Issue Details

Issue	#27
Published	[December] 2000
Cover Price	6.95
Pages	52
Editing	Bill Black (editor); Mark B. Heike (associate editor)

Cover Details - "The Fog Robbers"

Characters	The Avenger; Phantom Lady
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bill Black (signed)
Inks	Bill Black (signed)
Colors	Steph Heike

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Men of Mystery No. 27"

Script	Bill Black
Letters	typeset

8 page story "Monsieur Gravedigger"

Genre	period
Script	Jerry DeFuccio
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall
Notes	originally for EC Comics but never saw print.

4 page Lady Luck story "Bored with New York, debutante Brenda Banks takes a flying trip to the island of Tutuilatai"

Characters	Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Lord Cyril Pitt; John Crawford
Genre	superhero
Script	Nick Cardy
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy
Reprinted	from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series)

10 page Phantom Lady story "A Shroud For The Bride"

Characters	Phantom Lady
Genre	superhero
Script	Ruth Roche ?
Pencils	Matt Baker
Inks	Matt Baker
Reprinted	from Phantom Lady (Fox, 1947 series) #14 (October 1947)

4 page Mr. Mystic story "Arson, Intoxication, Murder and Theft"

Characters	Mr. Mystic; Mephistopheles; Arson; Temptation; Intoxication; Murder; Theft
Genre	occult
Script	? [ as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils	S. R. Powell (signed)
Inks	S. R. Powell (signed)
Reprinted	from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series)

9 page Crimebuster story "The Long Arm of Justice"

Characters	Crimebuster; Squeeks
Genre	superhero
Script	Charles Biro (signed)
Pencils	Ralph Mayo ?
Inks	Ralph Mayo ?
Reprinted	from Boy Comics (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #101 (May 1954)

5 page Marvelman story "Marvelman and the Electroctopus"

Characters	Marvelman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Mick Anglo ?
Inks	Mick Anglo ?
Reprinted	from Marvelman (L. Miller and Son, 1954 series) #304

8 page The Avenger story "The Fog Robbers"

Characters	The Avenger [Roger Wright] (Intro); Claire Farrow (his secretary)
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Dick Ayers (signed)
Inks	Dick Ayers (signed)
Reprinted	from The Avenger (Magazine Enterprises, 1955 series) #1 (February 1955)