Additional Information |
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Publication | November 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; the Japanese |
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Advertisement | New Enlargement (1 page) |
Credits | Pencils:?; ? (photograph) | Inks:?; ? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Found on the inside front cover.
Sequence added by Craig Delich.
Top half of the page is an illustrated advertisement from the Dean Studios in Des Moines, Iowa, offering readers the chance to send in their favorite snapshot and it will be enlarged for them to a 5" x 7" size free. All they need to do is enclosed a 3 cent stamp.
Bottom half of the page is an illustrated advertisement from Gold Crown Products in Jefferson, Iowa, illustrating a selection of free gifts (softball set, walky-talky, leather billfold and many more) readers can earn, simply by selling a specified number of boxes of Gold Crown Spot Remover and Cleaner" at 25 cents per box. |
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Synopsis | Bob gets a letter from his Uncle in Wyoming inviting him and guests to come to his ranch for a visit. Unknowing, Benton and company don't realize a weird man has captured him and used a strange electrical cylinder to turn him into a distorted creature! |
Credits | Job #: CC-343 |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Richard Benton (Black Terror's uncle, introduction); Jean Starr; Mr. Farrow; Dr. Ghoul (villain, introduction); The Ghoul's creatures (villains) |
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Synopsis | A Mr. Rawlings brings in a golden statue he secured in Bali for anaylsis for gold content. But the Terror Twins learn later, after the theft of the statue from the drug store, that it contains a diagram of an incendiary bomb inside! |
Credits | Job #: CC-436 |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; un-named Police Chief; Riati [as Theodore Rawlings] (villain, a spy, death); Starch Cosmo (villain, introduction); Ace (villain, introduction) |
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Text Story | Canadian Boy (1 page) |
Synopsis | With the onset of war, Jerry could no longer safely put out his cod lines, as German subs often passed by the fishing area. But Jerry has a trick up his sleeve: plant an explosive device in his innocent-looking model sailboat. |
Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Jerry Carlyle; Mr. Carlyle (Jerry's father); Fred Miller (Jerry's friend); the Nazis (villains) |
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Synopsis | The Terror Twins must battle a nefarious Japanese plot to poison America's top military officials! |
Credits | Job #: CC-451 |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Major General Jim Traynor (introduction, death); Traynor's un-named cook; Traynor's butler; Senor del Marte (plantation owner); Native Chief (villain); the Japanese (villains) |
Notes | Due to confusion with the inker Ed Hamilton, we formerly credited Edmond Hamilton as the scripter of this story. |
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Text Story | Shave and a Shine (1 page) |
Synopsis | After robbing a local jewelry store, a thief makes his way to a barber shop, hoping to hide out. But the barber's son sees through "the lather" to nail the crook! |
Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Tony Gallo; Joe Gallo (Tony's father, a barber); Mr. Jensen (jewelry store owner); Officer Flanagan; jewel thief (villain) |
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| Forest Fire (1 page) |
Synopsis | Volto helps save valuable timberland in the great Northwest. |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction; Superhero | Characters: Volto; un-named Forest Ranger; Jimmy |
Notes | Title from the Volto Archives website, http://voltoarchives.pbworks.com/w/page/9545487/FrontPage, retrieved 11 August 2020. |
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Advertisement | I Will Show You How to Learn Radio by Practicing in Spare Time (1 page) |
Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (photographs) | Inks:? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: J. E. Smith (company president, photograph) |
Notes | Found on the inside back cover.
Sequence added by Craig Delich.
Illustrated advertisement from the J. E. Smith Company, the President of which offers readers 6 boxes of spare radio parts and a free lesson, along with the company's 64-page booklet, "Win Rich Rewards in Radio". |
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Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters:?; typeset |
Content | Characters: Charles Atlas (photo); Atlas' mother |
Notes | Found on the back cover.
Sequence added by Craig Delich.
Illustrated advertisement for Charles Atlas and his body-building technique called "dynamic tension". Readers are offered a free book titled "Everlasting Health and Strength". |
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