Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) comic books 2008-2010

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Volume 81 - 1st printing. Cover by Mike Machlan. Ace Comics is featured this issue, as this rarely-covered publisher is represented by a complete reprinting of Four Favorites #3, along with other stories. Though almost forgotten today, Ace Comics was an important player in the formative years of the comic book's development. See Magno, Vulcan, The Sword, Raven, Lash Lightning and other forgotten Ace superheroes! Plus, favorites Miss Masque, Dollman, Minute Man and others, in full-story reprints. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 82 - 1st printing. Sexy superheroines are in the spotlight this issue with never-before-seen reprints featuring some of the rarest and most interesting, including Phantom Lady, Commandette, Blue Lady, Ghost Woman, The Magician from Mars, and more forgotten heroines. Plus, additional stories Golden Age heroines like Nyoka, Firehair, Torchy, Gale Allen, Mysta of the Moon, and Lady Luck. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 83 - 1st printing. "Centaur Comics Special!" Coverage of this early publisher includes a complete reprinting of Amazing Man #12, along with other Centaur stories. See Amazing Man, Shark, Fantoman, Rainbow, Mighty Man, Minimidget, and more! Plus, Golden Age favorites Dollman, Black Terror, American Eagle, Scarab, Spy Smasher, Airboy, and others in full-stories! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.