CREATOR

Name: Standard Comics (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1939 by  Ned L. Pines (1905-1990). Stopped in 1956.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Standard in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation's flag logo was introduced in 1949. It changed colours incessantly thus the one depicted to the left is just an example.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1942*. Stopped in 1949 after 27 issues, but has been revived several times since then.

The series' title character is pharmacist Bob Benton, who has invented a chemical that renders him with superpowers and limited invulnerability. He fights crime and, during World War 2, the axis powers sometimes accompanied by his young sidekick Tim Roland.

* The character first appeared in Exciting Comics from 1941.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER


The Black Terror

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1942
#5 - 1944
#8 - 1944

#9 - 1945
#20 - 1947
#27 - 1949

 

 

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