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Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) comic books 2007-2009

  • Issue #64
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 64

    Cover by Al Bryant. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and Bill Woolfolk. Art by Pete Riss, Nina Albright, Gus Ricca, Jerry Robinson, Mort Meskin, and Bob Powell. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Fawcett and others in the Golden Age. Doll Man battles the villainous Stuntman (not to be confused with the Jack Kirby hero); A WWII-era Australian adventure of Manhunter rarely seen in the US; A Fighting Yank story by Batman artist Jerry Robinson. Doll Man: Stunt Man; Manhunter: Adventure in Mexico; Ibis: The Hands of Horror; Miss Victory: Death From the Past; Major Midnight Meets the Worlds Worst Public Enemies; Fighting Yank: The Return of Fingers; Kitty Carson: Search for Gold. Men of Mystery Comics expands to 64 pages with this issue. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #65
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 65

    Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Albert Magarian and Florence Magarian. Art by Dan Barry, Carl Pfeufer, Al Bryant, Arthur Cazenueve, Kurt Schaffenberger, Albert Magarian, Florence Magarian, Bernie Krigstein, and Charles M. Quinlan. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Fawcett, Quality, Harvey, Lev Gleason and Holyoke in the Golden Age. Patriotic hero Captain Freedom tries to prevent Dr. Deemon from creating the Yellow Death; Oddball superhero Jack of Spades emerges from a deck of playing cards to battle a race of hawkmen; Cat-Man and Kitten battle their arch-enemy, Mr. Peccary. Commando Yank: The Die Is Cast; Doll Man Joins the Underworld; Captain Freedom and the Young Defenders; Ibis Meets the Glacier Man; Jack of Spades; Golden Arrow: The Warring Tribe; Cat-Man: Larceny in Liquid. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #66
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 66

    Cover by Stephanie Heike and Mark Heike, based on an original cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and Ray Krank. Art by John Spranger, John Dixon, Carl Pfeufer, Mart Bailey, Pete Riss and Fred Ray. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Fawcett, King Features and others in the Golden Age. The Australian version of Cat-Man tries to rescue his fiancee from kidnappers in London; Skyman goes behind enemy lines to rescue a downed general in the Pacific theatre; Doll Mans foe Tom Thumb tries to convince The Great Gazabo not to go straight. The Doll Man: The Great Gazabo; Cat-Man and Kit: Green Mist Diamond; Skyman: Liberator Bomber; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Murder Magic; Kid Eternity: The City of Silence; Mandrake the Magician: The Little Giant. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #67
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 67

    Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and Len Dodsen. Art by John Spranger, Ed Moritz, Pete Costanza, Carl Pfeufer, Al Bryant, Maurice Whitman, Jack Cole and Leonard Frank. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Fawcett, Standard/Nedor and others in the Golden Age. Manhunter grapples with The Ghostmaster; T-Man finds trouble in Mexico; Major Midnight faces the light of the Sun-Gun. Doll Man; Manhunter; Major Midnight Spikes the Sun-Gun; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Portrait of Death; The Black Terror; Star Pirate; T-Man: Mexican Slayride. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #69
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 69

    Cover by Mike Machlan. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Klaus Nordling and Charles S. Strong. Art by Dick Ayers, Ernie Schroeder, Art Saaf, Alex A. Blum, Klaus Nordling, Matt Baker, and Kurt Schaffenberger. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Fawcett, Hillman, Fox Features, Quality and others in the Golden Age. The origin and first appearance of the Silver Age Avenger (no relation to Richard Benson); Lady Luck goes undercover as a chorus girl; Airboy investigates a mysterious ghost-plane. The Avenger: The Birth of the Avenger; Airboy: Runway 13; Pantha; The Heap: The Black Crab; Spy Smasher: Discovers The Streamlined Treasure Island; Lady Luck: Gen. Stone Kidnapped; Phantom Lady: The Television Spies; Ibis: School for Sorcerers; Lance OCasey: The Deadly Seadragon. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #70
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 70

