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Issue: ACG's Heroes #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2002
 
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Indicia Publisher: Charlton Comic
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Pages: 164
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $10.95 USD
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Content Items: 15 (13 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and White
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
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Binding: Softcover
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Jack Kirby
Joe Sinnott
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Magicman
Magicman
Reprinting
FlagMagicman #1 published January 1998
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Originally a Stuntman pinup from the 1979 Kirby Masterworks portfolio. Re-inked by Joe Sinnott to be Magicman.
Nemesis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
Pete Costanza
Pete Costanza
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Nemesis
Nemesis (Introduction, Origin)
Reprinting
FlagAdventures into the Unknown #154 published February 1965
was Nemesis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
14
Beware of the Elemental Force

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
Pete Costanza
Pete Costanza
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Nemesis
Nemesis
Reprinting
FlagAdventures into the Unknown #155 published March 1965
was Beware of the Elemental Force! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13
Magicman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Hughes [as Zev Zimmer]
Pete Costanza
Pete Costanza
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Magicman
Magicman [Tom Cargill]; Cagliostro (flashback); Senator Loring
Magicman is the immortal son of the wizard Cagliostro. In the present day he joins the Army to fight in Viet Nam as PFC Tom Cargill and decides to use his magical abilities secretly as Magicman.
Reprinting
FlagForbidden Worlds #125 published January 1965
was Magicman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
The Case of the Young Old Men!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Hughes [as Zev Zimmer]
Pete Costanza
Pete Costanza
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Magicman
Magicman [Tom Cargill]; Sgt. Kilkenny; Col. Blimpsworthy; Dr. Moeller
Sergeant Kilkenny is again suspected of being Magicman and is sent to solve a string of murders. The real Magicman tags along to help out.
Reprinting
FlagForbidden Worlds #127 published May 1965
was The Case of the Young Old Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
16
Wanted: Hitler, Dead or Alive!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea] (signed)
Chic Stone [as Stone] (signed)
Tom Hickey [as Hickey] (signed)
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Nemesis
Nemesis; Grim Reaper; Adolf Hitler; Winston Churchill; Hermann Goering; Joseph Goebbels; Josef Stalin
Reprinting
FlagAdventures into the Unknown #169 published December 1966
was Wanted: Hitler, Dead or Alive! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
The Case of the Careful Guardian!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bob Oksner ?
Bob Oksner ?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Crime Crusader
Crime Crusader [Jonathan Jones]; Kewpie O'Toole; Butch Hogan; Vivienne Reed; Mr. Barton; Tommy (Barton's nephew); Mrs. Grupe
Mr. Barton's nephew threatens to kill him unless he gives him money to pay his gambling debts. The Crime Crusader and Kewpie visit a gambling yacht to see if they can talk to the operators about the nephew's debts.
Reprinting
FlagStartling Comics #1 published January 1999
was The Case of the Careful Guardian! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
The Strange Case of the Black Dragon Gods!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bob Oksner
Bob Oksner
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Crash Kid
The Crash Kid [Rusty Adams] (introduction); Pook (Rusty's pal); Ho Lin Fong; Lum Fo (villain)
The Crash Kid joins forces with the daughter of a murdered oriental businessman to track down and halt the activities of the Black Dragon Cult.
Reprinting
FlagCannonball Comics #1 published February 1945
was The Strange Case of the Black Dragon Gods! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
Art credits by Bill Black.
The Ghost Who Loved a Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
Pete Costanza
Pete Costanza
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Nemesis
Reprinting
FlagAdventures into the Unknown #156 published April 1965
was The Ghost Who Loved a Girl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
16
Don't Let the Ghost Take Shape!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Hughes [as Pierre Alonzo]
Steve Ditko
Sal Trapani
?
Subject Matter
horror
Mark Midnight
Mark Midnight investigates a haunted house where the ghost wants to expel the current tenant.
Reprinting
FlagForbidden Worlds #140 published November 1966
was Don't Let the Ghost Take Shape! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
The Skeleton's Secret!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Charles Nicholas
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Elwood Barker; Frank Moore; Len; Stella Moore (as skeleton)
To forestall a tough exam, Frank Moore steals a skeleton from a classroom, but the skeleton of the professor's wife has a plan of revenge against her murdering husband.
Reprinting
FlagAdventures into the Unknown #39 published January 1953
was The Skeleton's Secret! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Magicman vs. the Wizard of Science!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Hughes [as Zev Zimmer]
Pete Costanza
Pete Costanza
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Magicman
Magicman [Tom Cargill]; Wizard of Science [Waldo Sissinger] (villain); Fidel Castro
Magicman is captured by the Wizard of Science and forced to make a propaganda broadcast endorsing Fidel Castro.
Reprinting
FlagForbidden Worlds #130 published September 1965
was Magicman vs. the Wizard of Science! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
Cute as a Button

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Hughes
Paul Reinman
Paul Reinman
?
Subject Matter
espionage, superhero
John Force, Magic Agent
Reprinting
FlagAdventures into the Unknown #153 published December 1964
was Cute As a Button! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Medal of Honor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
Chic Stone
Chic Stone
?
Subject Matter
occult
Reprinting
FlagAdventures into the Unknown #149 published June 1964
was Medal of Honor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
14
ACG Books

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. List of ACG titles. Indica at bottom of the page.

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