Black Terror Archives

Black Terror #24 represents a fascinating convergence of the past, present, and future of comic art from its 1948 perspective On the cover, legendary artist Alex Schomburg delivers a combination of Good Girl art and superhero action, the likes of which helped define that era's newsstand appeal Inside, Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson and superhero comics[...]

Superhero titles that had been hits just a few years prior were now being canceled or retooled to feature emerging genres like crime, romance, and horror.  It's clear from his body of work that Alex Schomburg understood the assignment. For the cover of Black Terror #20, the intricate chaos of his war-era cover has been replaced[...]

The lead Black Terror story is set in Northern Ireland and Great Britain, reinforcing the importance of the UK's role as the staging ground for the eventual invasion of Europe.  Crash Carter, Air Cadet found himself in air combat over Egypt, perhaps reflecting the successful end of the United States' Egypt–Libya Campaign[...]

Debuting in Exciting Comics #9 with a May 1941 cover-date and a February 18, 1941 release date, the Black Terror is perhaps the most popular and best-remembered superhero character from Ned Pines' Standard/Better/Nedor comic book line.  The character soon garnered his own series as well as appearances in the anthology title America's Best Comics, and[...]

Black Terror issues from the 1947-1949 era are among the most underappreciated comics from the title's run.  Star cover artist Alex Schomburg had been doing covers for Ned Pines' Standard/Better/Nedor since 1943, and would be entering his peak period during this era.  Comic book legends such as Jerry Robinson, Sheldon Moldoff, and Mort Meskin had[...]

A comic book including work by three comic book legends in Sheldon Moldoff, Alex Schomburg and Frank Frazetta?  Sign me up.  The hidden gem in question is Black Terror #22, a March 1948 cover-dated classic from Ned Pines' Standard/Better/Nedor This issue features a "Xela" cover by Schomburg, a Black Terror science fiction story by Moldoff,[...]

Anthology titles combining stories featuring a publisher's best characters was a standard practice of the Golden Age.  DC Comics had World's Finest Comics and All-Star Comics, Fox Feature Syndicate had Big 3, and Marvel/Timely had All-Winners Comics, for example.  In 1942, Ned Pines' Standard/Better/Nedor followed suit by launching America's Best Comics, featuring the Black Terror,[...]

The Black Terror is a Superman-class extrahuman with swords, so he should be the coolest thing running Somehow, he's … it's hard to say what he is, but he throws up on a disabled veteran Like, that's not a spoiler, it's a trigger warning There isn't a lot of dialogue and the villain Bad Groove[...]

Max Bemis has a writer's commentary on the launch of Black Terror #1 from Dynamite Entertainment He writes, PAGE 1-2 Bob seems like a genuinely nice guy, but as a Bipolar individual, I've had some gnarly interactions with pharmacists I've had them deny me my sanity-preserving medicine just because they didn't like the anxiousness in my voice[...]

To go along with their Mystery! Masks! Dynamite Pulps! promotion over on Storybundle, Dynamite has sent over the first issue of Jim Krueger and Mike Lilly run on Black Terror. Spinning out of Alex Ross' Project Superpowers is the first new ongoing series -opening with this four-part story by Ross, Krueger and Lilly! This new series is the foundation to our[...]

Part of the last Groupees bundle with Dynamite Entertainment has a prize for the top purchase price. The prize was to be drawn onto a comic by artist Jae

Artist Eman Cassalos (Alice Cooper) joins writer Cullen Bunn (Deadpool) in a comic book event uniting such pulp characters as The Shadow, Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt, Lady Satan, Black Terror, Green Hornet, Zorro, and more Masks 2 will feature covers by artists including Butch Guice, Jae Lee, Gabriel Hardman, Colton Worley, Sean Chen, and Robert Hack. The[...]