Exciting Comics
#3 (9)
Exciting Comics #3 (9)
KEY ISSUE
First appearance of The Black Terror.
Origin of Bob Benton. Origin of The Black Terror.
Market Value
- Ungraded
- $414
- as of Sep 4, 2026
Druggist Bob Benton is working on a compound to create a tonic for run-down people, the kind he himself would like to take because people are always picking on him. When Tim gives him the wrong substance to add to the compound, it creates a vapor that brings strength beyond measure to him. Tim later takes a whiff of the substance and gets similar abilities.
Cover Date
May 1, 1941
Pages
68
Cover Price
$0.10
Editor
Ned Pines
Credits
Characters
Jean Starr (1st appearance); The Black Terror (1st appearance); Tim Roland (1st appearance); Betty Hawkins; Bob Benton; Capt. Schmidt (Nazi agent, introduction, death); Carol Smith (secretary); Chief Red Wolf (introduction); Chotan (villain, death); Colonel Grant (death); Congo Jack (villain, introduction); Dan Williams, Private Investigator; Dr. Mephiste Zinn (villain, introduction); Edith Britt; Ellsworth Forrester; Jane Martin]; Jed Taggard (villain, introduction, death); Jim Hatfield; John Willet (newspaper publisher); Klemper (Nazi agent); Kongo (guest-star); Mayor Brant (introduction); Mike Dean (villain, introduction, death); Rodney Clark (introduction); Sergeant Bill King; Sergeant Tim Kelly; Slim Hodges (villain, introduction); Ted Crane; The Mask; The Space Rovers [Ted Hunt; The Sphinx; Tim; Tony Colby; Yates (villain, introduction, death); Yolana (guest-star)