(2014)
Exterminating Angel Press,
2014 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 16.95 USD
- Pages
- 260
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- ?
- ISBN
-
978-1-935259-27-5
- Barcode
- 9781935259275 51695
- Color
- color cover; black and white interior
- Dimensions
- 7" x 9"
- Paper Stock
- bond
- Binding
- Trade paperback
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
[credits]
credits, title page / 4 pages
- Reprints
- from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #14 (September 1940) [page 9, panel 3 figure]
- from Modern Comics (Quality Comics, 1945 series) #78 (October 1948) [page 1, panel 1 Madame Butterfly figure]
- from Crimes by Women (Fox, 1948 series) #7 (June 1949) [page 1, panel 1 figure]
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The Legion of Living Bombs
Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Madame Doom (villain); Mirov (villain)
- Synopsis
- Black X resigns his commission due to his love for Madame Doom, but her plan to use her men as human explosives so revolts him, he changes his mind.
- Reprints
- from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #14 (September 1940)
-
Death To the Scarlet Avenger [Part 1]
Scarlet Avenger / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Scarlet Avenger [Jim Kendall]; Texa
- Synopsis
- Scarlet Avenger battles the airship of Texa, who will steal the government's caches of gold bullions.
- Reprints
- from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #3 (April 1940)
-
[no title indexed]
Quicksilver / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Like rats leaving a sinking ship...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Quicksilver [Max]; Hoo Mee; Idaho [Baroness De Bofors] (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- Quicksilver meets his romantic match in femme fatale Idaho, whose gang successfully captures him. She is given the "honor" of killing him, but she faked her shot and the gang instead killed her!
- Reprints
- from National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #30 (March 1943)
-
Frauline Halunke
The Marksman / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- The Marksman [Baron Povalski, aka Major Hurtz]; Vorka; Schlagen (villain); Frauline Halunke (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- The Marksman faces an athletic German female agent, who suckers him into her web and discovers his dual identity. Before this can become known, she is accidently killed by her own men.
- Reprints
- from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #48 (November 1943)
-
[Red-Haired Kate]
Manhunter / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Red Haired Kate (villain)
- Synopsis
- Manhunter runs into a killer vamp who carries a whip.
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #17 (March 1943)
-
Rough, Tough, and Nasty
Her Highness / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Hit Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #28 (July 1943)
-
The Eye of the Lady Serpent!
The Black Terror / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jerry Robinson ?; Mort Meskin ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson [as Robinson] (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-172
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Sergeant Mac Gooligan; unnamed prison matron; unnamed 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
- from The Black Terror (Pines, 1942 series) #23 (June 1948)
-
- Keywords
- Benton Drug Store
Crimebuster Meets He-She
Crimebuster / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- He-She (hermaphrodite villain/ess; death)
- Reprints
- from Boy Comics (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #9 (April 1943)
-
[The Two Faces of Nayda Burnett]
Mr. Risk / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Nayda Burnett (origin, villain, dies)
- Reprints
- from Super-Mystery Comics (Ace Magazines, 1940 series) #v4#2 (April 1944)
-
Beauty and Her Beasts
Doll Man / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Beauty [aka the Queen of Beauty] (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Queen of Beauty commands her beasts to horde cosmetics so that she could be the only looker in the city!
- Reprints
- from Doll Man (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #11 (Winter 1946)
-
[no title indexed]
Hawk / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A grotesque figure watches a storm-tossed ship approach...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Hawk; Jeremy; Velvet; Skull Lady (villain)
- Reprints
- from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #87 (May 1946)
-
[The Figure]
Plastic Man / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Figure
- Reprints
- from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #23 (May 1950)
-
[Temple of the Man-Eating Spider]
Merlin the Magician / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Winston Churchill; Agor (villain, spider-god); Nang Tu (villain, High Priestess, death); unnamed Spider priests (villains, all die)
- Synopsis
- Merlin heads deep into the Himalayas in hopes of claiming a legendary diamond to bolster Britain's war relief funds. When the priests of the temple foolishly try and stop him, Merlin conjures up the great spider-god, Agor, then reaches the diamond while turning its defenders into bats, and impales the High Priestess on a spear. Merlin then completely destroys the temple and returns the diamond to Prime Minster Churchill himself!
