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| Publication | January 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Featuring | The Black Terror |
| Credits | Pencils: Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed) | Inks: Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Jean Starr? |
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| Credits | Letters: most typeset | Job #: CC-962 |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover.
Illustrated house advertisement for all of the comic titles published by Visual Editions, Inc., with mock covers, for: Startling Comics, Barnyard Comics, It Really Happened, Mystery Comics, Exciting Comics, Real Life Comics, Thrilling Comics, Goofy Comics, Coo Coo Comics, The Fighting Yank Comics, Wonder Comics, America's Best Comics, Happy Comics, and The Black Terror Comics. |
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| Comic Story | The Hijacked Drug Shipment (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Terror Twins go on the trail of a female criminal and her gang who have intercepted a shipment of a rare drug known as Zingiber. What they don't know is that the shipment actually contained some radium, encased in lead, with the drug. |
| Featuring | The Black Terror |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; The Chief (villain); Mugsy (villain, death); Duke (villain) |
| Notes | Pencils/inks: Lawrence suggested by Saltarella. Eisner influenced artist. |
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| Synopsis | The Terror Twins battle a fiendish villain who has developed a mysterious liquid spray that molds a person's mind to his will by paralyzing certain brain cells. |
| Featuring | The Black Terror |
| Credits | Job #: CC-598 |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; un-named bank cashier; Bank cashier's wife; Hypo (villain); Hypo's thugs [Ace; other un-named] (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Kissing a Star |
| Synopsis | Donn practices up his kissing on a poster of a famous star, but when he makes his move again, is he in for a surprise. |
| Featuring | Donn Wonn |
| Credits | Job #: AC-777 |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Donn Wonn |
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| Featuring | Smith Brothers Black Cough Drops |
| Content | Characters: Smith Brothers |
| Notes | Illustrated advertisement for Smith Brothers Cough Drops. |
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| Text Story | Pot Luck (1 page) |
| Synopsis | One night, young Tad Hogan appeared at the door of a retired seafarer, telling him that he had run away from his guardian because he was a criminal, having robbed a local bank. Wanting to get the money back, Tad is shocked to see Joel Hartley bust his way into the cabin, claiming that the boy stole the money from him. |
| Credits | Script: Charles S. Strong (credited) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Colors:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Seth Bancroft (old seafarer); Tad Hogan; Joel Hartley (villain, Tad's guardian) |
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| Synopsis | The Terror Twins chase after a gang of confidence men who have sold people in town worthless oil stocks, then become involved in a carnival in town. |
| Featuring | The Black Terror |
| Credits | Job #: CC-631 |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; John Tower (carnival owner, ex-con); Tower's daughter; town Mayor; un-named State Governor; Snake (villain, confidence man); Packy (villain, confidence man) |
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| Text Story | Big Game Hunters (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A pair of thieves break out of the brush and approach Mr. Lang and his son, demanding their money. The return of local natives, however, squash the criminal's plans. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jerry Lang; Jerry's father (big game hunter); Smith (villain); Jones (villain) |
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| Synopsis | The Professor and George start digging amongst the ruins of Collob Bonno, hoping to find a rare artifact. They uncover an ancient egg and are they surprised when it hatches! |
| Featuring | Professor Punchy, Archeologist |
| Credits | Script: Cal Howard (signed) | Pencils: Helen Houghton | Inks: Helen Houghton | Job #: AC-322 |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Professor Punchy; George (Professor's servant); un-named Policeman |
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| Text Story | Bobby's Boat (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Bobby and Hank are waylaid by a hostile group of Sioux Indians and trapped until Bobby suggested the pair build a bull boat and try to slip away on the river under cover of darkness. |
| Credits | Script: William B. McClellan (credited) | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bobby Grayson; Old Dad Grayson (Bobby's father, ranch owner); Hank Dolan (cow puncher); Sioux Indians (villains) |
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| Synopsis | Steve and Ploopie try to halt the successful robbery of rare jewels from a local jewelry store, but the thieves drop the rocks off in a sewer that leads to the municipal zoo. |
| Featuring | The Crime Crushers |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Camy [as Camy] (signed) | Inks: Al Camy [as Camy] (signed) | Job #: CC-481 |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: The Crime Crushers [Steve Barry; Ploopie Carr]; Joe Scadrone (villain); Mike (villain); Tippy (villain) |
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| Advertisement | Learn Radio by Practicing in Spare Time (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: J. E. Smith (company President, photo) |
| Notes | Found on the inside back cover.
Illustrated advertisement from the J. S. Smith Company, urging readers to send in for six kits of spare radio parts, plus a introductory lesson and 64-page booklet titled "Rich Rewards in Radio", all to help them learn radio repair and building that will get them started on a career in radio. |
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| Featuring | Daisy Air Rifles |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Harman;?;? (photo) | Inks: Fred Harman;?;? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Red Ryder |
| Notes | Found on the back cover.
Illustrated advertisement by the Daisy Rifle Company for the new Daisy 1000-shot Red Ryder Carbine Air Rifle, costing only $4.25. |
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