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| Name | Best Comics 2 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Second class periodical. Copyright number 441196. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Story | Adventures of the Red Mask (6 pages) |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Nina; Danny; Colonel Trent; Robert Fear; Miranda; Mombasa |
| Script | George West (signed) |
| Pencils | George West (signed) |
| Inks | George West (signed) |
| First Line | While Nina was telling her terrible experience... |
| Notes | copyright 1936 Syndicated Features Corp. Pages numbered 8 -13. The Red Mask is the first African or minority hero in comics and is depicted as black-skinned on the cover of the first issue, but is depicted as a white-skinned hero on the cover of this issue, as well as the subsequent issues 3 and 4. His skin-tone alternates between black and white throughout the interior story pages (including panels where parts of his body have different skin coloring). "George West/Geo. West" is a pseudonym for a as-yet unknown cartoonist. |
| Text Story | Rescued by the Masked Rider / Masked Rider (2 pages) |
| Script | ? [as Sam Brant] |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Pencils | Harry Lucey (signed) |
| Notes | "Sam Brant" was a house name used at Thrilling (Standard - Pines) from at least 1934 - 1956. The Masked Rider first appeared in the pulp magazine The Masked Rider (Ranger Pub. Inc., 1934 series) v1#1 (April 1934). The magazine was taken over by Pines with Masked Rider Western Magazine (Better Pub. Inc., 1938 series) v4#2 (March 1938), and continued publication to Masked Rider Western (Better Pub. Inc., 1938 series) v33#1 (April 1953). |
| Story | Silly Willie (9 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Silly Willie |
| Script | Loy Byrnes (signed) |
| Pencils | Loy Byrnes (signed) |
| Inks | Loy Byrnes (signed) |
| First Line | That's me! |
| Notes | Copyright 1936 Syndicated Features Corp. Strips numbered 10 - 18. |
| Story | Happy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Pencils | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Inks | Kin Platt (signed) |
| First Line | Young man--will you mind Rover for me... |
| Notes | Copyright 1936 Syndicated Features Corp. Strip numbered 6 |
| Text Story | Chab's Jungle Friends (3 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Kerry McRoberts |
| Story | Adventures of Nervy Nerts (3 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Nervy Nerts (introduction) |
| Script | George Scott (signed) |
| Pencils | George Scott (signed) |
| Inks | George Scott (signed) |
| First Line | Hey, Bill, has then ten o'clock train pulled out yet? |
| Notes | Copyright 1937 Syndicated Features Corp. Strips numbered 27 - 29 "George Scott" is a pseudonym for a as-yet unknown cartoonist. He may be the same person who did Adventures of the Red Mask as "George West". |
| Comic Story | No Fishing! / Happy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Pencils | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Inks | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Notes | Copyright 1936 Syndicated Features Corp. strip is numbered 7 |
| Story | Peggy Wow (8 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Ray McGill (signed) |
| Pencils | Ray McGill (signed) |
| Inks | Ray McGill (signed) |
| First Line | Hector--I want you to go shopping with me tomorrow... |
| Notes | Copyright 1936 Syndicated Features Corp. Strips numbered 10 - 17 |
| Story | Happy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Pencils | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Inks | Kin Platt (signed) |
| First Line | Now to find a clue |
| Notes | Copyright 1936 Syndicated Features Corp. Strip #8 |
| Story | Jigger (8 pages) |
| Script | Gus Jud (signed) |
| Pencils | Gus Jud (signed) |
| Inks | Gus Jud (signed) |
| First Line | I wonder what's on the radio |
| Notes | Copyright 1936 Syndicated Features Corp. strips numbered 10 - 17 |
| Story | Happy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Pencils | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Inks | Kin Platt (signed) |
| First Line | Hiya--dutchess--what's new in story land? |
| Notes | Copyright 1936 Syndicated Features Corp. Strip #9 |
| Story | Pop's Night Out (8 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Dick Dorgan (signed) |
| Pencils | Dick Dorgan (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Dorgan (signed) |
| First Line | Let's go to the movies tonight, Pop.... |
| Notes | Copyright 1936 Syndicated Features Corp. Numbered 10 - 17 |
| Comic Story | Ball game 50 cents / Happy (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Pencils | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Inks | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Notes | Copyright 1936 Syndicated Features Corp. Strip #10 |
| Story | The Jamms (7 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Crawford Young |
| Pencils | Crawford Young |
| Inks | Crawford Young |
| First Line | Why on Earth do you s'pose those baggage men... |
| Notes | Copyright 1936 Syndicated Features Corp. Stips numbered 10 - 16 |
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