Men of Mystery Supersized Album

    (AC, 2006)
™ Americomics, © AC Comics

Here’s another inexpensive, oversized collection of AC’s presentation of Golden Age material. There’s never a theme, so readers have to wade through a mishmash of unrelated material, but that’s kind of like what real Golden Age comics were like, and it’s half the fun here.

If you want variety, there’s The Green Lama, Crimebuster, Yellowjacket, Don Winslow of the Navy, The Human Bomb, Mr. Scarlet, Bulletman, Spy Smasher, and Nyoka the Jungle Girl. Not to mention, not one, but two heroes named Catman—the more familiar American one has his origin retold (featuring guest appearances by The Deacon and Mickey and a villain with the now-timely motive of trying to stop animal abuse at a circus), the other a lesser-known Australian version.

And, if you’re looking for early work by great artists, the contents include The Black Terror by Jerry Robinson and Mort Meskin, Captain Flash by Mike Sekowsky, Son of Sinbad by Joe Kubert, Frankenstein by Dick Briefer, two entries of Espionage by Will Eisner, and El Carim by George Tuska.

— S.A. Bennett
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