Mystery Men Comics #1

(August 1939)

A Modern Robin Hood (Table of Contents)

Green Mask / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Walter Frehm

Inks:

Walter Frehm

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

The Green Mask [Michael Shelby] (introduction); "News" Blake; Rocky Vilon (villain; introduction; death); Cyrus Boomer (villain; introduction)

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Green Mask (Fox, 1940 series) #1 (Summer 1940) [pgs. 1-3 only]

Indexer Notes

takes place after 1st story in Green Mask, The (Fox, 1940 series) #1

[Origin of Rex Dexter of Mars] (Table of Contents)

Rex Dexter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick Briefer?

Pencils:

Dick Briefer (signed)

Inks:

Dick Briefer

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Rex Dexter (introduction; origin); Montague Dexter (introduction); Pres. Grover (introduction); Cynde (introduction); Boris Thorax (villain; introduction)

Reprints:

• in Rex Dexter of Mars (Fox, 1940 series) #1 (Fall 1940)

How To Become a Detective (Table of Contents)

Billy Bounce / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Norman Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Norman Lee (signed)

Inks:

Norman Lee

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Billy Bounce (introduction)

[The Coming of Chen Chang] (Table of Contents)

Chen Cheng / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Munson Paddock [as Cecilia Munson] (signed)

Inks:

Munson Paddock

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Chen Chang (villain; introduction); Wong (villain; introduction); Richard Kendall (introduction)

[Skulduggery on Smoky Mountain] (Table of Contents)

Wing Turner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

George Tuska

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Wing Taylor (introduction); The Chief (villain; introduction); Clutch (villain; introduction)

[Trapped By the Top] (Table of Contents)

Zanzibar / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Tuska (signed)

Inks:

George Tuska

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Zanzibar (introduction; a magician); The Top (villain; introduction)

Reprints:

• in Rex Dexter of Mars (Fox, 1940 series) #1 (Fall 1940)

The Case of Tintype's Will (Table of Contents)

Hemlock Shomes and Dr. Potsam / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Schwab ?

Pencils:

Fred Schwab

Inks:

Fred Schwab

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective-mystery

Characters:

Hemlock Shomes (introduction); Dr. Potsam (introduction); Elmer T. Tintype (introduction); Sloppy Joe (introduction)

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.

The Haunted House (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner (signed)

Letters:

typeset

[Trouble At Gun Hollow] (Table of Contents)

Waco Kid / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Arthur Peddy (signed)

Inks:

Arthur Peddy

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

The Waco Kid (introduction); Brazos Teale (villain; introduction)

Reprints:

• in The Green Mask (Fox, 1940 series) #3 (Winter 1940)

Another Bombing Outrage (Table of Contents)

Inspector Bancroft / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Art Franklin

Inks:

Art Franklin

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Inspector Bancroft (introduction); Inspector Grainger (introduction); Stuart Bledsoe (villain; introduction)

[The Coming of the Blue Beetle] (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner?

Pencils:

Charles Nicholas (signed)

Inks:

Charles Nicholas

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] (introduction); Mike Mannigan (introduction); The White Face Gang [John Brandes; others] (villains; introduction)

Reprints:

• in Blue Beetle (Fox, 1939 series) #1 ([Winter 1939-40])

Indexer 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".

[The Panama Canal Affair] (Table of Contents)

D-13 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner?

Pencils:

Bob Powell [as S.R. Powell] (signed)

Inks:

Bob Powell?

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

D-13 [Richard Anthony] (introduction; a secret agent); Manata (villain; introduction)

Reprints:

• in The Green Mask (Fox, 1940 series) #3 (Winter 1940)

[The Valley of the Dead] (Table of Contents)

Capt. Danny Scott / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Lindermayer

Inks:

John Lindermayer

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Capt. Danny Scott of the Bengal Lancers (introduction)

[Saboteurs on the S. S. REGINA] (Table of Contents)

Lt. Drake / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling [as F. Klaus] (signed)

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Lt. Drake of Naval Intelligence (introduction); Lobardi (villain; introduction); Kutch (villain; introduction); a girl (villain; introduction)