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Issue: The Black Terror #17 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1947
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Issues: #17 of 27 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Visual Editions Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines (President)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Jean Starr?
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): most typeset
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First Line: At the Head of the Parade -- The Best Comics in America!
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Pages: 1
Job Number: CC-962
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Illustrated house advertisement for all of the comic titles published by Viosual Editions, Inc., with mock covers, for: Starling Comics, Barnyard Comics, It Really Happened, Mystery Comics, Exciting Comics, Real Life Comics, Thrilling Comics, Goofy Comics, Coo Coo Comics, The Fighting Yank Comics, Wonder Comics, America's Best Comics, Happy Comics, and The Black Terror Comics.
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The Hijacked Drug Shipment

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; The Chief (villain); Mugsy (villain, death); Duke (villain)
Synopsis: The Terror Twins go on the trail of a female criminal and her gang who have intercepted a shipment of a rare drug known as Zingiber. What they don't know is that the shipment actually contained some radium, encased in lead, with the drug.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Pencils/inks: Lawrence suggested by Saltarella. Eisner influenced artist.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; un-named bank cashier; Bank cashier's wife; Hypo (villain); Hypo's thugs [Ace; other un-named] (villains)
First Line: Bob Benton, shy, retiring druggist, is really none other than the devastating destroyer...
Synopsis: The Terror Twins battle a fiendish villain who has developed a mysterious liquid spray that molds a person's mind to his will by paralyzing certain brain cells.
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Pages: 10
Job Number: CC-598
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Kissing a Star

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Donn Wonn
Character(s): Donn Wonn
Synopsis: Donn practices up his kissing on a poster of a famous star, but when he makes his move again, is he in for a surprise.
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Pages: 0.5
Job Number: AC-777
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smith Brothers Black Cough Drops
Character(s): Smith Brothers
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Disclose Notes: Illustrated advertisement for Smith Brothers Cough Drops.
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Pot Luck

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles S. Strong (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Seth Bancroft (old seafarer); Tad Hogan; Joel Hartley (villain, Tad's guardian)
Synopsis: One night, young Tad Hogan appeared at the door of a retired seafarer, telling him that he had run away from his guardian because he was a criminal, having robbed a local bank. Wanting to get the money back, Tad is shocked to see Joel Hartley bust his way into the cabin, claiming that the boy stole the money from him.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; John Tower (carnival owner, ex-con); Tower's daughter; town Mayor; un-named State Governor; Snake (villain, confidence man); Packy (villain, confidence man)
First Line: This is the story of a man whose escape from prison...
Synopsis: The Terror Twins chase after a gang of confidence men who have sold people in town worthless oil stocks, then become involved in a carnival in town.
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Pages: 10
Job Number: CC-631
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Big Game Hunters

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Donald Bayne Hobart (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Jerry Lang; Jerry's father (big game hunter); Smith (villain); Jones (villain)
Synopsis: A pair of thieves break out of the brush and approach Mr. Lang and his son, demanding their money. The return of local natives, however, squash the criminal's plans.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cal Howard (signed)
Penciller(s): Helen Houghton
Inker(s): Helen Houghton
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Professor Punchy, Archeologist
Character(s): Professor Punchy; George (Professor's servant); un-named Policeman
First Line: Professah, what do all this archaeologist stuff mean?
Synopsis: The Professor and George start digging amongst the ruins of Collob Bonno, hoping to find a rare artifact. They uncover an ancient egg and are they surprised when in hatches!
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Pages: 6
Job Number: AC-322
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Bobby's Boat

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William B. McClellan (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Bobby Grayson; Old Dad Grayson (Bobby's father, ranch owner); Hank Dolan (cow puncher); Sioux Indians (villains)
Synopsis: Bobby and Hank are waylaid by a hostile group of Souix Indians and trapped until Bobby suggested the pair build a bull boat and try to slip away on the river under cover of darkness.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Camy [as Camy] (signed)
Inker(s): Al Camy [as Camy] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): The Crime Crushers
Character(s): The Crime Crushers [Steve Barry; Ploopie Carr]; Joe Scadrone (villain); Mike (villain); Tippy (villain)
First Line: Imagine trailing a band of hardened killers to a zoo...
Synopsis: Steve and Ploopie try to halt the successful robbery of rare jewels from a local jewelry store, but the thieves drop the rocks off in a sewer that leads to the municipal zoo.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: CC-481
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Learn Radio by Practicing in Spare Time

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): J. E. Smith (company President, photo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from the J. S. Smith Company, urging readers to send in for six kits of spare radio parts, plus a introductory lesson and 64-page booklet titled "Rich Rewards in Radio", all to help them learn radio repair and building that will get them started on a career in radio.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Fred Harman; ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): Fred Harman; ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
Character(s): Red Ryder
First Line: Shoot Safe Buddy
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Illustrated advertisement by the Daisy Rifle Company for the new Daisy 1000-shot Red Ryder Carbine Air Rifle, costing only $4.25.

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