former knifethrower, now lion tamer); Pippo (villain, reforms)

Synopsis:

The criminal boss of a circus double-crosses one of his own performers in order to get revenge upon an acrobatic couple......with dire consequences.

Reprints:

• in Black Terror Comics (Better Publications of Canada, 1948 series) #23 (June 1948)
• in Golden-Age Greats (AC, 1994 series) #3 (1995), #3 (1995) [splash panel only]
• in Out of the Shadows (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) (June 2012)

The Joneses (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Belfi ? [as J. B.] (signed)

Inks:

John Belfi ? [as J. B.] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mr. Jones; Jones' Grandmother

Synopsis:

Jones discovers, with dire results, just how much of a back-seat driver Grandma is!

Indexer Notes

Artist credits and sequence added by Craig Delich.

Pretty Pictures (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Oliver Buchanan

Pencils:

? (spot illustration)

Inks:

? (spot illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

B-258

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Walter Graham; Walter's father; un-named State Policemen; Jake (villain, kidnapper); Larry (villain, kidnapper)

Synopsis:

Walter, son of a famed artist, was at work one night in his father's studio when two men entered and told him that hisfather had been in an accident and they were taking him to him. But Walter smelled a rat and found a clever way to alert authorities to his whereabouts!

Keywords:

Graham Studios

The End of the World! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Space Speedsters / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Stan Aschmeier

Inks:

Stan Aschmeier

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

144-B

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

The Space Speedsters [Jinx Johnson (reporter); Randy Colman (astrophysicist)](introduction); Jim Burroughs (Editor of the Daily Tribune); Okey Collins (villain, former member of the Dixon mob); un-named ruler of Hecate (villain, death?); the ruler's followers (villains, all die?)

Synopsis:

Jinx uses an old reporter's trick of asking a criminal to surrender and turn himself in, but it is a freak solar eclipse, caused by an unknown planet, that turns the trick.

Keywords:

Atmoscars; Hecate (a planet); The Daily Tribune

Indexer Notes

Only appearance?

Little Legends (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jules Steiner (signed)

Inks:

Jules Steiner (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

CC-871

Genre:

humor

Characters:

two pranksters; gullible guy

Synopsis:

Two guys decide to play a prank on a gullible guy, telling hime that there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Imagine their surprise when the guy returns with that treasure!

Reprints:

• in Black Terror Comics (Better Publications of Canada, 1948 series) #23 (June 1948)

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich.