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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published 1999
Cover Price 6.95 USD
Pages 52
Editing Bill Black

Cover Details

Characters The Avenger
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Dick Ayers

1 page text article "Men of Mystery 13"

Characters Black Fury [Rex King, Adventurer; Kato]
Genre Superhero; Jungle
Script Bill Black
Pencils Al Plastino ?
Inks Al Plastino ?
Notes Text article containing information on each character featured in this issue of Men of Mystery, with some notes on the previous issue and a panel from an unknown (to me) Rex King, Adventurer story.

7 page The Avenger story "Death Has Three Faces"

Characters The Avenger [Roger Wright]
Synopsis When a guided atomic missile is lost in the mid-pacific waters it is up to The Avenger to recover it before the Russians do.
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Dick Ayers
Editing Raymond C. Krank (original editor)
Notes Because of this adventure The Avenger contracted cancer.
Reprinted from Avenger, The (Magazine Enterprises, 1955 series) #1 (February-March 1955) [originally in color]

7 page Captain Flash story "Man Or Myth?"

Characters Captain Flash [Professor Keith Spencer]; Ricky [Ricky Davis]; Jimmy
Synopsis Some thugs plant the idea that Captain Flash is a myth to try to find out if he really exists. Unfortunately for them, they find out that he does.
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike Sekowksy
Inks Mike Sekowsky
Editing Martin Smith (original editor)
Reprinted from Captain Flash (Sterling, 1954 series) #4 (July 1955) [originally in color]

5 page Mr. Scarlet story "The Case of the Impregnable Vault"

Characters Mr Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky; Van Dorn; Renser; James Herald; Brian Butler; Lightfingers Louie
Synopsis Mr. Scarlet (as Brian Butler) is given the job to figure out how a necklace is stolen from a safe that can't be broken into.
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carl Pfeufer
Inks Carl Pfeufer
Editing Roy Ald (original editor)
Notes The artwork for this was restored by Bill Black. Pinky's name has been removed from the heading in this reprint.
Reprinted from Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #50 (December 1946) [originally in color]

Half page The Marvel Family [Captain Marvel; Captain Marvel Jr.; Mary Marvel] filler "Comix Cards"

Characters The Marvel Family [Captain Marvel; Captain Marvel Jr.; Mary Marvel]
Genre Superhero
Notes Two small comix cards featuring the Marvel Family in two different poses.

8 page Rex King Adventurer story "Thieving white man's jungle magic strikes terror..."

Characters Rex King; Kato; Chief Amu; Zork (death)
Synopsis When the statue of the lizard-lion tells the natives that they must bring all of their ivory to the temple Rex King decides to find out what is going on, as the tribe will starve without the ivory to trade for food.
Genre Jungle
Pencils Al Plastino ?
Inks Al Plastino ?
Notes Mark Heike restored the artwork on this story.
Reprinted from Super-Magician Comics (Street and Smith, 1941 series) #v1#2 (September 1941) [original title "Jungle Mystery", originally in color]

4 page Charles Cuidera text article "I Wouldn't Change a Thing" Part Two

Characters Blackhawk
Script Bill Black; Mark Heike; Charles Cuidera
Pencils Charles Cuidera; ?; ? (photos)
Inks Charles Cuidera; ?; ? (photos)
Notes Second part of an interview with Chuck (Charles) Cuidera about working with Will Eisner, Quality and DC. The piece includes a Blackhawk drawing, a photo of Chuck (Charles) Cuidera, reprints of the covers to Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #41 (May 1953), T-Man (Quality Comics, 1951 series) #34, Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #61 (April 1956), Doll Man (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #45 (April 1953), a photo of Chuck Cuidera and Mark Heike, a photo of Chuck Cuidera, Dot Cuidera (Chuck's wife) and Stephanie Sanderson and a reprint of the cover to T-Man (Quality Comics, 1951 series) #36.

15 page The Daredevil story "Presenting: The Claw"

Characters The Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Claw; Tonia Saunders; Bart Hill; Sin-Lee (death); Jarves
Synopsis The Claw has his minions burrow under the Atlantic Ocean so that he can attack New York City (and America) from underground. Fortunately Bart Hill is there when the Claw attacks and he changes into the Daredevil to put a stop to the attack.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils C.C. Beck
Inks C.C. Beck
Editing Lev Gleason (original editor)
Notes Restoration/homage to the Daredevil story from Silver Streak Comics (Lev Gleason, 1939 series) #7 (January 1941) illustrated by Jack Cole.

1 page text article "Collector's Corner"

Script Jerry DeFuccio; C.C. Beck; Hugh Hefner
Notes This article is reprinted from a Cartoonist PROfiles printed in 1977. The article is about C.C. Beck recreating Jack Cole's story of The Daredevil vs. The Claw from Silver Streak Comics (Lev Gleason, 1939 series) #7 (January 1941). The article includes comments from Jerry DeFuccio, C.C. Beck, Hugh Hefner, pictures of Jerry DeFuccio, Jack Cole and C.C. Beck and one illustration.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Golden Age Greats / Golden Age Men of Mystery"

Script ? (promo copy)
Pencils Various
Inks Various
Notes House ad for Golden Age Greats and Golden Age Men of Mystery comics (and others) detailing the contents of each issue, with reprints of the covers to Golden Age Greats #4,6,8,11-13, Golden-Age Men of Mystery #2, 4-8, 10 and 11, Official Golden-Age Hero & Heroine Directory, Senorito Rio TPB, All Hero Retro Annual #1, Best of the West #1, Western Sampler and Roy Rogers Western #1.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Preserving the Heroes of Yesterday For the Readers of Tomorrow!"

Script ? (promo copy)
Pencils Jack Kirby; Charles Sultan; Alex Schomburg; Frank Frazetta; ? (photos)
Inks Bill Black; Charles Sultan; Alex Schomburg; Frank Frazetta; ? (photos)
Notes Promos for upcoming AC Comics using the front covers of Golden-Age Men of Mystery #15, Golden-Age Men of Mystery #14, Golden Age Greats #14, The Haunted Horseman #1 and Best of the West #4.