Lost Heroes Of Standard Comics: Volume 1: Gwandanaland Comics #1837 --- Four Short-Lived But Exciting Characters Published by Standard Comics (aka ... Gods - The Sacrab - Mystico - The Cavalier!
FOUR BRIGHT CANDLES OF THE COMICS BRIEFLY-LIT FROM STANDARD COMICS (AKA BETTER/NEDOR), ONE OF THE MOST CREATIVE OF COMIC PUBLISHERS:
SON OF THE GODS: “John Thesson, having discovered the Ring of Poseidon, is endowed with the powers of his Greek ancestor, Thesus! He is pledged to combat all evil forces!”
THE SCARAB: “When Peter Ward, famed young archaeologist, discovers the forgotten tomb of the Egyptian cat-god, he learns the bewildering secret of the scarab, and is endowed with wonderful powers that he is to use only in the fight against evil! His constant companion is to be Ahk-Tu-Man, strange black cat who is the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian priest.”
MYSTICO is a 3,000-year-old Egyptian seer, brought back to life by Dr. Slade and his “vita-ray” machine. The machine explodes, killing Slade but reviving MYSTICO, who chooses to fight crime and evil in the 20th Century.
PLUS The very brief but thrilling three stories of THE CAVALIER!
STORIES FROM
- Son of the Gods -- Exciting Comics 2-8
- Scarab -- Exciting Comics 42-48, Black Terror 20, Startling Comics 34
- Cavalier -- Thrilling Comics 53-54, Fighting Yank 25
- Mystico -- Startling Comics 1-17
This is a trade paperback collecting stories from Black Terror #20, Exciting Comics #2-8, 42-48, Fighting Yank #25, Startling Comics #1-17, 34, and Thrilling Comics#1-17.
Please Note: In September, 2018, upon discovering that not as many of the Pines issues were in the public domain as they believed, the publisher immediately and voluntarily pulled this book from their catalog.
Please Note: Only the Cavalier stories were unique to this volume.
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