    Cover by Mike Machlan. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Charles M. Quinlan, Marilyn Mercer, William Woolfolk and Charles Biro. Art by Charles M. Quinlan, Bill Quackenbush, Leonard Frank, Don Rico, William Overgard, Jerry Grandenetti, and Maurice Whitman. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Fawcett, Holyoke, Lev Gleason and others in the Golden Age. Cat-Man pursues a gangster who has been released on a technicality; Crimebuster faces the return of Iron Jaw; Stamp collecting goes very wrong in an adventure of little-known superhero The Reckoner. The Cat-Man and The Kitten; The Doll Man; Major Midnight Fights for Freedom!; The Reckoner: The Stamps That Dripped Blood; Iron Jaw Bites Again!; Secret Files of Doctor Drew; Star Pirate. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #71
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 71

    Cover by Mike Machlan. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and others. Art by Jack Alderman, Charles Sultan, Dan Barry, Bob Fujitani, Kurt Schaffenberger, Charles Tomsey, and Bernie Krigstein. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Fawcett, Holyoke, Quality and others in the Golden Age. An adventure of Holyokes The Hood, who resembles Hooded Justice from Watchmen; The Phantom Eagle faces off against The Aerial Vikings; Bulletman and Bulletgirl encounter The Tattooed Man. The Hood and the Sons of the Rising Sun; Minute-Man the One Man Army; Major Midnight: Marauders of the Deep; Shock Gibson; Ibis the Invincible and Holocaust, God of Destruction!; Phantom Eagle, Guardian of the Airways and the Aerial Vikings; Bulletman the Flying Detective; Golden Arrow and the Dangerous Toys. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #72
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 72

    Cover by Al Bryant. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Victor Ibsen, Cy Thatcher and William Woolfolk. Art by John Giunta, Bill Ward, Dan Barry, Henry C. Kiefer, Ben Thompson, Ray Osrin, Saul Rosen and Matt Baker. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Gerona, Quality Comics, Fawcett, Fiction House and Eastern Color in the Golden Age. The Duke of Darkness battles Mr. Slumber, a villain similar to Doctor Stranges Nightmare; Major Midnight tries to determine which of two teams climbed an Arctic peak first; Hydroman discovers a plot to wipe out Americas wealthy business leaders with exploding golf balls. The Duke of Darkness; The Hag; Danger on Ice; Playing Golf; Besieged Metropolis; The Crocodile Rules the River. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #73
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 73

    Cover by Mike Machlan. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and Klaus Nordling. Art by Carl Pfeufer, Charles Tomsey, Klaus Nordling, W.G. Hargis, Sheldon Moldoff and Bill Quackenbush. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Fawcett, and others in the Golden Age. Commando Yank battles opium producers in Latin America; Ibis intervenes after an eccentric professor takes Taia to the moon; Lady Luck disguises herself to investigate the supposed death of her own secret identity, Brenda Banks. Death Rides A Swallow; The Flying Tomb; The Loot of Christopher Mulden; Ibis Battles the Moon Menace; Lady Luck: Brenda Banks Killed; The Girl With Doom in Her Hands; Ye Shall Die by Fire. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #74
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 74

    Cover by Mark Heike. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and Fred Schwab. Art by Jack Binder Studio, L.B. Cole, Pierce Rice, Ruben Moreira, Chic Stone, Chuck Cuidera, Bob Fujitani, and Fred Schwab. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Holyoke, Quality Comics, Fawcett, Fox Feature and others in the Golden Age. This issue focuses on male-female crimefighting duos of The Golden Age, including Flame and Flame Girl, Rocketman and Jetgirl, Doll Man and Doll Girl, and Cat-Man and Kitten. Bulletman and Bulletgirl face a sad clown who sets out for revenge and becomes one of their greatest foes: The Weeper; Boomerang and Diana unravel a Manchurian Candidate-style plot against the US military. The Weeper; The Duke of Terror Castle; The Hollywood Crutch Killer; Terror Strikes the Turnpike; The Druid Death; The Man Who Conquered Death!; Im a Rocket Ship Gunner! 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #75
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 75

