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Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) comic books 2004-2006

  • Issue #45
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 45

    Cover by Mac Raboy and Bob Rogers. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Charles Biro, Bob Powell and Otto Binder. Art by Ken Bald, Jerry Iger, Norman Maurer, Maurice Whitman, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand and Steve Ditko. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Fox, Lev Gleason, Fiction House and Charlton in the Golden Age. Bulletman and Bulletgirl end their partnership; Wonder Boy battles Nazi saboteurs in a submarine; Jungle lord Kaanga faces off against the Phantom Queen. Bulletman; Wonder Boy; Nightbird: The Censor; Crimebuster: The Overconfident Con Man; Mysterious Traveler: Escape; Kaanga; Man in the Hood. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #46
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 46

    Cover by Reed Crandall. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and others. Art by Reed Crandall, Al Bryant, Alex Blum, Sam Citron, Leonard Starr, and John Celardo. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality and Fiction House in the Golden Age. Stormy Foster, the Great Defender, steps in when a Chinese man is mistaken for Japanese during World War II; Jungle lord Kaanga tries to protect a family targeted for their valuable mine property; Little-known superheroes Neon the Unknown and The Jester. Stormy Foster; Neon the Unknown; Manhunter: Fence, Incorporated; Jester; Star Pirate; Quality Heroes!; Kaanga; Fiction House Heroes. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #47
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 47

    Cover by Mac Raboy. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and Jack Kirby. Art by Alex Kotzky, Rudy Palais, Al Carreno, Bob Fujitani, and Jack Kirby. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Fawcett, Ace and others in the Golden Age. A Jack Kirby two-pager from Harveys Alarming Tales; Captain Truth battles light-bulb thieves, in one of the strangest tales of the Golden Age; The origin of Bulletgirl. Doll Man's Dilemma; Magno the Magnetic Man; Bulletman: The Origin of Bulletgirl; Logan's Next Life; Captain Truth: The Vanishing Boy! 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #48
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 48

    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and Bill Woolfolk. Art by John Spranger, Frank Carin, Charles Sultan, Ernest Schroeder, Dick Ayers, Robert Webb, Mort Meskin and Jerry Robinson. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Standard/Nedor, Fiction House, Harry A Chesler, Hillman, Charlton and Fago in the Golden Age. Doll Man faces the unlikely villainy of Polka-Dot (no relation to Little Dot); The origin of the original shambling-mass hero, The Heap; The Black Terror faces off against colorful female vigilante Red Ann. Doll Man: Polka Dot On the Spot; Space Mouse: Believe It Or Not!; Yankee Doodle Jones; Heap; Fear; Sheena; Black Terror: The Revenge of Red Ann. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #49
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 49

    Cover by Mac Raboy. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Bob Powell and Robert Turner. Art by C. C. Beck, Bob Powell, Ted Galindo, Ray Osrin, Jack Binder, Jim Mooney, Mort Meskin and Bob Lubbers. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Fawcett, Charlton and Harvey in the Golden Age. A rare look at a Dime Action Book (similar to Big Little Books) adventure featuring Fawcett hero Minute Man; The only appearance of oddball female hero Atoma; Bulletman is joined by the flying canine Bulletdog. Minute Man: Mystery of the Spy Ring; Blue Beetle: Last Chance; Bulletman: Bulletdog Takes Over; Atoma; The Oddity of Atoma!; Wildfire; Captain Wings: Taps for the Sky Snake. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #50
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 50

    Cover by Bob Powell. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Gardner Fox and Will Eisner. Art by Emil Gershwin, John Dixon, Charles Tomsey, Bob Powell, and Will Eisner. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Magazine Enterprises, and Fawcett in the Golden Age. 50th issue special: A spy adventure featuring Black X from the immortal Will Eisner; Australian hero Cat-Man fights to save his girlfriend and her scientist father from gangsters; Spy Smasher battles Nazis while stranded on a tropical island. Spy Smasher: Winds of Death; Cat-Man and Kit; Bulletman: The Death Jump; Espionage Starring the Black X; Men of Mystery Hits 50!; The Avenger: The Man From Mars. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #51
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 51

