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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg

Inker(s): Alex Schomburg

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Black Terror

Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]

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Men of Mystery Comics #76 published January 2009
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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They're All Winners!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Illustrated promotional advertisement from Visual Editions, Inc. for the various comics that they published, all with mock covers, to include: Thrilling Comics, The Fighting Yank, America's Best Comics, Coo Coo Comics, Exciting Comics, The Black Terror, Startling Comics, Real Life Comics, Mystery Comics, Wonder Comics, Happy Comics, Goofy Comics, It Really Happened, and Barnyard Comics.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Black Terror

Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jear Starr; Dr. Stephen Hardwick (a bacteriologist); Monahan (Policeman); "Brains" Smiler (villain, death); Smiler's mob (villains)

First Line: What is this strange and terrible malady...

Synopsis: Bob, Tim and Jean are having a picnic when they hear a noice and investigate, finding a broken window in a shack laboratory and a man shot inside. The man, a Doctor Hardwick, has been studying a rare and mysterious disease for years, called Lata, which paralyzes a portion of the brain so that the victim imitates everything said or done by another. Now the reseach has been stolen!

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Pages: 10

Job Number: CC-676

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Black Terror

Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr (mention only); un-named old woman; woman's son; Armando (villain); other criminals (villains)

First Line: When a vicious plot threatens disaster...

Synopsis: Bob and Tim are in the process of delivering a prescription to an address when they hear screams from the house. Inside is an old woman who says she is hearing voices, telling her to surrender a package mailed to the house from her supposedly dead son.

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Pages: 10

Job Number: CC-685

Bigger and Better

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): A girl; her date

Synopsis: A man brings his girl a suprise box of chocolates, and as he gestures his intentions, she continues to eat and grow larger.....until he is shoved off the couch!

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Pages: 0.5

Job Number: Ac-885

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops

Character(s): Smith Brothers

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Notes: Illustrated advertisement for Smith Brothers Black Cough Drops.

Young Puzzlesmith

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Edward Hassett (credited)

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Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Character(s): Douglas Allen; Police Lieutenant Garry McMann; The Ghost [Dutch Galvin] (villain, a kidnapper)

Synopsis: Douglas worked at his father's company that helped make new types of games and created various types of puzzles, and he was working late one night on a puzzle idea of his own when a knock at the door allowed a kidnapper to enter. But his quick thinking allowed his Pliceman friend of his to eventually locate and save the lad.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Black Terror

Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Killer Hearn (villain); Hearn's gang [Butch; others un-named] (villains)

First Line: The frozen wastes of the far north...

Synopsis: On their way to General Hospital to deliver some medicine, Bob and Tim hear about the escape of Killer Hearn from prison, and come face-to-face with Kearn, who, with his gang, rob the institution of a million dollars in radium.

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Pages: 10

Job Number: CC-650

Hour of Peril

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Charles S. Strong (credited)

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Genres: crime

Character(s): George Miller (lawyer, Harry's father); Harry Miller; Jake Foster (villain); Marvin Diercks (villain)

Synopsis: George is very concerned that enemies of his lawyer father might strike at them in their isolated suburban home.......and he is right!!!

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Don Christiensen [as Don Arr] (signed)

Inker(s): Don Christiensen [as Don Arr] (signed)

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, jungle

Feature(s): Oompah

Character(s): Oompah; Mr. Socrates (an owl)

First Line: Yes sir--wild animal beasts better not let mighty Oompah get 'em!

Synopsis: Oompah is tracking down wild and fierce jungle beasts, faining bravery, but has to secure the services of Socrates in order to find out why the beasts avoid him.

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Pages: 5

Foiled Again

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): a magician; a crook (villain)

Synopsis: A magician uses an unusual method of dealing with a hold-up man.

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Pages: 0.5

Job Number: CC-984

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Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: The Statement of Ownership lists N. L. Pines as Editor and H. L. Herbert as Business Manager.

Just Lucky

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Donald Bayne Hobart (credited)

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Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Tom Carson (trail boss); Danny Small; Jack Adams (a wrangler); Matt (the cook); cattle rustlers (villains)

Synopsis: Danny is hired on as a hand for the Diamond A as six waddies were driving some cattle, and he was said to bring the outfit luck. They needed it, because, up ahead in the mountainous country, were cattle rustlers were just waiting for them!

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Genres: crime

Feature(s): The Crime Crushers

Character(s): The Crime Crushers [Steve Barry; Ploopie Carr]; Astrophel (a horse); J. V. Williams (owner of Astrophel); Jane Williams) (William's daughter); George; band of gamblers (villains)

First Line: When a big time gambler decides to...

Synopsis: Ploopie is driving Steve nuts making animal imitations while his partner tries to read. When Steve remarks one imitation was right on the money, they discover the sound was made by a real horse....a race horse that some bettors are trying to put out of commission so that the nag they've bet on, Zombie wins instead.

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Pages: 8

Job Number: CC-553

I Will Show You How to Learn Radio by Practicing in Spare Time

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): ? (photos)

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Subject Matter

Character(s): J. E. Smith (company President, photo)

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Illustrated advertisement from the J. E. Smith Company, encouraging readers to send in for six boxes of spare radio parts, along with a sample lesson and 64-page booklet "How to Be a Success in Radio", so that they could get training that would allow them to land a job in the radio field.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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First Line: The eagle on the quarter dollow says,..........

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Illustrated advertisement for the line of books published by Popular Library, illustrating three books and listing other current titles, all available for 25 cents each.