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Issue: The Man in Black #1
Publication Date: January 1990
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Issues: #1 of 2 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagLorne-Harvey
Brand: Recollections
Indicia Publisher: Lorne-Harvey Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Much of Powell's work was done with assistants in a studio setting. So though only he gets credit here, it should be assumed that others had a hand in details and/or inking, including, possibly, Howard Nostrand, who did a lot of work with Powell.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror, occult
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The left figure is from the splash page of the Man in Black story from Green Hornet Fights Crime (Harvey, 1947 series) #34; the right figures are taken from the Man in Black story from Green Hornet Fights Crime (Harvey, 1947 series) #33; the corner image is from the splash page of "The Tale of the King of Swing" from Speed Comics (Harvey, 1941 series) #43.
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Man in Black

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Synopsis: Fate helps an old man split a diamond perfectly.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMan in Black #1 published September 1957
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Splash page of The Man in Black introducing himself and the theme of the stories within.
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Brush Strokes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Synopsis: Fate helps Paul Prenz finally paint a real piece of art, but he is unable to repeat the feat, and must return to commercial work.
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From Content Item: FlagMan in Black #1 published September 1957
was Brush Strokes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
First Line: Good evening!!
Synopsis: Female pilot Martha Gilmore crashes in Tibet, where the scientists twice allow her to die then bring her back to life. When they try the same trick with her fiance Len Martin, the Man in Black steps in, and when Len returns from the dead, he kills the scientist and flees with Martha.
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From Content Item: FlagGreen Hornet Comics #34 published May 1947
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Reprint Notes: from ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: A half-page strip, fills the bottom portion of the previous story's last page.
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The Tale of the King of Swing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Johnnie Upbeat, The King of Swing
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSpeed Comics #43 published May 1946
was The Tale of the King of Swing [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Death on the Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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From Content Item: FlagGreen Hornet Comics #38 published March 1948
was Death on the Moon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Second Chance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMan in Black #1 published September 1957
was Second Chance [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2

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