AC Comics In 1983,
AC Comics revised the Black Terror, starting in their
Americomics title. In it, now-retired Bob Benton (called Mark Benton in this version) returns to action after an attempt to shake him down for protection money leads to the death of his wife. He would operate as an over-the-top vigilante, now just called the "Terror". Later, most likely due to
trademark issues, he became a criminal enforcer known as the "Terrorist".
Alter Ego In
Roy Thomas'
Alter Ego mini-series from 1986, several Golden Age characters were used, but renamed. The Black Terror (renamed "The Holy Terror") made an appearance.
Darkline Comics Bob Benton made a single appearance in the fourth issue of Darkline Comics'
Dark Adventures. In the script by Vic Peterson and art by Thompson O'Rourke, Benton's exposure to his secret formula has made him ageless and sleepless, and he begins a new war on crime under the name "Terror Knight".
Eclipse Comics Eclipse Comics did a three-issue mini-series "revival" of the Black Terror in 1989. In this series, the character is an undercover FBI agent operating against organized crime who would dress up like the Black Terror for certain operations. He had no superpowers or any connection to the original character.
America's Best Comics '', October 1943 The Black Terror, along with other heroes from
Nedor Comics, were revived by
Alan Moore in 2001 in his series
Tom Strong, published by
America's Best Comics. This revival set the characters on a parallel world called
Terra Obscura, which was also the title of the resulting mini-series. In
Tom Strong #11, Moore and co-creator Chris Sprouse more fully introduce the idea of Terra Obscura being a parallel Earth, "but in our own dimension. In our own galaxy". In this issue,
Tom Strange is revealed to have run across the
Milky Way for 30 years to reach Strong for help in stopping an alien menace that killed or imprisoned most of the science heroes of Terra Obscura. Strong himself theorized that the duplicate Earth "must be due to some near-inconceivable fluke of mathematics, of statistical probability". The parallel Earth, as revealed by Strange, was formed much as our own, except that once Earth had completely formed, something large collided and combined with it — a vast spacecraft. The pilot of the spacecraft survived in the
Moon, until awakened by astronauts on July 20, 1969. It apparently followed them back to Earth, where it began construction of a ship to return home — by converting the entire Earth into a spaceship. In the process, it was engaged in battle by the members of
SMASH. It killed some members, and trapped others in suspended animation for 30 years, until freed by the combined efforts of Tom Strong and Tom Strange. In
Tom Strong #12, it is revealed that the Black Terror had been killed in battle with the alien. However, Benton, a
polymath, had transferred his consciousness into a computer program called Terror 2000. In the
Terra Obscura series, the Terror 2000 program institutes a crime prevention program in Invertica City, wherein technologically produced versions of the Black Terror (referred to as the Terror) fight crime. A corporation running the program tries to sell it to other cities in the US. Eventually, the Terror transfers its consciousness into the now deceased Tim and tries to acquire power from the returning
Captain Future's spaceship. He is defeated by a time travelling version of his original self, the Black Terror.
Image Comics The Black Terror is seen in the
Mike Allred illustrated "
Stardust the Super Wizard" story in
Image Comics'
Next Issue Project #1 (also known as
Fantastic Comics #24, January 2008). He can be seen with many other notable Golden Age characters, including
Daredevil,
Miss Masque, the
Green Lama, the
Face, the
Phantom, the
Fighting Yank, and
Samson, who headlines the book. He also made a small appearance on the cover and in some panels of
Savage Dragon #141 (November 2008).
Wild Cat Books In June 2008, pulp publisher Wild Cat Books released
Legends of the Golden Age, a prose anthology featuring new stories of the Black Terror and
Lev Gleason's Daredevil.
Dynamite Entertainment Black Terror was one of several Golden Age characters to appear in the comic book series
Project Superpowers, by writer
Jim Krueger and artist
Alex Ross. He was also the first in the series to get a spin-off series, written by Krueger with art by
Mike Lilly. In the
Black Terror series, which began in November 2008, the Terror leads a one-man assault on the
White House in search of his lost partner, Tim. The series was cancelled at #14 in 2011. The character appears in the 2013
Masks series along other pulp heroes. He again had a solo series in 2019 entitled
Black Terror which consisted of 5 issues unrelated to his previous Dynamite versions.
Metahuman Press The 2009 Metahuman Press serial
Out for Vengeance uses both the Black Terror and
Black Fury as a basis for the character. He maintains the traditional secret identity and costume. The series is set in the modern day and involves Robert Benton suddenly finding himself young and semi-amnesiac in the city of New Salem.
Heroes Inc. The webcomic
Heroes Inc. started in 2009 and takes place in an alternate reality where the allies of
World War II lost the war. In present day, the
American Crusader gathers DNA from Golden Age heroes in order to create a new generation of heroes. One of these Golden Age heroes is the Black Terror (now going by the alias Duncan Boone), who is currently on death row for first degree murder.
Curse of the Black Terror In February 2011, Broken Soul Press launched a webcomic called
Curse of the Black Terror. The comic is described as a superhero/noir story. The webcomic follows a re-imagined version of the Black Terror. Writer Curtis Lawson has stated that the story keeps the original Black Terror's history mostly intact and that his new Black Terror is a Legacy Hero. This new Black Terror features a new costume, but the same powers as the original. His identity has not been revealed. The visual re-design of the Black Terror in this webcomic was the work of artist Kundo Krunch.
Moonstone Books In 2011,
Eric M. Esquivel and Ander Sarabia created a version of The Black Terror called "The Blackest Terror", who is more of an urban revolutionary, obsessed with social justice, than a status-quo-enforcing superhero. Theirs is the first version of Robert Benton to be portrayed as an
African-American. Blackest Terror also appears in their book
Thor: Unkillable Thunder Christ, also published by
Moonstone Books. ==Film==