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Mystery Men Comics
Date | Number: 3 | Lang: English (en)
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Please consider these more observations than a review. I am enjoying my personal time-travelling by means of Mystery Men Comics. In #3, I had to chuckle regarding the story line about orphan thieves under a man named "Fakin." Read Oliver Twist much, Mr. Fagin? The second feature involved our Martian-born hero in a situation reminiscent of a Frankenstein riff, complete with a riotous mob (which we are told in Young Frankenstein is a bad, bad thing). The notorious Cheng, previously compared with Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu, displays a significant difference with the super villain of the novels. Cheng actually goes out on raids with his gang. This adventure features a marvelous rail chase and ends with a cliffhanger frame worthy of the old movie serials. I had trouble suspending my disbelief in the Wing Turner story. I just have trouble believing that military resources would be used to guard a jewel. Our fearless naval intelligence officer disguises himself to expose a game of card sharps/sharks at sea. The Waco Kid story wasn't anything special, but it was interesting to see the missing leg of the horse in panel 5 of one of the pages. Inspector Bancroft deals with an Indian conspiracy that would be very appropriate to the time period in which this comic was published. But, alas, the D-13 secret agent story was far-fetched enough to block my suspended disbelief. What truly amazes me is the amount of variety in each issue with some of the stories being top notch and others simply being clever.
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Couldn’t help noticing that one of the winners of the $1 prize competition was William Blatty of New York. Could it be the same William Peter Blatty of Exorcist movies fame? Also a New Yorker, Blatty would have been 11-years-old in 1939. It’s interesting to me that these early American comics were much more like British comics with a wide variety of strips in every issue – personally, I prefer that to the single-character comics that are produced today. Chen Chang was my favourite here – nice art from Munson Paddock – and I’ve always enjoyed Fu Manchu type stuff
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It's interesting how much colonialism informs so many of the comics of 1939. I remember George Tuska from marvel in the 60s I never realized he was working in 39.
  
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NameMystery Men Comics 3 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: Monthly | Editing: Victor Fox?
NotesOn sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 424746.
 
Cover1 page
CharactersThe Green Mask [Michael Shelby]
PencilsLou Fine
InksLou Fine
 
Comic StoryThe Rule of J. J. Fakin / The Green Mask (9 pages)
PencilsWalter Frame
InksWalter Frame
CharactersThe Green Mask [Michael Shelby]; J. J. Fakin (first appearance; villain; also spelled "Faken")
 
Comic StoryThe Cone-Shaped Planet / Rex Dexter (6 pages)
SynopsisRex and Cynde are exiled from Earth
CharactersRex Dexter; Cynde
PencilsDick Briefer
InksDick Briefer
 
Comic StoryNo Title (2 pages)
FeatureBilly Bounce
ScriptNorman Lee
PencilsNorman Lee
InksNorman Lee
First LineDon't worry, sir, I'll have this solved in 24 hours--
 
Comic StoryThe Railroad Robbery / Chen Chang (6 pages)
CharactersV: Chen Chang
PencilsMunson Paddock
InksMunson Paddock
 
Comic StoryDeath Rides With the Jewel of Timboor / Wing Turner (3 pages)
PencilsGeorge Tuska
InksGeorge Tuska
 
Comic StoryThe Transatlantic Gamblers / Lt. Drake (5 pages)
CharactersLt. Drake; Basil Older (first appearance; villain)
PencilsKlaus Nordling
InksKlaus Nordling
 
Comic StoryThe Case of the Missing Molars / Hemlock Shomes (4 pages)
Script
PencilsFred Schwab
InksFred Schwab
 
Text StoryThe Man With the Paraffin Beard (2 pages)
ScriptClyde H. Kleinert
Letterstypeset
 
Comic StoryVillains of the Vulture Head Saloon / Waco Kid (4 pages)
Charactersnext app. in GREEN MASK #3
PencilsArt Peddy
InksArt Peddy
 
Comic StoryThe Loan Shark Racket / Blue Beetle (4 pages)
GenreSuperhero
CharactersThe Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Spike (first appearance, villain); Spike's gang (first appearance, villains)
Script ?
PencilsCharles Nicholas
InksCharles Nicholas
NotesBlue Beetle gains eye-mask; costume still has short sleeves
 
Comic StoryThe Killings of Seurat Khan / Inspector Bancroft (4 pages)
CharactersInspector Bancroft; Seurat Khan (first appearance; villain)
PencilsArt Pinajian
InksArt Pinajian
 
Comic StoryThe Mystery Sub / D-13 (6 pages)
CharactersD-13 [Richard Anthony]; The Nazis (villains)
PencilsBob Powell
InksBob Powell
 
Comic StoryElephant Attack / Denny Scott (4 pages)
PencilsJohn Lindermayer
InksJohn Lindermayer
 
Comic StorySanchoo the Smuggler / Zanzibar (4 pages)
CharactersV: Sanchoo (I)
PencilsGeorge Tuska
InksGeorge Tuska
 
Character profileNo Title (1 page)
FeatureFamous Detectives
ScriptLee Harris ? [as Harris] (signed)
PencilsLee Harris [as Harris] (signed)
InksLee Harris [as Harris] (signed)
CharactersMatthew Solomon (detective); Red Collins (villain, bandit)
NotesOut of proper sequence.

Story recounts Solomon's capture of a bandit.

Masthead reads "Lee Harris".
 
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