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Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 12:33 PM
AC COMICS PRODUCT FOR NOVEMBER, 2008
Men of Mystery #76
Men of Mystery Presents Volume 4: The Invisible Monster- live action DVD movie serial (Please send text and art listing for this to the Diamond Media Rep )
Title: Men of Mystery
Issue Number: 76
Writer's and Artist's Names: Writers include Richard Hughes, Robert Turner and Otto Binder; artists include Sheldon Moldoff, Harry Lucey, Bob Fujitani, Ken Battefield, Ralph Mayo and Leonard Franks.
Intended Audience: All-ages fans of Golden Age reprint material, art aficionados, comics historians, and fans of classic action, adventure and superhero material of all kinds.
Format: Standard comic book size, extra-thick 68-page saddle-stitched design; black & white interiors with color covers.
Retail Price: $9.95 (Maximum 50% discount)
Printer: AC Comics
Country of Origin: USA
Ship Date: November 26, 2008
UPC Code: 64924186274
Synopsis: This issue boasts TWO BLACK TERROR tales- "The Thieving Leprechauns", and "Trouble Down Mexico Way"; The HOOD in "The Man Who Sold His Soul To The Devil"- drawn by Bob Fujitani; FLASH LIGHTNING and The RAVEN, out of Ace Comic's rare Sure-Fire #3, from 1940; plus MAJOR MIDNIGHT, by Leonard Franks.
Special Notes: Men of Mystery has a particularly pulpish flavor this issue, with much of the material taken from the comic-book divisions of a couple of the biggest pulp magazine publishers of the medium's heyday. The BLACK TERROR was the biggest star produced by Nedor Comics, which was the offshoot of Ned Pines successful & long-lived Standard/Better line of pulps, While Sure-Fire stars FLASH (later changed to "Lash" ) LIGHTNING and The RAVEN were the progeny of L.L. Wynn's Ace Publications comic book branch. And even though the original publisher of this issues' HOOD story ( Holyoke Pubs. put out Cat-Man comics- this story from issue #26 ) wasn't itself involved in pulp production, the eerie, atmospheric artwork of Bob Fugitani on it would have been at home in the weirdest of the weird pulps of the day.
Title: Men of Mystery Presents: The Invisible Monster
Issue Number: Volume 4 (of the Men of Mystery Presents DVD series )
Writer's and Artist's Names: Stars include Richard Webb (TV's CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT); Aline Towne, Lane Bradford and Stanley Price. Directed by Fred C. Brannon.
Intended Audience: This is an all-ages DVD movie presentation for all fans of vintage action movies-serials and science-fiction films in particular- as well as anyone interested in film history or classic genre pieces from the 1950's.
Format: This is a region- free, all-ages DVD movie (shot in black & white and presented on two discs) in NTSC format, recorded on DVD-R discs. It should play on any standard DVD player. The program consists of the 12-chapter serial (originally released in 1950 ) which runs approximately 167 minutes.
Retail Price: $24.95 (Maximum 50% discount)
Printer: AC Comics
Country of Origin: USA
Ship Date: November 22, 2008
UPC Code: 64924186275
Synopsis: Investigator Lane Carlson (RICHARD WEBB) must stop The Phantom Ruler (STANLEY PRICE), master criminal with a device that renders him invisible. Carlson resents that he must work with a woman investigator, Carol Richards (ALINE TOWNE). She provides the brains while Lane contributes brawn in this action cliffhanger's many fight scenes.
Special Notes: Yet another example of the transition in marketing that went on in the film industry as the post-war years led into the 1950's. The once-lucrative action/adventure serial niche was beginning to dry up, and the full-fledged science-fiction feature was not yet firmly established, and this serial is strongly rooted in both worlds. Star RICHARD WEBB was to make a major impact in the still-young television world with his portrayal of radio & comic-book icon CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT, and shines here as well as the insurance investigator whose revolver and fists are always at the ready to counter the scheming of a mad scientist.
