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Issue Details

Issue #21
Published January 1948
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Ned Pines*

Cover Details

Characters The Black Terror
Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)
Inks Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)
Letters typeset

10 page The Black Terror story "The Thieving Leprechauns"

Characters The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim; "Two-Sight" Gallagher (villain, death); Waxey Gargon (villain, death)
Synopsis Superstitious mobster "Two-sight" Gallagher believes in the "little people"....elves and the like, and when one of them plants an amulent on his person, Gallagher believes it to be a good luck charm.
Genre superhero
Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #76 (2008)

11 page Black Terror story "A Race With Death"

Characters The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim; Jean; Walt Slater (death); Reed Slater; Plug Wilson (villain); Steve Wilson (villain)
Synopsis The owner of the Bar-B Ranch is murdered by a rival family that is just itching to get its hands on that property so they can control the water rights and therefore have every rancher at their mercy.
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Ralph Mayo
Notes Art credits added by Craig Delich 2010-2-5 and verified by Bill Black.
Reprinted in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #80 (2009)

11 page The Black Terror story "Funny Man Murder"

Characters The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim; Jean; Trigger (villain); Ace Crawley (villain)
Synopsis Bob decides to take Tim to the amusement park instead of taking out Jean, but when they enter the "House of Laughs", it's anything but a laughing matter! Especially when it is being used to frame people for murder!
Genre superhero
Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #76 (2008)

8 page Miss Masque story "Ring of Death"

Characters Miss Masque [Diana Adams]; Russ Bowman; Bob Smith (boxer, death); Hammond (boxer); Hal Chase (boxer); Frank (villain); Joe (villain)
Synopsis Miss Masque must bring to justice several fight promoters who bet on a fighter and then get the boxer to throw the fight so they'll win big, and, if they refuse, they kill the man.
Genre superhero
Pencils Robert Oksner
Inks Robert Oksner
Notes This appearance occurs between America's Best Comics #24 and #25. Art identification verified by Bill Black and revision added by Craig Delich 2010-5-22.
Reprinted in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #81 (2010)