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| Publication | June 1949 | 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] |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover.
Illustrated advertisement from Stevens Credit Sales in Nashville for their line of patriotic and religious mottos that readers can send for and sell. The company recommends that each be sold for 35 cents.....the seller sends 25 cents of each sale to the company and keeps the rest. If the seller sells 25, they keep $2.50, if 30, they keep $3 and if they sell all 40 they keep $4. |
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| Comic Story | The Haunt of Kowanchoo! (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bob and Tim are on vacation, and learn, while aboard a train, that the tribe of the Kowanchoos has mysteriously vanished, so the Black Terror decides to look into the situation and discovers that the village sits near a million dollar uranium mine. |
| Featuring | The Black Terror |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed) | Inks: Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed);? (see notes) | Job #: B-453 |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jed Serviss (druggist); Dick Keeneye (Indian from Kowanchoo tribe); Tani Nohanta (Dick's sweetheart); Ned Dart (villain, rancher) |
| Notes | Nick Caputo notes there are clearly other inkers involved, particularly on the first eight pages. Bill Black credited inking solely to Meskin. |
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| Comic Story | The Cheat of Chinatown! (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Eddie wants to marry Ting Ling, but her father is not sure that he is trustworthy enough. To test his loyalty and honesty, Ling's father entrusts to Eddie $50,000 earmarked to aid China's children. However, several crooks overhear this conversation and decide to relieve Eddie of the funds, knowing that their boss is Ting San himself. |
| Featuring | The Black Terror |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Meskin; Jerry Robinson? (see notes) | Inks: Mort Meskin; Jerry Robinson?;? (see notes) | Job #: B458 |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jed Serviss (druggist); Eddie Chu; Ting Ling (Eddie's sweetheart); Anmah (Ting's maid servant); Ting San (villain, Ting's father); Koo (villain) |
| Notes | Disputed credits. Nick Caputo believes there are clearly other hands involved in the inking. Bill Black credits the full art to Mort Meskin. Alter Ego #111 (July 2012) states art to be by Jerry Robinson and Mort Meskin. |
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| Cartoon | What Do You Know About China? (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Ruben Moreira (signed) | Inks: Ruben Moreira (signed) | Job #: BF-260 |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | A series of 4 non-sequential illustrated quizzes with the answers.
Sequence added by Leonard Wolinsky via the GCD Errors list, April 2009. |
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| Text Story | Professor's Secret (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Black Terror has been asked by American government officials to keep watch over a professor and his laboratory because the scientist is working on a new truth serum that is of interest to unscrupulous crooks. |
| Featuring | The Black Terror |
| Credits | Script: Charles S. Strong [as Charles Strong] (signed) | Pencils: George Tuska (three spot illustrations) (signed) | Inks: George Tuska (three spot illustrations) (signed) | Colors:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Professor John Simmons; Kurt (villain); two un-named crooks (villains) |
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| Cartoon | From the Black Terror Scrapbook (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Page consists of four separate panels of random historical facts, highlighting: 1) that there are more than 600 varities of fish in Florida's waters; 2) Cleveland Indian's pitcher Bob Feller struck out 18 Detroit Tiger players in a single game in 1948; 3) that Roman General Maurice was doomed to die by the Emperor because he refused to persecute Christians; and 4) poet Joaquin Miller fought as a soldier of fortune in Nicaragua before the Civil War. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ruben Moreira (signed) | Inks: Ruben Moreira (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Bob Feller; Roman General Maurice; Roman Emperor Maximinian; Joaquin Miller |
| Notes | Sequence added by Leonard Wolinsky (April 2009). |
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| Comic Story | Clash by Night! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A gang of crooks, led by Public Enemy No. 1 Dalton, hole up in a waterfront warehouse containing a valuable supply of penicillin destined for sick European children. |
| Featuring | The Black Terror |
| Credits | Pencils: Ruben Moreira (signed) | Inks: Ruben Moreira (signed) | Job #: B517 |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jed Serviss (druggist); Sergeant Mac Gooligan; Hardwick (FBI agent); Angel-Face Dalton (villain) |
| Notes | Feature next in America's Best Comics (Standard, 1942 series) #31. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Illustrated advertisement from Harvey Sales Company in Chicago for their genuine Swiss watches: mens' or boys' for $5.95, or the Ladies' or girls' for $6.95, plus 10% Federal tax on each watch. |
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| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photos) | Inks:?;? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside back cover.
Illustrated advertisement from Illinois Merchandise Mart for their smooth grain billfold, pocket flashlight, plastic key holder, and ball point pen, all for just $1.98! |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the back cover.
Illustrated advertisement from the Harbert Company in Chicago, offering readers: 1) a color key piano and free songbook for $2.98; 2) a color key xylophone and free songbook for $2.98; 3) extra giant 36-page color key songbook for $1.00, all items sent on a 10-day free trial period. |
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