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Issue: Black Cobra #6 [2]
Publication Date: December 1954
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Issues: #6 [2] of 3 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFarrell
Brand: Ajax; A Farrell Publication
Indicia Publisher: Excellent Pub., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ruth Roche
Disclose Notes: Indicia reads: BLACK COBRA (formerly Billy Bunny).

Editing credit added by Eric Schumacher via the GCD Error Tracker.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Big Blast!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ken Battefield
Inker(s): Ken Battefield
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Cobra
Character(s): The Black Cobra [Steve Drake]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Big Blast

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Cobra
Character(s): the Black Cobra [Steve Drake]
Synopsis: F.B.I. Agent Steve Drake is assigned to prowl around a Guatemalan Air Base which seems to be a target for a red spy ring.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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A Message to Gomez

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Valor Unlimited
Character(s): Jimmie Hare (photographer); Robert J. Collier (editor); Sylvester Scovel (reporter); General Gomez; the Black Cobra [Steve Drake] (host/narrator)
Synopsis: Press photographers in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBrenda Starr Comics #10 published August 1949
was A Message to Gomez [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Black Cobra replaces the original host Brenda Starr.
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Trap for Traitors / Grenades For Glory

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Robert Webb ?
Inker(s): Robert Webb ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Cobra
Character(s): the Black Cobra [Steve Drake]; Debbie; Steve Drake's unnamed boss; Mike (villain, killed)
Synopsis: The Black Cobra finds himself up against an incredible and fantastic plot to steal one the U.S.A.'s super-tanks.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #37 published August 2002
as Grenades for Glory [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The art is very similar to the credited Webb-story in this issue, faces, ears, hands and cheek lines.

In the introductory blurb, the story title appears as "Grenades for Glory," which is how the reprint is titled.
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No Cowards Allowed

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Sergeant Pavey; Lieutenant; Johnny; Corporal Berkowitz
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Small drawing on second page.
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Deadline for Danger / The Mystery of the Falling Corpse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Robert Webb
Inker(s): Robert Webb
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Cobra
Character(s): Black Cobra [Steve Drake]; Debbie; Steve Drake's unnamed boss; unnamed spy
Synopsis: The Black Cobra gets a hurry up call for help from a great atomic plant.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #38 published January 2003
as Deadline For Danger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art identification from reprint.

There is an alternate title in the introductory blurb: "The Falling Corpse."

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