Issue | #13 |
Published | 1999 |
Cover Price | 6.95 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Bill Black |
Characters | The Avenger |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Dick Ayers |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
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. |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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. |
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] |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |