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Issue Details

Issue #14
Published 1999
Cover Price 6.95 USD
Pages 52
Editing Bill Black

Cover Details

Characters Minute Man; Commando Yank
Genre Superhero
Pencils Charles Sultan
Inks Charles Sultan

1 page Captain Midnight; Spy Smasher illustration "Captain Midnight & Spy Smasher Pin-Up"

Characters Captain Midnight; Spy Smasher
Genre Superhero
Pencils Don Newton
Inks Bill Black

14 page Minute Man story ...Makes "The Dictators Buy War Bonds!"

Characters Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Jonas Progg; Herr Gerst; Herr Goebbels; General Milton; Jack Weston
Synopsis Jonas Progg owned art treausures that were stolen by the Nazis. Minute Man goes to Berlin to steal them back so that Jonas can sell them for War Bonds.
Genre Superhero
Pencils Phil Bard
Inks Phil Bard
Editing Rod Reed (original editor)
Reprinted from America's Greatest Comics (Fawcett, 1941 series) #7 (Spring 1943) [-pages 14 & 15, original title: "Minute Man in Berlin", originally in color]

Half page text article "Men of Mystery 14"

Script Bill Black ?
Letters Typeset
Notes Text article with the history of Fawcett Comics and containing information on each character featured in this issue of Men of Mystery, with a short promo for next issue's contents.

Half page advertisement "Attention Fawcett Collectors!"

Notes Information that the newsletter FCA-Fawcett Collectors of America will continue in Alter Ego Volume 3, No. 1 and information on how to subscribe.

12 page Commando Yank story "...Danger at the Dyke"

Characters Commando Yank; Vandermeer; Baron Glutz
Synopsis While working with the underground in Holland Commando Yank is given a pipe that has the complete data on Nazi defenses in Holland. Unfortunately, Commando Yank is captured and has to figure out a way to get the pipe back for the United States and stop a dyke from being destroyed.
Genre Superhero
Editing Rod Reed (original editor)
Reprinted from America's Greatest Comics (Fawcett, 1941 series) #7 (Spring 1943) [originally in color]

6 page Ibis the Invincible story "The Ghost Ship"

Characters Ibis the Invincible; Taia; Santa Claus's reindeer & sleigh; Nanoki, polar bear god
Synopsis When an ongoing story on the legend of the Ghost Ship threatens to break up another date between Ibis and Taia Ibis teleports them both to the ship so that Taia can get her story fast and still make their dinner date.
Genre Occult; Superhero
Editing Mercedes Shull (original editor)
Reprinted from Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #141 (January 1952) [originally in color]

6 page Golden Arrow story "Cry For Revenge"

Characters Golden Arrow; White Wind; Jeb Cranford (death); Lan Clagg; Joe Brent
Synopsis When Golden Arrow finds out that his friends the Muraki Indian tribe are being accused of killing folk in Lone Pine he decides to get to the bottom of what's going on.
Genre Western
Pencils Dick Giordano (signed)
Inks Vince Alascia (signed)
Editing Burton N. Levey (original editor)
Reprinted from Cowboy Western (Charlton, 1954 series) #49 (May-June 1954) [originally in color]

7 page Bulletman story "The Curio Shop Murders"

Characters Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Frank Arby; Bates (death); Carter (death); Denise; Lieutenant Kent; Jim Barr; Susan Kent; Judge Rater
Synopsis Three of the four people in a partnership to own a curio shop throw out the fourth person who put up all of the money to buy the shop. Because there was no contract he can't do anything legally but he threatens to kill the other three. When two of them end up dead Bulletman and Bulletgirl must catch the killer before they can escape into Mexico.
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bill Ward
Inks Bill Ward
Editing Virginia Provisiero (original editor)
Reprinted from Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #100 (February 1949) [originally in color]

2 page Captain Marvel (Fawcett character) text article "Collector's Corner"

Genre Superhero
Script Bill Black
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes The article begins with a history of Fawcett's comics that revolved around Captain Marvel and his family and some discussion on the lawsuit with DC concerning Captain Marvel. Then there is a synopsis of the stories in The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series) #89 (January 1954), along with an illustration from the cover, one from an interior story, one from The Marvel Family (Fawcett, 1945 series) #22 (April 1948) and one unidentified one.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Golden Age Greats / Golden Age Men of Mystery"

Script ? (promo copy)
Pencils Various
Inks Various
Notes House ad for Golden Age Greats and Golden Age Men of Mystery comics (and others) detailing the contents of each issue, with reprints of the covers to Golden Age Greats #4,6,8,11-13, Golden-Age Men of Mystery #2, 4-8, 10 and 11, Official Golden-Age Hero & Heroine Directory, Senorito Rio TPB, All Hero Retro Annual #1, Best of the West #1, Western Sampler and Roy Rogers Western #1.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Preserving the Heroes of Yesterday For the Readers of Tomorrow!"

Script ? (promo copy)
Pencils Jack Kirby; ?; Alex Schomburg; Frank Frazetta; ? (photos)
Inks Bill Black; ?; Alex Schomburg; Frank Frazetta; ? (photos)
Notes Promos for upcoming AC Comics using the front covers of Golden-Age Men of Mystery #15, Golden-Age Men of Mystery #16, Golden Age Greats #14, The Haunted Horseman #1 and Best of the West #4.