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Issue Details

Issue #75
Published [December] 2008
Cover Price 9.95 usd
Pages 64
Editing Bill Black

Cover Details

Characters Flagman; Rusty; The Wasp
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Machlan
Inks Mike Machlan
Colors Steph Heike
Notes based on the cover to Captain America #7 (Marvel Comics) October, 1941

8 page Flagman and Rusty story "The Wasp and the Sting of Death"

Characters Flagman; Rusty; The Wasp; Frankling D. Roosevelt (cameo)
Genre superhero
Pencils Alan Mandel
Inks Dan Barry
Reprinted from Captain Aero (Holyoke, 1941 series)

11 page Doll Man story "Tom Thumb and The Doll Man"

Characters Doll Man; Tom Thumb (intro)
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Bryant
Inks Al Bryant
Reprinted from Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #114 (September 1947)

11 page Crimebuster story "Iron Jaw's Treasure Hunt"

Characters Crimebuster; Squeeks; Lucy; Mrs. Flynn; Bill Flynn; Boyd; Iron Jaw (villain).
Synopsis Bill Flynn has discovered the location of the sunken S.S. Porpoise that was sunk by the Germans with $85 million in gold still on board, and he gets Crimebuster to try and get to that loot before Iron Jaw does.
Genre superhero
Script Charles Biro
Pencils Hi Mankin
Inks Hi Mankin
Reprinted from Boy Illustories (Lev Gleason, 1948 series) #78 (June 1952)

9 page Radar story "Adventure In the States"

Characters Radar; Humphrey Demon (villain); Blackiston (villain, Dies); Fishy (villain); Rip (villain).
Synopsis Witnessing the assassination of a known felon who was a part of a dope peddling racket, Radar bears down on the big boss in charge of the racket
Genre superhero
Pencils Ken Battefield
Inks Ken Battefield
Reprinted from Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #83 (September 1947)

7 page Rocky X story "The City Beneath the Surface"

Characters Rocky X; Simpy; Lzanes; Tsaxmar; Vulgaxx (villainous creatures, Die).
Synopsis After helping the underground inhabitants of Kallaxyn fight off the Vulgaxx, Rocky X believes he has discovered a way to return their planet into proper orbit.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Ralph Mayo
Inks Ralph Mayo
Reprinted from Boy Illustories (Lev Gleason, 1948 series) #94 (October 1953)

2 page Black Cat text story "The Death Move"

Characters The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne; Michael Wilson; Vasily Mihail (Dies); James Mason (villain); Herbert Tides
Synopsis Black Cat solves the murder of a Balkan chess champion, who was warned to withdraw from the tournament...or get "checkmated"!
Genre superhero
Pencils Lee Elias
Inks Lee Elias
Letters typeset
Reprinted from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #2 (August 1946)

6 page Spy Smasher story "Spy Smasher Introduces Crime Smasher"

Characters Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Crime Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby; Jaspar Jaww (villain).
Synopsis With the war over, Spy Smasher retires. But Alan Armstrong discovers that crime hasn't taken a holiday when some thugs steal the plans for his Gyro-Sub that he plans to donate to the Smithsonian Institution.
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Carreno
Inks Al Carreno
Reprinted from Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #76 (July 1946)

9 page Major Midnight story "Life of the Shark"

Characters Major Midnight [Captain Albright]; Ichabod Mudd; Paul Petrov; Mr. Gentry; Ivan Shark (villain); Gardo (villain).
Synopsis When Captain Midnight is asked to make a movie on the life of the notorious Ivan Shark, he discovers that Shark is still alive and must use his mechanical bloodhound to track him down.
Genre superhero
Pencils Leonard Frank
Inks Leonard Frank
Notes relettered Captain Midnight story
Reprinted from Captain Midnight (Fawcett, 1942 series) #50 (April 1947)