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| why not let the yellow color? |
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| I can't find the "Circus Lad" text feature. |
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| There are clearly pages missing from this download. There are only #47 pages here of a #52 page comic. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Featuring | The Black Terror |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Jean Starr |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photos);? | Inks:? (photos);? | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover.
Illustrated advertisement from Popular Library, Incorporated, shows two examples of popular books they publish, as well as listing many more that are available.....all at a cost of 25 cents each. Coupon provided. |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Black Terror Headliners (1 page) |
| Featuring | The Black Terror; Tim; The Scarab |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; The Scarab [Peter Ward] |
| Notes | The titles of the three Black Terror stories are listed: "You'll Die Laughing", "Trouble Down Mexico Way", and "The Golden Doom". |
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| Comic Story | Double Trouble Down Mexico Way! (11 pages) |
| 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. |
| Featuring | The Black Terror |
| Credits | Job #: CC-1086 |
| Content | 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) |
| Notes | Corrected story location by Craig Delich. |
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| Text Story | Circus Lad (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Comic Story | You'll Die Laughing! (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two crooks have stored over $200,000 worth of merchandise, and, to protect its location, seek to murder the owner aboard his yacht, "The Senegal". |
| Featuring | The Black Terror |
| Content | 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) |
| Notes | Corrected story location by Craig Delich.
Splash is a double-page spread. |
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| Text Story | Smuggler Plot (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: Edward Hasset (credited) | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | Golden Doom! (10 pages) |
| 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! |
| Featuring | The Black Terror |
| Credits | Job #: CC-644 |
| Content | 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) |
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| Text Story | Lucky for the Law (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Comic Story | The Four Thieves of Am-Re! (10 pages) |
| 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, whose tomb was uncovered by a group of beggars and thieves searching for water in the year 1445. They drank of the potion before their "deaths" and are scheduled to arise again from the dead this month! |
| Credits | Job #: CC-342 |
| Content | 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) |
| Notes | Last appearance in Exciting Comics #48.
This is the Scarab's last appearance. |
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| Featuring | Dick Tracy |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photo) | Inks:?;? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Dick Tracy; Junior; Diet Smith; Influence (villain) |
| Notes | Illustrated advertisement from Parker Johns, Incorporated, for the new Dick Tracy Wrist Radio, available to readers for the cost of $3.98 plus postage, including the aerial and ground wires. Coupon provided. |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Found on the back cover.
Illustrated advertisement from Rubber-For-Molds Company in Chicago, asking readers to send in $1.49 (plus 50 cents for insurance) for their modeling kit, with which they can make just about anything: models of dogs, soldiers, Indians and more. |
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