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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