Men of Mystery #76
Men of Mystery Presents Volume 4: The Invisible Monster- live action DVD movie serial (Please send text and art listing for this to the Diamond Media Rep )
Title: Men of Mystery
Issue Number: 76
Writer's and Artist's Names: Writers include Richard Hughes, Robert Turner and Otto Binder; artists include Sheldon Moldoff, Harry Lucey, Bob Fujitani, Ken Battefield, Ralph Mayo and Leonard Franks.
Intended Audience: All-ages fans of Golden Age reprint material, art aficionados, comics historians, and fans of classic action, adventure and superhero material of all kinds.
Format: Standard comic book size, extra-thick 68-page saddle-stitched design; black & white interiors with color covers.
Retail Price: $9.95 (Maximum 50% discount)
Printer: AC Comics
Country of Origin: USA
Ship Date: November 26, 2008
UPC Code: 64924186274
Synopsis: This issue boasts TWO BLACK TERROR tales- "The Thieving Leprechauns", and "Trouble Down Mexico Way"; The HOOD in "The Man Who Sold His Soul To The Devil"- drawn by Bob Fujitani; FLASH LIGHTNING and The RAVEN, out of Ace Comic's rare Sure-Fire #3, from 1940; plus MAJOR MIDNIGHT, by Leonard Franks.
Special Notes: Men of Mystery has a particularly pulpish flavor this issue, with much of the material taken from the comic-book divisions of a couple of the biggest pulp magazine publishers of the medium's heyday. The BLACK TERROR was the biggest star produced by Nedor Comics, which was the offshoot of Ned Pines successful & long-lived Standard/Better line of pulps, While Sure-Fire stars FLASH (later changed to "Lash" ) LIGHTNING and The RAVEN were the progeny of L.L. Wynn's Ace Publications comic book branch. And even though the original publisher of this issues' HOOD story ( Holyoke Pubs. put out Cat-Man comics- this story from issue #26 ) wasn't itself involved in pulp production, the eerie, atmospheric artwork of Bob Fugitani on it would have been at home in the weirdest of the weird pulps of the day.
Title: Men of Mystery Presents: The Invisible Monster
Issue Number: Volume 4 (of the Men of Mystery Presents DVD series )
Writer's and Artist's Names: Stars include Richard Webb (TV's CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT); Aline Towne, Lane Bradford and Stanley Price. Directed by Fred C. Brannon.
Intended Audience: This is an all-ages DVD movie presentation for all fans of vintage action movies-serials and science-fiction films in particular- as well as anyone interested in film history or classic genre pieces from the 1950's.
Format: This is a region- free, all-ages DVD movie (shot in black & white and presented on two discs) in NTSC format, recorded on DVD-R discs. It should play on any standard DVD player. The program consists of the 12-chapter serial (originally released in 1950 ) which runs approximately 167 minutes.
Retail Price: $24.95 (Maximum 50% discount)
Printer: AC Comics
Country of Origin: USA
Ship Date: November 22, 2008
UPC Code: 64924186275
Synopsis: Investigator Lane Carlson (RICHARD WEBB) must stop The Phantom Ruler (STANLEY PRICE), master criminal with a device that renders him invisible. Carlson resents that he must work with a woman investigator, Carol Richards (ALINE TOWNE). She provides the brains while Lane contributes brawn in this action cliffhanger's many fight scenes.
Special Notes: Yet another example of the transition in marketing that went on in the film industry as the post-war years led into the 1950's. The once-lucrative action/adventure serial niche was beginning to dry up, and the full-fledged science-fiction feature was not yet firmly established, and this serial is strongly rooted in both worlds. Star RICHARD WEBB was to make a major impact in the still-young television world with his portrayal of radio & comic-book icon CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT, and shines here as well as the insurance investigator whose revolver and fists are always at the ready to counter the scheming of a mad scientist.