- Reprints
- from National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #13 (July 1941)
-
Beasts of the Devil-Queen
Sheena / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Bob; Mulag; Tuana, Queen of the Amazons; Chim
- Reprints
- from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #43 (September 1942)
-
[Veda the Cobra Woman]
Chic Carter / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Chic Carter; Peter Kane Jr.; Monahan; Peter Kane Sr.; Veda (villain)
- Synopsis
- Peter Kane's new step mother is a Hindu snake dancer with poison lips.
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #6 (January 1942)
-
Bloodstained Fangs!
Rulah Jungle Goddess / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Rulah Jungle Goddess; Mava (evil native queen)
- Reprints
- from Zoot Comics (Fox, 1946 series) #12 (January 1948)
-
Madame Butterfly
Blackhawk / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- adventure; aviation; war
- Characters
- Madame Butterfly (villain; death); the Caterpillar Legion (villain)
- Reprints
- from Modern Comics (Quality Comics, 1945 series) #78 (October 1948)
-
Crime Queens
text article / 6 pages
- Reprints
- from Crimes by Women (Fox, 1948 series) #11 (February 1950)
-
Belle Guness: The Monster of Laporte
A True Crime Story / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Belle Guness; Peter Guness; Ole Bunder
- Reprints
- from Crimes by Women (Fox, 1948 series) #2 (August 1948)
-
Madame Muscle: Maid of Steel
A True Crime Story / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Mary Brinker; Mr. Jenkins; Mr. Ratt
- Reprints
- from Crimes by Women (Fox, 1948 series) #7 (June 1949)
-
Fingers of Death
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Wanda Bailey; Mac; Lefty; Mamie; Joe Haggle; John Sweden
- Reprints
- from Crimes by Women (Fox, 1948 series) #11 (February 1950)
-
Mable Reine Queen of the Jungle
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Mable Reine; Whitey; Frenchy; Ma; Bill Graham
- Reprints
- from Crimes by Women (Fox, 1948 series) #13 (June 1950)
-
"Shoe Box" Annie French and the Vanishing Corpses
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- "Shoe Box" Annie French; Donald French; Gimpy; Mary Cooper
- Reprints
- from Crimes by Women (Fox, 1948 series) #14 (August 1950)
-
A Touch of Evil
text article / 5 pages
- Reprints
- from Tim Holt (Magazine Enterprises, 1948 series) #30 (June-July 1952)
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[credits]
-
2.
[contents]
-
3.
V is for Villainess
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4.
Lethal Ladies
-
5.
Vicious Viragos
-
6.
The Legion of Living Bombs
Espionage Starring Black X -
7.
Death To the Scarlet Avenger [Part 1]
Scarlet Avenger -
8.
["Like rats leaving a sinking ship..."]
Quicksilver -
9.
Frauline Halunke
The Marksman -
10.
[Red-Haired Kate]
Manhunter -
11.
Rough, Tough, and Nasty
Her Highness -
12.
The Eye of the Lady Serpent!
The Black Terror -
13.
Beauties and Beasts
-
14.
Crimebuster Meets He-She
Crimebuster -
15.
[The Two Faces of Nayda Burnett]
Mr. Risk -
16.
Beauty and Her Beasts
Doll Man -
17.
["A grotesque figure watches a storm-tossed ship approach..."]
Hawk -
18.
[The Figure]
Plastic Man -
19.
A Rainbow of Evil
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20.
[Temple of the Man-Eating Spider]
Merlin the Magician -
21.
Beasts of the Devil-Queen
Sheena -
22.
[Veda the Cobra Woman]
Chic Carter -
23.
Bloodstained Fangs!
Rulah Jungle Goddess -
24.
Madame Butterfly
Blackhawk -
25.
Crime Queens
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26.
Belle Guness: The Monster of Laporte
A True Crime Story -
27.
Madame Muscle: Maid of Steel
A True Crime Story -
28.
Fingers of Death
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29.
Mable Reine Queen of the Jungle
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30.
"Shoe Box" Annie French and the Vanishing Corpses
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31.
A Touch of Evil
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32.
Acknowledgments
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33.
["This fascinating collection provides much food for thought."]
This issue was modified by
- Michael Hoskin
- Karsten S.
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