Issue: #2
Published: September 1939, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Victor Fox
Color: Color Dimensions: 7 1/2" X 10 1/4" Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: MYSTERY MEN COMICS. Vol. 1, No. 2, is published monthly by Fox Publications, Inc. Office of publication, 29 Worthington Street, Springfield, Mass. Editorial and Executive offices, 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Springfield, Mass., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Price 10 cents per copy. Subscription rates: 12 issues in the United States, and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, $1.50. The Publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright, 1939, by Fox Publications, Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. No actual person is named, or delineated in this fiction magazine. The names of all characters that are used are fictitious. Use of a name which is the same as that of any living person is accidental. Printed in the U.S.A.
On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 3. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 422098. Copyright given to Bruns Publications, Inc.
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| Featuring: |
Rex Dexter |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Lou Fine | Inks: Lou Fine |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
The Tong War of San Sin |
| Featuring: |
Green Mask |
| Synopsis: |
The Green Mask, alarmed at the Tong wars erupting in Chinatown, seemingly joins forces with the nefarious San Sin in order to find a way to rescue Fong Lee's daughter from his evil clutches. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Walter Frehm (signed) | Inks: Walter Frehm (signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Green Mask [Michael Shelby] "News" Blake (reporter) Chu Fan (antique Dealer, Death) Foo Young (merchant, Death) Sing Tew (merchant, Death) Fong Lee (former King Of Chinatown, Introduction) Lotus Lee (Fong Lee's Daughter, Introduction) San Sin (villain, Introduction) Lo Fang (villain, San Sin's Henchman, Introduction) |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
So I close this meeting of junior detectives... |
| Featuring: |
Billy Bounce, the Kid Detective |
| Synopsis: |
Butch and his pal see easy dough by snatching Billy for ransom. |
| Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab [as Norman Lee] (signed) | Pencils: Fred Schwab [as Norman Lee] (signed) | Inks: Fred Schwab [as Norman Lee] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Children Crime |
| Characters: |
Billy Bounce Butch (villain) Un-named Crook (villain) |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Long Arm of Vengeance |
| Synopsis: |
The crew of the Falcon spot a derelict or ghost ship off the starboard bow and Barney, Marlin and Clark go aboard to investigate, discovering the corpse of the Captain of that ship......a Captain that promises justice for Marlin. |
| Credits: |
Script: Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (credited) | Pencils: ? (spot illustrations) | Inks: ? (spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Adventure Crime |
| Characters: |
Barney (seaman) Eban (helmsman) Captain Clark (death) Marlin (villain, 1st Mate, Death) |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Alien Smugglers |
| Featuring: |
Lt. Drake of the Naval Intelligence |
| Synopsis: |
Lt. Drake is put onto a case involving the smuggling of oriental aliens into San Francisco, and he discovers that the aliens are being sewn into large fish to avoid detection. |
| Credits: |
Script: Klaus Nordling [as F. Klaus] (signed) | Pencils: Klaus Nordling [as F. Klaus] (signed) | Inks: Klaus Nordling [as F. Klaus] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Adventure Military |
| Characters: |
Lt. Drake Un-named Whaler Captain (villain) Whaler's Crew (villains) |
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