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| Date | | Number: 13 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Mystery Men Comics 13 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Blue Beetle radio program mentioned in an ad in this issue. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Edd Ashe |
| Inks | Edd Ashe |
| First Line | Six times the Blue Beetle's gun roared its message of death |
| Notes | Art credits revised from Charles Nicholas? to Ashe by Craig Delich 2010-3-14. |
| Publisher advertisement | Because You Demanded It! / Blue Beetle (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Advertisement for Blue Beetle (Fox, 1940 series) #1 ([Winter 1940]). Assures readers that Blue Beetle will continue to appear in Mystery Men Comics. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Edd Ashe |
| Inks | Edd Ashe |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
| Story | Blue Beetle (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A gang of thieves rob a pawn shop, nearly knocking out Policeman Hannigan, who whistles an SOS, which the Blue Beetle overhears and heads out to capture the crooks. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Mike Hannigan (policeman); unnamed pawn shop worker; Spike (villain, introduction); Spike's gang [Joe; Red (death); unnamed members] (villains, introduction) |
| Pencils | Larry Antonette (signed) |
| Inks | Larry Antonette (signed) |
| First Line | A gang of thieves are about to rob a pawn shop... |
| Notes | First mention of Blue Beetle being given super-powers by Vitamin 2X. Art credits from Shaun Clancy in the Comics History Exchange list on Facebook based on Larry Antonette's personal papers, which included pages of this story torn from the original comic book and kept as reference by Antonette (21 February 2015). |
| Comic Story | The Joe Pennelli Case, Part 1 / Wing Turner (3 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Wing Turner; Joe Pennelli (villain, introduction) |
| Pencils | Dennis Neville (signed) ? |
| Inks | Dennis Neville (signed) ? |
| Comic Story | The Destruction of Tarsis / Rex Dexter (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rex and Cynde are on their way back to Mars, but before getting there they respond to an urgent call for help to save all living beings from the doomed planet Tarsis. They accept, but Cynde is put in charge of a separate ship from Rex and is captured by Rof and Zard. |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction |
| Characters | Rex Dexter; Cynde; unnamed ruler of Tarsis (introduction); Rof (villain, introduction); Zard (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Dick Briefer (signed) |
| Pencils | Dick Briefer (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Briefer (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Butcher's Maniacal Murders / The Green Mask (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Green Mask must track down and stop a maniac murderer who is targeting debutantes, whose tenth and eleventh victims were Janet Royce and Elizabeth Blankett. |
| Script | ? [as Walter Frame (byline)] (credited) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Mary Morgan; unnamed mayor; unnamed police chief; The Butcher (villain, introduction); the Butcher's gang (villains, introduction) |
| Pencils | Louis Cazeneuve Arturo Cazeneuve |
| Inks | Louis Cazeneuve Arturo Cazeneuve |
| Notes | Arat credits from AC Comics' Mark Heike. |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Billy Bounce |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Billy Bounce |
| Script | Fred Schwab |
| Pencils | Fred Schwab |
| Inks | Fred Schwab |
| Letters | Fred Schwab |
| First Line | Package for Master Billy Bounce! |
| Comic Story | The Devil's Vendetta / Chen Chang (6 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Chen Chang (villain); Hip Sing (villain, introduction) |
| Pencils | Munson Paddock (signed) |
| Inks | Munson Paddock (signed) |
| Story | Blue Beetle (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Advertisement for the Blue Beetle radio program listing stations airing the program. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| First Line | Flash Blue Beetle on the air! |
| Notes | The drawing of Blue Beetle is an obvious tracing of Lou Fine's Samson from the cover of Fantastic Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #1 (December 1939). |
| Comic Story | The Spies in the Lighthouse / Lt. Drake (5 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Lt. Drake; Ivan (villain, introduction, death); other spies (villain, introduction, death); Miss Kayne (introduction) |
| Script | Klaus Nordling ? |
| Pencils | Klaus Nordling |
| Inks | Klaus Nordling |
| Text Story | Death from the Boxing Ring (1.67 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Sports |
| Script | E. J. Armond (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Lady Saboteur / D-13 (8 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | D-13 [Richard Anthony]; Henrietta Gorin (introduction, villain) |
| Script | Bob Powell |
| Pencils | Bob Powell |
| Inks | Bob Powell |
| Comic Story | Ching the Pirate / Zanzibar (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Pirates led by Ching attack the yacht Zanzibar is on. Zanzibar turns Ching into a rat. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Zanzibar; Ching (villain, introduction) |
| Pencils | George Tuska (signed) |
| Inks | George Tuska (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Coming of the Lynx / The Lynx (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Lynx and Blackie, the Wonder Boy, must battle the Flood Makers Association in order to prevent them from flooding a town and looting the empty homes. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Lynx [Jim] (introduction); Blackie [Phil] (introduction, origin); Professor Bigsby; Red Crowley (introduction, villain); Dutch (villain) |
| Pencils | Jim Mooney (signed) |
| Inks | Jim Mooney (signed) |
| Notes | Artist credit revision from ? to Jim Mooney, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-26-08. |
| Comic Story | Lt. Wolff Attacks / Captain Savage, Sea Rover (3 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Captain Savage; Lt. Wolff (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains) |
| Pencils | Chuck Winter ? |
| Inks | Chuck Winter ? |
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