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| About the ibc ad--wasn't Super-Mystery published by Ace? |
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| Publication | September 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Masked Marvel |
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| Text Article | Stamp Collecting |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | About watermarks on stamps. Page also includes Statement of Ownership.
The inside-front cover. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | The comic's title is listed as Keen Comics, and the Statement date is October 1, 1939.
Keen Comics was a 3-issue series that ended in November 1939, and seems to have no relation to this Masked Marvel series. |
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| Synopsis | The Masked Marvel goes after a gang that uses model planes in their crimes. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Masked Marvel; Brad; Kully; Wings; Jordan; ZR; Brunt; ZY |
| Notes | last app. in KEEN DETECTIVE FUNNIES #24; art formerly credited to "Ben Thompson ?" |
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| Comic Story | The Hawk (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Masked Marvel and his men go after the Hawk. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Hawk; The Masked Marvel; ZR; ZY; ZL; The Singer; Slip |
| Notes | Credits from the index to the original printing. |
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| Synopsis | The Masked Marvel goes up against ruthless gangster, Pete Scavotti. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Pete Scavotti; The Masked Marvel; ZR; ZY; ZL; Monk; Little Abe; Judge Ryan |
| Notes | Writer credit from the index to the original printing. |
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| Comic Story | Christopher's Coffin (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | McDonald, of the police waterfront undercover force, examines a claim of a tugboat striking a coffin in the harbor. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Christopher Carllsen; Sid-Abbis Seto (corpse); McDonald; Mike; Spike |
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| Text Story | "The Cat" Had Nine Lives (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dan Carter is waiting at the Hotel Shelby because of a tip he got that the wanted crook "The Cat" is staying there. |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as "G. A. F."] (signed) | Inks:? [as "G. A. F."] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Dan Carter; The Cat [John Garnnel] |
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| Synopsis | Trying to get help for his friend, Fadeaway is forced to lead some crooks out of the mountains. |
| Featuring | Fadeaway Farr |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Fadeaway Farr; Jackson; Strike Caine; Mary Caine [Hope Jackson] |
| Notes | Credits from the index to the original printing. |
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| Comic Story | Gentlemen of Misfortune (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | 'Skip' sheridan has problems with a young pilot and some strange planes in the area. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: 'Skip' Sheridan; Briggs; Archer; Vivian Lester; Jimmy Lester; Erich Stromm; Red; Skeets; Hans; Manos |
| Notes | Hughes also signs - as "Harold Hughes" - on the final page. |
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| Comic Story | Case of the Rx (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Detective Doyle and his friend Dr. Claney are kidnapped by a gangster to help his brother. |
| Featuring | "Doc" Doyle, The Scientific Detective |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: "Doc" Doyle; John Claney; Dan Peters; Joe Peters; Sam |
| Notes | Gutwirth also signs - as "M. Gutwirth" - on the final page. |
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| Comic Story | The Quest of the Golden Idol (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tim, his uncle Pete and Ken are searching for a golden Aztec idol. |
| Featuring | Tim Roberts |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Ken Masters; Tim Roberts; Peter Roberts |
| Notes | The Who's Who gives "Tohm Dixon" as a pseudonym for Pinajian. But both credit and signature (on the final page) give the first name as "TOIIIM", not a recognizable form. |
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| Cartoon | All in Fun (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Five single panel cartoons. |
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| Advertisement | Greatest comic characters of them all! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Marvo; Raven; Vulcan; Magno; Flash Lightning; Sky Smith; Q-13 |
| Notes | Advertisement for Ace Magazines Sure Fire Comics #2 and Super-Mystery Comics v1 #2. |
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| Advertisement | Mammoth Catalogs (1 page) |
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