#9 May 2001

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Cover

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Contents

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Doc Strange

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Fighting Yank

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The Mask

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The Cavalier

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Crime Crushers

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Profiles/Letters

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Back Cover

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   -The Mask and Crime Crushers scans by me. First posting.

   -Doc Strange, Fighting Yank, and Cavalier scans by Marble River. Originally posted on the newsgroup, alt.binaries.pictures.comics.

Before we begin this month, I want to take a moment to plug Bill Nolan's latest CD. This one stars 20 Nedor heroes including Doc Strange and Fighting Yank who were featured in this very issue! BTW, the Fighting Yank story is by the same outstanding art team of Ken Battlefield and Rafael Astarita!!!

AA#8 was a great issue.  That cover was beautiful and moody.  Airboy and Skyman are two of my favorite golden age characters and it's always good to see them.  Any chance of seeing the Heap in a future issue?  Keep up the good work. 

Fred

   Thanks for the kind words! Airboy was just a hero I knew by name and didn't think too much of until I found that story while I was in Indianapolis last November. Needless to say, I was in for a great
suprise! The Heap story will be featured on my 3rd CD which will more than likely come out in July or August and it sports some great early art by Carmine Infantino. Also I'm working on a CD that collects the 26 part "Skyman in Space" story from the latter part of Big Shot's run. This one may take a while to get together...

-Steve

    I WANT to hear from you! Tell me what you liked/disliked, loved/hated about this issue! If you have a request I can't promise that I can grant it but I'll see what I can do. Just e-mail me at Steve_Rogers_Captain_America@yahoo.com thanks!

-Steve

Fighting Yank
    -Story taken from Startling Comics #47
     -Writer- (Unknown)
     -Penciler- Ken Battlefield
     -Inker- Rafael Astarita
    -A.K.A.- Bruce Carter III
    -Known Powers- Strength and invulnerability 
    -Known Appearances- America's Best Comics 9, 11, 13-25; Fighting Yank 1-29; Startling Comics 10-49 
    The Fighting Yank possessed a special cloak which once belonged to his Colonial ancestor, Bruce Carter I who we saw in All-Golden #2. The cloak gave him superhuman strength and invulnerability. Whenever things would get down for Bruce, the spirit of his ancestor would always appear to pull him out of danger's way. 
    Bruce's identity was known only to his fiancee, Joan Farwell, who accompanied him in most of his adventures.

The Mask
    -Story taken from Exciting Comics #20
     -Writer- (Unknown)
     -Penciler- Kin Platt
     -Inker- Kin Platt
    -A.K.A.- Tony Colby
    -Known Powers- None
    -Known Appearances- Exciting Comics 1-20
    Tony Colby, district attorney, was blinded by gangsters, but secretly regained his sight. He used his new lease on life to fight crime as the Mask!

The Cavalier
    -Story taken from Thrilling Comics #54
     -Writer- (Unknown)
     -Penciler- Sam Cooper
     -Inker- Sam Cooper
    -A.K.A.- Rance Raleigh
    -Known Powers- None
    -Known Appearances- Fighting Yank 25; Thrilling Comics 53-54
    Rance Raleigh adopts the uniform of the Duke de Chantrey to become, The Cavalier! I really don't know too much about this character. If someone could send me scans of the story in Thrilling #53 I could tell more...

Crime Crushers
    -Story taken from Black Terror #16
     -Writer- (Unknown)
     -Penciler- (Unknown)
     -Inker- (Unknown)
    -Known Appearances- Black Terror 1-4, 6, 13, 16-19, 24; Exciting Comics 28-32, 36-41, 50-59