Additional Information |
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Publication | January 1948 | 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) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Jean Starr |
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Comic Story | The Thieving Leprechauns (10 pages) |
Synopsis | Superstitious mobster "Two-sight" Gallagher believes in the "little people"....elves and the like, and when one of them plants an amulent on his person, Gallagher believes it to be a good luck charm. |
Featuring | The Black Terror |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Elves (villains); "Two-sight" Gallagher (villain, death); Waxey Gargon (villain, death) |
Notes | Oddity: In panel 1 on page 7, the Terror is not wearing his mask. |
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Comic Story | A Race With Death! (11 pages) |
Synopsis | The owner of the Bar-B Ranch is murdered by a rival family that is just itching to get its hands on that property so they can control the water rights and therefore have every rancher at their mercy. |
Featuring | The Black Terror |
Credits | Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff | Inks: Ralph Mayo | Job #: CC-1098 |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Walt Slater (owner of the Bar-B Ranch, death); Reed Slater (Slater's son); Plug Wilson (Steve's son, villain); Steve Wilson (villain) |
Notes | Art credits added by Craig Delich and verified by Bill Black.
The splash page is a double-page spread.
Oddity: Tim is shown wearing a domino-shaped mask as is the Terror in many (but not all) panels. |
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Comic Story | Funny Man Murder (11 pages) |
Synopsis | Bob decides to take Tim to the amusement park instead of taking out Jean, but when they enter the "House of Laughs", it's anything but a laughing matter! Especially when it is being used to frame people for murder! |
Featuring | The Black Terror |
Credits | Job #: CC-1042 |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Trigger (villain); Ace Crawley (villain) |
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Text Story | Trail for Teddy (2 pages) |
Credits | Script: Charles Stewart | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Teddy Phillips |
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Comic Story | Ring of Death (8 pages) |
Synopsis | Miss Masque must bring to justice several fight promoters who bet on a fighter and then get the boxer to throw the fight so they'll win big, and, if they refuse, they kill the man. |
Featuring | Miss Masque |
Credits | Pencils: Bob Oksner | Inks: Bob Oksner | Job #: CC-525 |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Miss Masque [Diana Adams]; Russ Bowman; Bob Smith (boxer, death); Hammond (boxer); Hal Chase (boxer); Frank (villain); Joe (villain) |
Notes | This appearance occurs between America's Best Comics #24 and #25. Art identification verified by Bill Black and revision added by Craig Delich. |
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Text Story | Diver's Son (1 page) |
Credits | Script: William McClellan | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Frank Payson |
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