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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published [August] 1999
Cover Price 6.95 usd
Pages 52
Editing Bill Black

Cover Details

Characters Mr. Scarlet; Pinky
Genre superhero
Colors Steph Heike
Reprinted from Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #4 (Winter 1941-42)

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Men of Mystery No. 16"

Script Bill Black
Letters typeset

13 page Mr. Scarlet and Pinky story "Riddle of the Runaway Room"

Characters Mr. Scarlet; Pinky; Kronkheit; Rattlepate Ep III; Captain Marvel; Bulletman; Bulletgirl
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Binder
Inks Jack Binder
Reprinted from America's Greatest Comics (Fawcett, 1941 series) #7 (Spring 1943)

15 page Airboy story "The Return of Zzed, Part 2"

Characters Airboy; Zzed; Tex Calhoun
Genre adventure; aviation
Pencils Ernie Schroeder
Inks Ernie Schroeder
Reprinted from Airboy (Hillman, 1945 series) v7#5 [#76] (June 1950)

7 page Phantom Lady story "Two Times Zero"

Characters Phantom Lady
Genre superhero
Script Ruth Roche ?
Notes previously unpublished. Left over from Ajax series.

7 page Buckskin story "Barn of the Doomed"

Characters Buckskin; The Banshee (Sheriff Temple; villain; introduction)
Genre superhero
Pencils Harvey Kurtzman
Inks Harvey Kurtzman
Reprinted from Super Mystery Comics (Ace Magazines, 1940 series) v3#5 (July 1943)

6 page Bulletman story "Bulletman vs the Torpedo"

Characters Bulletman; The Torpedo
Genre superhero
Pencils Harry Anderson
Inks Harry Anderson
Reprinted from Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #58 (February 1945)