Comic Title: Action Comics #443
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1975
On Sale Date: October 31, 1974 Newsstand Date October 31, 1974
Source: Comic Reader, #111

Copyright Date October 31, 1974
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1975


Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 96
Editor: Julius Schwartz

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: (The Man in the Iron Mask)
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Black Pirate (of Earth-1)

Writer/Artist: Sheldon Moldoff

Reprinted From:
Sensation Comics #4 (1942)

Feature Character(s)

• Black Pirate (last appearance in Sensation Comics #3; next appearance in Sensation Comics #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Donna Bonita (name spelled Dona in this story; last appearance in Sensation Comics #3; next appearance in Sensation Comics #5)

Villain(s)

• Don Carlos (dies in this story; last appearance in Sensation Comics #3; no further appearances)
• Count Valdez (Carlos’s aide; no further appearances)
• Various men in Carlos’s employ (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• King Phillip (last appearance in Sensation Comics #3; no further appearances)
• Members of the Black Pirate's crew (last appearance in Sensation Comics #3; no further appearances)
• A court jester (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Don Carlos imprisons King Phillip in the dungeons and prepares to crown himself the new King of Spain. Jon Valor receives a message that the king is alive, so as the Black Pirate, he rescues him from the dungeon. The men loyal to the king stand beside him and the Black Pirate to defeat Carlos. The Pirate finally slays Carlos, proving himself loyal to the king and ending the threat permanently.