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Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Ken Battefield ?

Inker(s): Leo Bachle ?

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Yellowjacket; Harbor Lights

Character(s): Yellowjacket [Vince Harley]; Theresa (inset)

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Pages: 1

Notes: The eyebrows and lower lips are so similar to the cover of #9, and to a signed Johnny Canuck story in the Canadian "Dime Comics" that this could be the same artist.

The Steel Coffin Case

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ken Battefield

Inker(s): Ken Battefield

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Yellowjacket

Character(s): Yellowjacket [Vince Harley]

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Men of Mystery Comics #56 published December 2005
as The Steel Coffin Case [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 9

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Yellowjacket [Vince Harley]; Topaz (villain); Bugs Dugan (villain); Fingers Fips (villain)

First Line: When an educated crime exponent turns teacher and passes his evil learnings on to his more illiterate colleagues and expects his pupils to reward him with various loot [...]

Synopsis: Just released from prison, Topaz starts a school and turns teacher to pass along his evil learnings to his more illiterate colleagues, expecting his students to reward him with the fruits of their felonious crimes.

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Men of Mystery Comics #18 published January 1999
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 7

Notes: Title taken from the cover.

This is the only story that has some of Gattuso's gaping faces, and many faces also look like Battefield's work.

Out of Commission

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: war

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Pages: 2

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: informational

Feature(s): Debunker

First Line: Lightning never strikes...

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Character(s): Diana the Huntress; Hercules; Jupiter; Mercury; Discordia; Tony Palma

First Line: Frightful famine lurks in war's wake, an Allie assault drives Hitler's hoard from the Hellinic isles...

Synopsis: American trucks with food shipments to Greece are attacked by Kashgar and his bandits.

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Pages: 8

Notes: Figures and female faces match his later signed story in Adventures into the Unknown (American Comic Group, 1948 series) #104.

The Fall of the House of Usher

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (adaptation); Edgar Allan Poe (original story)

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Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Edgar Allan Poe; Roderick Usher; Madelaine Usher

Synopsis: Poe visits the gloomy house of Usher and wonders what has come over his old friend, who roams the house like a madman.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Adapted from the Edgar Allan Poe story

The art here is similar to Schrotter's Diana the Huntress stories.

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

First Line: Hello, matey -- what office?

Synopsis: 8 gag panels

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Pages: 1

Circus Saboteur

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Character(s): Danny King; Russo; Crane [Cross] (villain); Dubble

Synopsis: A sudden outburst of mysterious tragedies occur, as if someone is trying to ruin the circus.

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Pages: 6

Notes: This is by DeLay, who can be recognized by the "slow" movement of the rather short figures. Also faces and the layout style more like old book illustrations. Originally credited to William M. Allison. Allison has more wide open eyes, like in his Poe story in #1.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Character(s): Steve Hardesty; Jake Burns; Theresa Burns

First Line: Gun flashes pierced the midnight gloom beyond Graves Light, silent sentinel at the stormy gateway to Boston --

Synopsis: Theresa overhears her brother and other smugglers planning their move to grab cocaine from a smuggler ship moored in the harbor, and she informs Steve of the harbor police.

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Pages: 6

Notes: The pouchy eyes, often out of focus with a marked line down the cheek in sideview are certain signs of Palais. Also the movement of hands.