    Cover by John Spranger. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Bill Woolfolk and Joe Millard. Art by Alex Kotzky, John Spranger, H. G. Hargis, Bill Ward, and Lou Fine. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality and others in the Golden Age. The Black Condor battles electrically-charged kite-men; Doll Man faces his arch-enemy The Undertaker during a cross-country train ride; Bill Wards Torchy has adventures in babysitting. Doll Man: The Undertaker; Manhunter: Jawbone; T-Man: The Elephant Who Loved Flowers; Torchy; Black Condor: The Kite-Men. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #52
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 52

    Cover by Charles Quinlan. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and others. Art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Charles Tomsey, Bob Fujitani, Bill Benulis, Al Bryant and John Dixon. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Fiction House, Holyoke and others in the Golden Age. Adventures of Cat-Man and his WWII Australian counterpart, who was rarely seen in the US; Spy Smashers worst fears are confirmed when he visits the dentist; A Mysta of the Moon story by Matt Baker. Mysta of the Moon: Revolt on Planet Xanthia; Spy Smasher Visits the Dentist; Cat-Man; The Eye; Kid Eternity; Cat-Man and Kit. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #53
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 53

    Cover by Gill Fox. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Klaus Nordling and Ken Crossen. Art by Ernie Schroeder, Klaus Nordling, Mac Raboy, Pierce Rice, Arturo Cazeneuve and Jack Cole. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality and others in the Golden Age. Lady Luck survives a dam collapse, but her civilian identity Brenda Banks is believed dead; Airboy takes on the Rat Army; The oddball skate-powered superhero Zippo. Airboy and the Rats; Lady Luck; Green Lama: An American Story; Zippo; Woozy Winks. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #54
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 54

    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and Jerry Maxwell. Art by George Roussos, Ralph Mayo, Arturo Zaneneuve, Pierce Rice, Al Bryant, Mike Sekowsky, Robert Webb, and Joe Certa. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Fox Features and others in the Golden Age. The Black Terror takes on crooks who have trained a dog to fleece a millionaire; The Eagle battles Nazi saboteurs armed with magnetic guns and invisibility rays; Wonder Boy fights to get an exploited circus performer returned to his homeland. The Black Terror; The Eagle; Wonder Boy; Hot Rod; The Desert Panther; Target and the Targeteers. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #55
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 55

    Cover by Bob Powell. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Otto Binder and Victor Ibsen. Art by Bob Powell, W.G. Hargis, Carl Pfeufer, Fletcher Hanks, Ralph Mayo, Pete Morisi and Steve Ditko. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Fox Features, Fiction House and others in the Golden Age. T-Man finds trouble in the Middle East during a 1940s oil crisis; Camilla the jungle queen protects villagers from foreigners seeking blood diamonds; Another strange Stardust the Superwizard tale from the inimitable Fletcher Hanks. The Avenger: The Man Who Played Spy; T-Man: Troubles Double!; Commando Yank; Super Wizard Stardust; Camilla; The Mysterious Traveller: Operation Blacksnake; Masked Raider: The Shotgun Army. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #56
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 56

    Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Fletcher Hanks and Ernie Schroder. Art by Bill Ward, Ken Battefield, Joe Certa, and Fletcher Hanks. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Fawcett, Fox Features, Curtis, Frank Communale & Hillman in the Golden Age. The Target encounters milk hijackers; Oddball heroes The Heap and Yellowjacket; Stardust the Superwizard faces off against the Mad Giant in a Fletcher Hanks tale. Bulletman: The Strange Hostage; Bulletman Tunes Out Station C-R-I-M-E!; Yellowjacket; Ibis the Invincible: The Sinister Seeds!; Target and the Targeteers; The Super Wizard: Stardust; The Heap. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #57
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 57

    Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Fletcher Hanks and Ernie Schroder. Art by Ernie Schroeder, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, and Bill Ward. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Hillman, Fawcett, Charlton and Fiction House in the Golden Age. Airboy battles a mutant sea-slug on the ocean floor; The Blue Beetles secret identity is threatened; Camilla the jungle queen seeks ancient Viking relics. Airboy; Blue Beetle: Unmasked; Bulletman: The Dangerous Escape; Ibis the Invincible; Camilla. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #58
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 58

    Cover by Mac Raboy. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Otto Binder and P.C. Hamerlinck. Art by Carl Pfeufer, Kurt Schaffenberger, Alex Blum, Gene McDonald, and John Jordan. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Fawcett in the Golden Age. A gangster marked for death hires an actor to impersonate him, but the plan backfires; An illustrated profile of Golden Age artist Carl Pfeufer; Ibis intervenes after a dead man hijacks Charons ferryboat to the nether world. Spy Smasher and the Blizzard Blitzkrieg; Golden-Age Artist Profile: Carl Pfeufer; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: All the Worlds a Stage; Don Winslow of the Navy: Return of the Scorpion; Commando Yank on the Japanese Shellproof Island; Ibis the Invincible and the Land of Death! 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #59
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 59

    Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Fred Schwab and Klaus Nordling. Art by John Spranger, Al Bryant, Edmund Good, Pete Riss, and Fred Schwab. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality in the Golden Age. Kid Eternity seeks the truth about the treasure of pirate Captain Morgan; Lady Luck faces the oddball villain called Warped Brain; in another story, Lady Luck fights burglars in a radio studio. The Doll Man; Kid Eternity; T-Man: Red Intrigue in Paris; Lady Luck; Manhunter; Lady Luck: Play Take it All! 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #60
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 60

    Cover by Reed Crandall. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Fred Schwab and Klaus Nordling. Art by John Spranger, Alice Kirkpatrick, Edmund Good, Klaus Nordling, and Fred Schwab. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality in the Golden Age. Doll Man battles his underwater enemy The Moray; Lady Luck takes on the geriatric gangsters known as the Old Croney Mob; T-Man allows himself to be captured by communists in order to free a fellow spy. The Doll Man; Giant Triumph; Manhunter; Lady Luck; T-Man. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #61
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 61

    Cover by Dan Barry. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Bill Woolfolk and Gardner Fox. Art by Al Bryant, Kurt Schaffenberger, Steve Ditko, and Bob Powell. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Fawcett and Charlton in the Golden Age. Doll Man faces the mysterious villain known as Gloves; Ibis faces The Ghostly Cavalier; Strongman may have the strength of ten men, but hes in trouble when he faces more than that number. The Doll Man; Ibis the Invincible and the Ghostly Cavalier; Mysterious Traveler in the Vision Came; Strong Man: Too Many For Strongman; Commando Yank: Pearls of Perella; Major Midnight and the Water Fuel. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #62
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 62

    Cover by Mike Machlan. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Bill Woolfolk and Gardner Fox. Art by John Spranger, Bob Powell, Al Avison, and Irving Steinberg. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Fawcett and Magazine Enterprises in the Golden Age. Magic tips from Mandrake the Magician; The competition to own a rare pistol leads to poison and murder; A WWII-era Australian adventure of Manhunter rarely seen in the US. The Doll Man; Avenger: The Sea Monsters; Mandrakes Magic Page; Ibis: Battles the Amazing Riverman; Manhunter: South Seas; T-Man: The Terror of the Orient; Men of Mystery: U-Solve-It. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #63
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 63

    Cover by Ken Hunt and Mark G. Heike. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, George Kapitan and Dick Briefer. Art by Al Bryant, Dick Briefer, Charles Tomsey, Bill Ward, Louis Glanzman, and Harry Sahle. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Prize and Centaur in the Golden Age. An adventure featuring Dick Briefers odd version of the Frankenstein monster; The little-known aquatic hero The Shark, created by artist Sam Glanzmans older brother Lew; Hawkman-like hero Air Man fights crime on the high seas. The Doll Man: Dragg; Frankenstein: Frozen Alive; Bulletman: Mysterious Coincidences; Shark: Vacation Time; Air Man: On the High Seas. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.