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Issue: The Black Terror #24 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1948
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Issues: #24 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: 15 (11 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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

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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In Content Item: FlagBlack's Terror Tales #1 published July 2003
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
First Line: Wild to avenge his father's death
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Illustrated promotional advertisement from Popular Library in regards to their line of library westerns, including "Free Grass" by Ernest Haycox (cover is pictured). Cost for this book or any others listed in 25 cents each.
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The Lady Serpent Returns!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin (signed)
Inker(s): Jerry Robinson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Sergeant Mac Gooligan; Murphy (a Policeman); Sparks (radio operator); Joe (a sailor); The Lady Serpent (villain); Hulga (villain); Mogu (villain, a snake); Naru (villain, a snake); Mike (villain)
Synopsis: While being transported back to prison via train, the Serpent Lady's gang engineers her escape, already making plans to hijack the Good Neighbor ship "Peace", carrying food and medical supplies.
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In Content Item: FlagBlack's Terror Tales #1 published July 2003
as The Lady Serpent Returns! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-175
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The Revenge of Red Ann!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Jerry Robinson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton] Tim [Tim Roland]; Red Ann; Bart (Ann's husband, flashback, death); Trent (Ann and Bart's friend, flashback); Dick Reagan (reporter for the Daily Star); The Voice [Trent] (villain, Bart and Ann's friend); Voice's gang (villains)
Synopsis: News reporter Tim Reagan accompanies the Terror Twins as they are alerted that the mysterious Voice and his gang are hitting a bank. At the scene is the mysterious Red Ann, whose avowed mission is to track down the Voice and kill him.
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #48 published June 2004
as The Revenge of Red Ann [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-274
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From the Black Terror Scrap Book

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Gas House Gus (a frog); Joe Louis (boxer)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: BF-228
Disclose Notes: Four different one panel cartoons highlight certain activities: how fast the punch of boxer Joe Louis is (127 mph); how far a famed frog leaped in 1937 in Sarasota, Florida (19 feet); how grueling the sport of lacrosse really is; and the fact that a paratrooper jumping from 20,ooo' will reach the ground in just 90 seconds....if his chute doesn't open!
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The Lancers Are Coming

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William McClellan (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Bert Collins; Golambi (Bert's native companion); river pirates [Bar-lema (leader of the pirates); rest un-named] (villains)
Synopsis: An English missionary in India decides to send his son Bert back to the U.S. until the warring in India came to an end. But, while traveling on a ship, river pirates stop the vessel and decide to hold Bert for ransom.
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Pages: 1
Job Number: B-331
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The Plundering Pooch!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos [as Roussos] (signed)
Inker(s): Ralph Mayo [as Mayo] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Bruce Brinton; Mary Brinton (Bruce's daughter); Hacker Kane (villain); Kane's gang (villains)
Synopsis: Bruce Brinton is a tough, wealthy man, who trusts absolutely no one.....but who still has a soft heart towards a small puppy. Unbeknownst to all, the puppy is wired by Hacker Kane's boys in order to track the whereabouts of the Terror Twins!
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #54 published July 2005
as The Plundering Pooch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Lucky John's Discovery

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chuck Stanley (credited)
Penciller(s): Paul Parker [as Parker] (spot illustration) (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Parker [as Parker] (spot illustration) (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Lucky John Carson (prospector, George's grandfather); George Carson; Constable Jim Davenport; Pierre Le Blanc (villain); Trigger Kane (villain)
Synopsis: Prospector Lucky John Carson, searching for traces of radium in Canada, has already discovered a large vein of gold, a fact of interest to two criminals.
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Pages: 1
Job Number: B-290
Disclose Notes: Signature is consistent with Parker’s signatures from Manhunt #11 (August, 1948).
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Larceny in the Lighthouse!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin (signed); Jerry Robinson (signed)
Inker(s): Jerry Robinson (signed); Mort Meskin (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Terror
Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Hank Harper (lighthouse keeper); Jane Harper (Hank's grand-daughter); Bolo (a sea gull); Baby-Face Felton (villain); Felton's gang (villains)
Synopsis: A lonely lighthouse keeper and his daughter receive some unwelcome visitors, who are there to await a ship of smuggled goods.
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #40 published April 2003
as Larceny in the Lighthouse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: B-298
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The Gray Shadow

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Donald Boyne Hobart (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Danny Hutton; Sheriff Hutton (Danny's father); The Gray Shadow [Buck Shaw] (villain)
Synopsis: While riding along, Danny hears gunshots and realizes that his father has been out trying to track down the outlaw called the Gray Shadow.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rico
Character(s): Rico (street peddler)
First Line: Nobody buy-a da banana!
Synopsis: Rico was having trouble selling bananas at any price, until he thought of an ideal way to get rid of them all.
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Pages: 1
Job Number: AC-725
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Aerial Acrobats!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): The Crime Crushers
Character(s): The Crime Crushers [Steve Barry; Ploopie Carr; Abner Hastings (owner of Hastings Airplane Company); Horace Furman (villain, Hasting's competitor); Salvati (villain); Jimmy (villain)
Synopsis: Steve and Ploopie are desperate: they are down to their last $5, and unless they find a client quickly, they'll have to do without food. They are approached by a Mr. Hastings, who earlier entered a cab, then suddenly awoke in an alley to find his wallet and some valuable postwar airplane designs missing.
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Pages: 9
Job Number: CC-667
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.
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Milking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Chief Papoose
Character(s): Li'l Chief Papoose
Synopsis: Li'l Chief Papoose must find a better way to milk a cow.....but how?
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Pages: 1
Job Number: AC-975
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Learn Radio by Practicing in Spare Time

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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. E. Smith Company, encouraging readers to send in for boxes of spare radio parts, a sample lesson and a 64-page booklet, "How To Be a Success in Radio", so that they can train at home to become radio and electronics workers.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Eveready Spotlight
Character(s): A. G. Homa (expert fisherman)
First Line: How to Catch More Fish.....
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from National Carbon Company for Everyready batteries.

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