Issue | #12 |
Published | 1999 |
Cover Price | 6.95 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Bill Black |
Characters | Yarko the Great |
Genre | Superhero |
Characters | Blackhawk (all seven members); Blackhawk |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Bill Black ? |
Pencils | Charles Cuidera; ? |
Inks | Charles Cuidera; ? |
Notes | Text article containing information on each character featured in this issue of Men of Mystery, an original illustration of all seven members of Blackhawk and another illustration of Blackhawk only. |
Characters | Black X; Dean (death); Batu; Moran; M'sieu Rolande (death); Camille; Commandant of Devil's Island; Rene (death) |
Synopsis | A thief named Moran has sole possession of the secret to a new gun. When he is captured for murder and sent to Devil's Island Black X has to go along to keep him from giving the secret to the French. |
Genre | Spy |
Script | Will Eisner [as Will Erwin] |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Editing | Ed Cronin (original editor) |
Reprinted | from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #13 (August 1940) [originally in color] |
Characters | Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (Introduction; Origin); Professor Lincoln (Death; Roy's father); Roy Lincoln; Fritz (death); Axix Consul (death) |
Synopsis | The origin of the Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carroll] |
Pencils | C. C. Beck |
Inks | C. C. Beck |
Editing | Ed Cronin (original editor) |
Notes | Restoration/homage to the Human Bomb story from Police Comics #1 illustrated by Paul Gustavson. |
Characters | Stuart Taylor; Doctor Hayward; Laura; Queen Starina; Lina (death) |
Synopsis | Somewhere in the past Stuart Taylor has to rescue Dr. Hayward and Laura from the clutches of Queen Starina and her wizard. |
Genre | Science Fiction |
Script | ? [as Curt Davis] |
Pencils | Louis K. Fine |
Inks | Louis K. Fine |
Editing | Malcolm Reiss (original Editor); William S. Eisner (Original Art Director); S.M. Iger (Original Feature Editor) |
Notes | The GCD records for this story in Jumbo Comics #22 show the artist as swiping Louis Fine, Bill Black reports the artist for the story as Louis Fine. |
Reprinted | from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #22 (December 1940) [originally in color] |
Characters | Dr. Fung; Dan Barrister; Og; Lady Williston |
Synopsis | Dr. Fung and Dan Barrister search the Malay Jungle for Lady Williston, the lost daughter of the Earl of Williston. After they find her they have to help her leave the tribe she has been living with. |
Genre | Adventure |
Pencils | Bob Powell |
Inks | Bob Powell |
Characters | Blackhawk |
Script | Bill Black; Mark Heike; Charles Cuidera |
Pencils | Charles Cuidera; ? (photo); Will Eisner; Charles Cuidera; Dick Dillin |
Inks | Charles Cuidera; ? (photo); Will Eisner; Charles Cuidera |
Notes | First part of an interview with Chuck (Charles) Cuidera about his life before comics, working with Victor Fox, Will Eisner, Quality and his time in the military. The piece includes a Blackhawk illustration from Military Comics #1, a photo of Chuck (Charles) Cuidera, a reprint of the cover to Military Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941), pencils for an unpublished Police Comics cover and a reprint of an unidentified splash page for a Blackhawks story from the early 50's by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera. |
Characters | Death Patrol [Gramps; Slick; Del; Hank; Butch]; Zazzy (first appearance; joins the Death Patrol); Slick (death); Emil |
Synopsis | Death Patrol is called in to discover how bombs are falling on london when no planes are visible. During their mission one of them are killed. |
Genre | War; Aviation; Humor |
Script | Jack Cole |
Pencils | Jack Cole |
Inks | Jack Cole |
Editing | Will Eisner (original editor) |
Reprinted | from Military Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #3 (October 1941) [original title: "[The Stratosphere Bombs]", originally in color] |
Characters | Yarko the Great; Li Wan; Wang; Lailani and other vampiresses (Villain; Intro) |
Synopsis | Yarko and Li Wan go to Tibet in search of the Hoshai Plant (a flower with human blood). They are captured by Lailani and her group of vampiresses and Yarko has to pit his power of hypnotism against hers. |
Genre | Occult |
Script | Will Eisner [as Anthony Brooks] |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Editing | Victor Fox (original editor) |
Reprinted | from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #6 (October 1939) [original title: "[The Blood Flower]", originally in color] |
Characters | The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Fiddler; Star Sapphire; The Thinker |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Bill Black |
Pencils | Lee Elias; Harry Lampert; E. E. Hibbard; Lee Elias; Carmine Infantino |
Inks | Moe Worthman; Harry Lampert; E. E. Hibbard; Lee Elias; Carmine Infantino |
Notes | This article covers the various artists that drew The Flash (Jay Garrick version). It ends with a review of the stories in All-Flash (DC, 1941 series) #32 (December-January 1947-8). |
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. |
Characters | Rulah |
Notes | Promo for Golden-Age Greats Volume 14 featuring the Comic Book Jungle using the cover art and an interior panel to promote it. |