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Issue Details

Issue #71
Published [July] 2008
Cover Price 9.95 usd
Pages 68
Editing Bill Black
Notes on sale date from comicslistdatabase.com

Cover Details - "The Hood!"

Characters The Hood; Yellowjacket
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Machlan
Inks Mike Machlan
Colors Steph Heike

1 page Lady Luck cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Lady Luck; Count DeChange
Genre superhero
Pencils Gill Fox (signed)
Inks Gill Fox

1 page Doll Man foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Characters Bulletgirl; the Hood; Minuteman; Major Midnight; Doll Man
Genre superhero
Pencils Reed Crandall ?
Inks Reed Crandall ?

7 page The Hood story "The Sons of the Rising Sun"

Characters The Hood [Craig Wood]; Rae Herman; Wilford Carson
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Alderman
Inks Jack Alderman
Reprinted from Cat-Man Comics (Holyoke, 1941 series) #v2#12 [25] (July 1944)

8 page Minute Man story "Up from the dust of defeat rises Illyria, Queen of All Spies"

Characters Minute Man [Jack Weston]; General Milton; Jerome Motley (death); Illyria (villain); Slouchy (villain); Louie (villain)
Synopsis After the death of Jerome Motley, a Secret Service man who had secured plans for an amazing new bomber from an enemy nation, Minute Man is ordered to secure the plans before they fall into criminal hands.
Genre superhero
Pencils Charles Sultan
Inks Charles Sultan
Reprinted from Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #19 (October 1941)

9 page Major Midnight story "Marauders of the Deep"

Characters Major Midnight
Genre superhero
Pencils Dan Barry
Inks Dan Barry
Notes relettered Captain Midnight story
Reprinted from Captain Midnight (Fawcett, 1942 series) #? (1947)

8 page Shock Gibson story "The Laughter That Kills"

Characters Shock Gibson
Synopsis The Japanese develop a type of gas that causes Allied forces to laugh uncontrollably, thus making them ripe for conquering.
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Fujitani
Inks Bob Fujitani
Reprinted from Speed Comics (Harvey, 1939 series) #43 (May-June 1946)

6 page Ibis the Invincible story "Holocaust God of Destruction!"

Characters Ibis; Taia; Holocaust; Tesvd; Freddy Freeman (cameo)
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted from Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #95 (March 1948)

11 page Phantom Eagle story "The Aerial Vikings"

Characters Phantom Eagle; Black Viking: Jerry Sloane
Genre superhero; aviation
Pencils Charles Tomsey
Inks Charles Tomsey
Reprinted from Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #56 (July 1947)

1 page Yellowjacket illustration

Characters Yellowjacket
Genre superhero
Pencils Ken Battefield
Inks Leo Bachle
Notes cover reprint with text removed and other alterations
Reprinted from Yellowjacket (Charlton, 1944 series) #9 (April 1946)

6 page Bulletman story "The Tattooed Man"

Characters Bulletman; Bulletgirl; Tattoo Tony
Genre superhero
Pencils Harry Anderson
Inks Harry Anderson
Reprinted from Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #55 (October, 1944)

7 page Golden Arrow story "The Dangerous Toys"

Characters Golden Arrow
Genre western
Pencils Bernard Krigstein
Inks Bernard Krigstein
Reprinted from Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #95 (March 1948)

1 page Black Cat illustration

Characters Black Cat
Genre superhero
Pencils Lee Elias (signed)
Inks Lee Elias (signed)
Notes cover reprint with text removed and other alterations
Reprinted from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #23 (June 1950)