Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	April 1996
Cover Price	6.95 usd
Pages	52
Editing	Bill Black

Cover Details

Characters	Black Terror; Mr. Scarlet; Phantom Lady; The Avenger
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bill Black (signed)
Inks	Bill Black (signed)
Notes	wraparound cover

1 page Phantom Lady illustration

Characters	Phantom Lady
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Matt Baker
Inks	Matt Baker

10 page Black Terror story "The Eye of the Lady Serpent"

Characters	Black Terror; Tim; Lady Serpent (villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Mort Meskin
Inks	Jerry Robinson
Colors	Christie Churms (tones)
Reprinted	from Black Terror (Standard, 1942 series) #23 (June 1948)

7 page Phantom Lady story "Meanest Men in the World"

Characters	Phantom Lady
Genre	superhero
Script	Ruth Roche ?
Colors	Christie Churms (tones)
Reprinted	from Phantom Lady (Ajax-Farrell, 1954 series) #4 (June 1955)

7 page The Heap story "Monster Duel"

Characters	Heap; Zazerac; Lon Calypso; Cornelia Erin; The Baroness
Genre	horror; monster
Pencils	Ernest Schroeder
Inks	Ernest Schroeder
Colors	Christie Churms (tones)
Reprinted	from Airboy (Hillman, 1945 series) v7 #11 (December 1950)

2 page text story "The Story Behind the Cover"

Script	Bill Black
Letters	typeset

5 page Ghost Rider story "Magico Versus Ghost Rider"

Characters	Ghost Rider; Magico (villain); Sing Song
Genre	superhero; western
Script	Carl Memling ? ; Gardner Fox ?
Pencils	Dick Ayers
Inks	Dick Ayers
Colors	Christie Churms (tones)
Notes	Original comic index attributes script to Gardner Fox. AC Comics attributes it to Carl Memling
Reprinted	from Red Mask (Magazine Enterprises, 1954 series) #45 (December 1954)

7 page The Avenger story "The One Man War"

Characters	The Avenger
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner Fox ?
Pencils	Bob Powell
Colors	Christie Churms (tones)
Reprinted	from Avenger (Magazine Enterprises) 1955 series) #3 (June-July 1955)

6 page Mr. Scarlet story "The Watchmen"

Characters	Mr. Scarlet; Pinky; Van Guilder
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bob Fujitani
Inks	Bob Fujitani
Colors	Christie Churms (tones)
Reprinted	from Wow (Fawcett, 1940 series) #67 (June 1948)

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "All-American Men of Mystery"

Script	Bill Black
Letters	typeset