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Issue Details

Issue #44
Published March 1967
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details

Characters Black Hood; Steel Sterling; the Mad Gadgeteer
Genre superhero
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman

12 page Black Hood story "The Sinister Powers of the Mad Gadgeteer"

Characters Black Hood; Mad Gadgeteer; Gerald Crandall; Detective Mark Brodie
Synopsis A crook dressed like the Black Hood succeeds in besmirching the hero's name in a series of successful robberies. But when the Black Hood battles the thug, the doppleganger falls into a deep pit. There, he discovers a machine that will grant his fondest wish. With that, the crook becomes the Mad Gadgeteer with one thing on his mind -- revenge against the Black Hood.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Joe Giella

3 page Shield story "The Menace from P.E.R.I.L."

Characters Shield [Joe Higgins]; Nancy Zenith; Dragonfly; Alligator; P.E.R.I.L.
Synopsis On his way to a job interview, the Shield is stopped by the Alligator and Dragonfly, two operatives of P.E.R.I.L.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman
Notes The Shield is mistakenly referred to as Joe Higgins instead of Bill Higgins in this story.

10 page Steel Sterling story "Steel Sterling Vs The Awesome Bravo"

Characters Steel Sterling; Metal Mask; Beastor; Awesome Bravo; Deadly Dimensional
Synopsis Steel Sterling tries to protect the Awesome Bravo from a trio of deadly foes. But who is the hunter and who is the hunted?
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Joe Giella
Reprinted in Archie's Super Hero Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1979 series) #2

2 page letters page "Mighty Readers"

Characters Black Hood
Letters typeset
Notes Appears between pages 5 and 6 of the previous sequence.