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Issue: Men of Mystery Comics #78
Publication Date: March 2009
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Issues: #78 of 98 Issues (99 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAC
Brand: AC ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: AC Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 649241867685
Price: $9.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 11 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bill Black; Mark Heike (associate)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; white paper interior
Binding:  
Publishing Format: Ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Machlan [as MAC] (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Machlan [as MAC] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Crime Convention

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall
Inker(s): Reed Crandall
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Corky (villain); Spike (villain); Rocks Hannigan (villain); "Eagle Eyes" Connor (villain); "Ears" McSorley (villain); "Bone Crusher" Wilson (villain)
Synopsis: Rocks Hannigan calls for a convention of crooks in Beach City with the aim of rubbing out Manhunter and his dog.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #25 published December 1943
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Jester
Character(s): The Jester [Chuck Lane]; McGinty; Miss Weston; Dutch (villain); Caraso (villain)
First Line: The wail of police sirens echo through the canyons of Manhattan
Synopsis: When the Police are unable to catch gambling joint owner Caraso with the proper evidence of his activities, the Jester goes into action to prove their case.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSmash Comics #34 published July 1942
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Turner
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Jim Mooney
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wildfire
Character(s): Wildfire [Carol Vance Martin]; Big Tom (villain); Old Ben
First Line: On her way east, Carol stops off for some sightseeing at the great oil fields of the southwest
Synopsis: Wildfire, while visiting oil fields in the southwest, stumbles upon a murder. But Big Tom, the man behind the killing, thinks his liquid air gun will stop her.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSmash Comics #30 published January 1942
was Big Tom's Oil Saboteurs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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A Flea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lady Luck
Character(s): Lady Luck; Peecolo; Bruce Banks; Helga; Professor Pulek; Lady Luck Patrol
Synopsis: The Professor uses his flea circus to spread bubonic plague.
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Reprint Notes: from Spirit Section (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Captain Krass's Double

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Powell ?
Penciller(s): Ed Cronin
Inker(s): Ed Cronin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Marksman
Character(s): The Marksman [Major Hurtz]; Vorka; Captain Krass (villain); John Powell
Synopsis: Captain Krass schemes to replace an American pilot who was caught trying to steal an English plane with Major Hurtz, who he intends to send to America as a spy. But Hurtz, as the Marksman, has other plans.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSmash Comics #34 published July 1942
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Quality Comics

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Black
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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The Lone Shark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): H. C. Kiefer
Inker(s): H. C. Kiefer
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Red Torpedo
Character(s): The Red Torpedo [Roy Larkin]; The Lone Shark (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis: The Torpedo must battle a crafty sea marauder who uses a powerful vacuum cup device to attach his craft to another, then boards it and plunders.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCrack Comics #5 published September 1940
was The Lone Shark [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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A Million Dollar Corpse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Spranger
Inker(s): John Spranger
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; the Undertaker (villain)
Synopsis: After stealing a fabulously valuable diamond from a display at a local museum, the Undertaker decides to hide the gem in the corpse of one of his men and obtain it later when the heat is off.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFeature Comics #123 published June 1948
was A Million Dollar Corpse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Voice of Russia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): W. G. Hargis
Inker(s): W. G. Hargis
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): T-Man
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From Content Item: FlagT-Man #11 published May 1953
was The Voice of Russia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Introducing the Unknown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ted Udall [as Ted]
Penciller(s): Bernie Klein (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Unknown
Character(s): The Unknown (first appearance); Herr Baboon (villain)
Synopsis: The Unknown helps the Comitajis against Herr Baboon by capturing a munitions train and preventing the older people from being used as human shields by the Nazis.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagNational Comics #23 published June 1942
was Introducing the Unknown [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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