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Issue: The Black Terror #20 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1947
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Issues: #20 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: 12 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines (uncredited)
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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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Penciller(s): ? (photos); ?
Inker(s): ? (photos); ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Which of These Exciting Books Do You Want?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Illustrated advertisement from Popular Library, Incorporated, show two examples of popular books they publish, as well as a listing many more that are available.....all at a cost of 25 cents each. Coupon provided.
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Black Terror Headliners

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Ralph Mayo (signed)
Inker(s): Ralph Mayo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror; Tim; The Scarab
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; The Scarab [Peter Ward]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The titles of the three Black Terror stories are lighted: "You'll Die Laughing", "Trouble Down Mexico Way", and "The Golden Doom".
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Double Trouble Down Mexico Way!

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]; Diego Romero; Mexican Black Terror [Porfirio Juarez Rivera]; Mexican Tim [Miguel]; Manuel (villain, bank robber); Jose Fernando (villain, bank robber)
Synopsis: Two reporters in Mexico witness the robbery of a bank, then the appearance of The Black Terror and Tim to take on the crooks. Photos of this event make their way into print in USA newspapers, and Bob and Tim are surprised to see "themselves" in Mexico, knowing they were never there. An investigation confirms the existence of their "doubles", as the fun begins rounding up the crooks.
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Pages: 11
Job Number: CC-1086
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Circus Lad

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles S. Strong (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1
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You'll Die Laughing!

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]; Jean Starr; J. Mortimer Gates (head of Gates Drug Company); Bongo (a gorilla); Gloom (villain); Mugs (villain)
Synopsis: Two crroks have stored over $200,000 worth of merchandise, and, to protect it's location, seek to murder the owner aboard his yacht, "The Senegal".
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Splash is a double-page spread.
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Smuggler Plot

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edward Hasset (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 1
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Golden Doom!

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]; Dr. Jack Sloan (Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry); Tom Sloan (Sloan's nephew); Rocks Barnick (villain); Barnick's gang (villains)
Synopsis: Dr. Sloan picks up some chemical from the Benton Drug Store to finalize a test of his to see if the good doctor can actually make gold!
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Pages: 10
Job Number: CC-644
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Lucky for the Law

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
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Pages: 1
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The Four Thieves of Am-Re!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ken Battefield
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Scarab
Character(s): The Scarab [Peter Ward] (an archeologist); Akh-Tu (Scarab's black cat); un-named Egyptian (narrator); a tribe of religious fanatics; a group of four beggars and thieves [Ahmed; rest un-named] (villains, also in flashback, all die)
Synopsis: An old Egyptian tells Peter a story of a strange secret potion of weird power that was buried in the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Am-Re in the year 1445, whose tomb was uncovered by a group of beggars and thieves searching for water. They drank of the potion before their "deaths" and are scheduled to arise again from the dead today!
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Pages: 10
Job Number: CC-342
Disclose Notes: Last appearance in Exciting Comics #48.

This is the Scarab's last appearance.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Junior; Diet Smith; Influence (villain)
First Line: Calling All Dick Tracy Fans!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated advertisement fromParker Johns, Incorporated, for the new Dick Tracy Wrist Radio, available to readers for the cost of $3.98 plus postage, including the aerial and ground wires. Coupon provided.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from Rubber-For-Molds Company in Chicago, asking readers to send in $1.49 (plus 50 cents for insurance) for their modeling kit, with which they can make just about anything: models of dogs, soldiers, Indians and more.

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