Mask Comics #2

(April-May 1945)

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American Ranger Glowlight / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

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For every real American boy and girl!

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Ad for the American Ranger Glowlight.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Black Raider / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk ?

Pencils

Maurice Del Bourgo (signed as del)

Inks

Maurice Del Bourgo (signed as del)

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Here is the most unusual character in detective fiction

Genre

adventure; crime; war

Characters

Black Raider [Gordon Summers] (Army Ranger); Harold "Red" Crandall (Army Ranger); jewelry store owner (death); unnamed Chief of Police; Jake Dugger (villain); Harry Malone (villain); Ben Rainer (villain, pawnshop owner, fence); the Nazis (villains, many die)

Synopsis

After being wounded during the D-Day invasion, Gordon and Red are discharged from the military only to return home and fight a war against crime. Gordon adopts the secret disguise as a masked adventurer, who seeks to put two notorious robbers behind bars.

Keywords

D-Day

Indexer Notes

Next appearance in Power Comics (Narrative, 1945 series) #3.

The Raider is a masked adventurer, not a superhero.

The last panel of the story asks readers if they would like to join the Black Raider's Crime-Fighting Battalion.

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Chin Chop / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk ?

Pencils

Tony DiPreta (signed)

Inks

Tony DiPreta (signed)

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Chin Chop on trail!

Genre

humor

Characters

Chin Chop; Momma; Poppa

Synopsis

Chin Chop tries to find a job as a detective.

Indexer Notes

Next appearance in Power Comics (1945 series, Narrative Comics) #3

Avalanche (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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No man's foot has trodden the great waste for generations.

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Jake; Spots

Synopsis

Jake finds gold and his partner, Spots, kills him to stake the claim for himself.

Keywords

gold

Treachery, Inc. (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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typeset

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Jack Houston stopped briefly under a street lamp to look at his watch.

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Jack Houston; Ralph Carson; George Manther

Synopsis

A stranger hands Jack a bagful of uncut diamonds as they pass each other on the street. Astonished by the situation, Jack contacts his friend, detective Ralph Carson, and they set off to discover the mystery of the diamonds.

Keywords

diamonds

The Collector (Table of Contents: 6)

Shroud / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Maurice Whitman ?

Inks

Maurice Whitman ?

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Patrolman Riordan was no philosopher - just a plain cop!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

The Shroud; Gus Gorilla; Hanson Riordan [The Collector]; General Yamamoto

Synopsis

When Patrolman Riordan is killed while saving another man's life, the forces of heaven grant him a return to Earth as a collector of souls.

Keywords

Metropole City; Sands of Time Department

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Merlin the Boy Magician / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk ?

Pencils

Leo Morey

Inks

Leo Morey

Colors

?

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?

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Merlin is the world's greatest magician!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Merlin; Duke Deval; Commissioner Trask

Synopsis

Duke and his gang rob the spectators at Merlin's latest show and kill the night watchman. After the murder and robbery, Merlin volunteers to trap Duke for the police department.

Indexer Notes

Next appearance in Power Comics (Narrative, 1944 series) #3
Credits from Jerry Bails.