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| Excellent early Golden Age book, great stories, including Rex Dexter's outer space adventure - WOW! Great book. Thank you, Yoc. |
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| Publication | August 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | Green Mask |
| Credits | Pencils: Lou Fine | Inks: Lou Fine |
| Content | Characters: Green Mask [Michael Shelby] |
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| Credits | Script: Victor Fox? | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | A Modern Robin Hood (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Green Mask, along with News Blake, exposes a gang engaging in insurance fraud. |
| Featuring | Green Mask |
| Credits | Pencils: Walter Frehm | Inks: Walter Frehm |
| Content | Characters: The Green Mask [Michael Shelby] (introduction); "News" Blake; Rocky Vilon (villain, introduction, death); Cyrus Boomer (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | takes place after 1st story in Green Mask, The (Fox, 1940 series) #1 |
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| Comic Story | Origin of Rex Dexter of Mars (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Rex Dexter |
| Credits | Script: Dick Briefer? | Pencils: Dick Briefer (signed) | Inks: Dick Briefer |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Rex Dexter (introduction, origin); Montague Dexter (introduction); Pres. Grover (introduction); Cynde (introduction); Boris Thorax (villain, introduction); Vesoff |
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| Comic Story | How To Become a Detective (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Billy Bounce |
| Credits | Script: Norman Lee (signed) | Pencils: Norman Lee (signed) | Inks: Norman Lee |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Billy Bounce (introduction); Midget Moe |
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| Comic Story | The Coming of Chen Chang (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Chen Cheng |
| Credits | Pencils: Munson Paddock [as Cecilia Munson] (signed) | Inks: Munson Paddock |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Chen Chang (villain, introduction); Wong (villain, introduction); Richard Kendall (introduction); Decker; Mr. Denby |
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| Comic Story | Skulduggery on Smoky Mountain (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Thieves bring down a plane supposedly carrying $50,000 in gold. |
| Featuring | Wing Turner |
| Credits | Pencils: George Tuska | Inks: George Tuska |
| Content | Characters: Wing Turner (introduction); The Chief (villain, introduction); Clutch (villain, introduction) |
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| Featuring | Real Life Personal Interviews with Famous Detectives |
| Credits | Pencils: Lee Harris [as Harris] (signed) | Inks: Lee Harris [as Harris] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Detective Barney Ruditsky |
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| Comic Story | Trapped By the Top (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Zanzibar |
| Credits | Pencils: George Tuska (signed) | Inks: George Tuska |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Zanzibar (introduction, a magician); The Top (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Case of Tintype's Will (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hemlock Shomes and Dr. Potsam travel to Old Man Tintype's mansion and try to figure out which one of the many men who claim to be his son actually killed him. |
| Featuring | Hemlock Shomes and Dr. Potsam |
| Credits | Script: Fred Schwab? | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Hemlock Shomes (introduction); Dr. Potsam (introduction); Elmer T. Tintype (introduction); Sloppy Joe (introduction) |
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| Text Story | The Haunted House (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Will Eisner (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Mickey; Jerry; Pete; Joe Donner; Sgt. Matterson |
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| Comic Story | Trouble At Gun Hollow (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Waco Kid |
| Credits | Pencils: Arthur Peddy (signed) | Inks: Arthur Peddy |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Waco Kid (introduction); Brazos Teale (villain, introduction); Craig Bridger (introduction); Flash (horse, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Another Bombing Outrage (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Inspector Bancroft |
| Credits | Pencils: Art Franklin | Inks: Art Franklin |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Inspector Bancroft (introduction); Inspector Grainger (introduction); Stuart Bledsoe (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Coming of the Blue Beetle (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Blue Beetle |
| Credits | Script: Will Eisner? | Pencils: Charles Nicholas (signed) | Inks: Charles Nicholas |
| Content | Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] (introduction); Mike Mannigan (introduction); The White Face Gang [John Brandes, others] (villains, introduction); Mr. Vander; Donnell; Abe |
| Notes | Blue Beetle wears business suit, mask, and hat in this story; no apparent super-powers; story chronologically follows 1st story in Blue Beetle (Fox, 1939 series) #1
This Blue Beetle was published by Fox, then Holyoke, then Fox again, and then Charlton before Charlton revamped Dan Garrett Blue Beetle with a new origin and powers in 1964, and later replaced him with a new Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) in 1967.
Throughout his early appearances, the Blue Beetle's last name varied between "Garret" and "Garrett", while Mike Mannigan sometimes had his last name spelled "Manigan". |
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| Comic Story | The Panama Canal Affair (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Richard foils a plot to sabotage the Panama Canal. |
| Featuring | D-13 |
| Credits | Script: Will Eisner? | Pencils: Bob Powell [as S. R. Powell] (signed) | Inks: Bob Powell? |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: D-13 [Richard Anthony] (introduction, a secret agent); Manata (villain, introduction); Sancho |
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| Comic Story | The Valley of the Dead (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Capt. Scott and the Bengal Lancers are given the task of capturing a group of cutthroats harassing caravans. |
| Featuring | Capt. Danny Scott |
| Credits | Pencils: John Lindermayer | Inks: John Lindermayer |
| Content | Characters: Capt. Danny Scott of the Bengal Lancers (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Saboteurs on the S. S. REGINA (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Lt. Drake |
| Credits | Pencils: Klaus Nordling [as F. Klaus] (signed) | Inks: Klaus Nordling |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Lt. Drake of Naval Intelligence (introduction); Lobardi (villain, introduction); Kutch (villain, introduction); a girl (villain, introduction) |
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| Featuring | Wonderworld Comics |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. House ad for Wonderworld Comics. Includes a cover reproduction of Wonderworld Comics #4. |
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| Featuring | Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for the Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter. |
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