Men of Mystery # 40

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The best of the Golden Age, with six gig stories, starring the likes of The Black Terror, in “larceny at the Lighthouse

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The best of the Golden Age, with six big stories, starring the likes of The Black Terror, in “larceny at the Lighthouse” (by Meskin and Robinson ), The ‘Terror’s kid sidekick, Tim; in his ONLY solo story outing of The Golden Age, “The Kid Plays A Lone Hand”, by George Tuska; Bulletman and Bulletgirl in “Leave Us Face It”; the eerie Purple Claw in “The Final Horror” (by Ben Brown and Dave Gantz); a Ralph Mayo-drawn tale of The Little Wise Guys, “Scarecrows Lucky Blunder”; and Spy Smasher vs. The Mask by C. C. Beck. All top-flight, full-story reprints originally seen with the pages of comics from Nedor, Fawcett, Lev Gleason and Minoan/Toby Press. 52 pages, black and white with color covers. Printed in 2003.

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AC Comics is an independent comic book publisher! AC Comics is not a comic shop retailer. We sell our brand new comics worldwide through Diamond Distribution and our comic book back issues (from 1983 up to today!) through our website at https://www.accomics.com . We always urge you to support your local comic book retailers to PRE-ORDER and BUY your NEW COLOR AC Comics from them, but if you can't find AC back issues, we have most of them here on our online store. To Order on our on-line store, go to our store page. On our AC Web Store To Order by Mail: List the items you would like to purchase on a sheet of paper and send check or money order to: AC Comics P.O. Box 394 Plymouth, FL 32768-0394 Remember to include appropriate shipping for the total number of items you have selected. If you want to be exact, you can email us. To Order by Phone: Call 407-767-0199 Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST (Eastern Standard Time). Note that this is a regular business telephone--NOT a "smart" cellular device--so please leave a message on our answering machine with your name and phone number and we'll get back to you. To Order by Email. Email us about what you want to order. We can weigh the comics at the USPS and email you the price plus shipping. [contact-form][contact-field label="Name" type="name" required="true" /][contact-field label="Email" type="email" required="true" /][contact-field label="Website" type="url" /][contact-field label="Message" type="textarea" /][/contact-form]

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