    Cover by Mike Machlan. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and Charles Biro. Art by Alan Mandel, Dan Barry, Al Bryant, Hi Mankin, Ken Battlefield, Ralph Mayo, Lee Elias, Al Carreno, and Leonard Frank. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Fawcett, and others in the Golden Age. Crimebuster races Iron Jaw to the location of a sunken Nazi treasure in gold; The first appearance of Radar, the International Policeman, as he goes after a gang boss; With World War II over, Alan Armstrong retires his Spy Smasher identity, but soon finds reason to reinvent himself as Crime Smasher. Flagman and Rusty; The Doll Man; Crimebuster: Iron Jaws Treasure Hunt; Radar the International Policeman; Rocky X of the Rocketeers: The City Beneath the Surface; The Death Move; Spy Smasher: Crime Smasher; Ma Ja; Midnight! 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #76
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 76

    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and Klaus Nordling. Art by Bob Fujitani, Ross Andru, Harry Lucey, Klaus Nordling, and W.E. Rowland. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality Comics, Fawcett, Holyoke and others in the Golden Age. The Black Terror and Tim discover the dark side of an amusement park funhouse; The Hood discovers that a master criminal literally sold his soul to the Devil, making him supernaturally lucky; Leprechauns aid The Black Terror in ferreting out a superstitious mobster. The Funnyman Murder; The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil; Secret Six; Fort Holden; No Mans Land; A City Movie House After the Last Show; The Thieving Leprechauns! 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #77
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 77

    Cover by Mike Machlan. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and Otto Binder. Art by Phil Bard, Alex Blum, Harry G. Peter, Ben Thompson, and Leonard Frank. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality Comics, Fawcett, Eastern Color and others in the Golden Age. Spy Smasher faces an Italian spy behind enemy lines in World War II Europe; Man o Metal takes on a Nazi submarine; Little-known superhero The Music Master battles a blackmail ring. Minute Man Meets the Victory Vampire; Spy Smasher; Bulletman: The Flying Detective; Man o Metal; The Music Master with Downbeat!; Major Midnight: Without a Body! 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #78
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 78

    Cover by Mike Machlan. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Robert Turner, Bob Powell, Ted Udall and Klaus Nordling. Art by Reed Crandall, Paul Gustavson, Jim Mooney, Klaus Nordling, Ed Cronin, Henry C. Kiefer, John Spranger, W.G. Hargis, and Bernie Klein. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality Comics in the Golden Age. During WWII, Lady Luck discovers a Japanese plot to infect the US with bubonic plague; T-Man tries to protect the Cold War radio service Voice of America from communists. Little-known WWII superhero Marksman has a triple identity, as a German soldier, a bow-wielding masked avenger, and a ghost haunting his own ancestral castle. Manhunter Unfair To Organized Crime; The Jester; Wildfire; Lady Luck: A Flea; The Marksman: John Powell; Red Torpedo: Lone Shark; A Million Dollar Corpse!; The Voice of Russia!; The Unknown! 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #79
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 79

    Cover by Mike Machlan. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black, Ross Gallun, Basil Berold, and Klaus Nordling. Art by Phil Bard, Mike Sekowsky, Joe Doolin, John Spranger, Lou Fine, Klaus Nordling, and Leonard Frank. AC Comics reprints classic superhero stories that originally appeared in comics from Quality, Fawcett and others in the Golden Age. Mysta of the Moon battles the Superbrain and his awful fungus of doom; The evil Mr. Vickery manages to turn Doll Mans own fiancee and her father against him; The Flame faces a legion of skeletal, undead creatures. Mysta of the Moon; Mr. Scarlet and the Wolf-Men of the West!; Captain Flash: The Beginning; The Doll Man; The Flame; Lady Luck: Unmasked!; Major Midnight: The Moon Creatures! 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #80
    Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) 80

    Volume 80 - 1st printing. "Spotlight On: Bulletman!" New squarebound format, with more than twice as many pages! Our special Bulletman, the Flying Detective issue! The most comprehensive coverage of Bulletman ever, with over 100 pages dedicated to a complete index of Bulletman artists, writers, characters, and more - including never-previously-reprinted vintage stories! All that, plus the Black Terror, Airboy, Green Mask, Crimebuster, Skyman, Doll Man, Red Cross, Thundram and many more Golden Age favorites. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.