Volume: #2, Issue: #2 [13]
Published: Summer 1945, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Victor Fox (uncredited)
Color: Color Dimensions: 7 1/2" X 10 1/4" (pre-War); 7 1/4"? X 10 1/4"? (post-War) Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1945 Periodicals, page 323
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Cover (1 page) |
Pinup of the Year |
Featuring: |
Green Mask |
Credits: |
Pencils: E. C. Stoner | Inks: E. C. Stoner |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
Green Mask |
Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Pigeons of Death |
Featuring: |
Green Mask |
Synopsis: |
Johnny, Suzie and Ronnie take a walk, then return to Ronnie's rooftop pigeon coop and find criminals have stolen some of his birds and killed the rest. They plan to make the pigeons flying bombs to down an FBI airplane. Johnny becomes the Green Mask and fights the crooks but Ronnie, the Green Mask and Suzie are captured. The crooks use rockets to send their 3 prisoners skyward as well, with bombs tied to them. Ronnie uses his lead pigeon to cause the rest of his flock to avoid the FBI plane. The bombs are dropped on the crooks' cave hideout and the "robber sub" waiting to pick them up. |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Jack Fiske] |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
Green Mask Johnny Green Suzie Ronnie Rummy |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Pussy Katnip |
Synopsis: |
Nightclub owner Pussy Katnip thinks her cigarette "girl" Maizie (a horse) is acting oddly. Maizie's escaped prisoner boyfriend Race Track Hutch is hiding in the club, but Pussy drinks a Katnip Fizz and her mind becomes "very clear." Pussy tips off the cops and Hutch is arrested. |
Genre: |
Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
Characters: |
Pussy Katnip George Tobacco Maizie Race Track Hutch |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
Tale of the Counterfeit Coins |
Featuring: |
Dick Transom |
Synopsis: |
Private eye Dick thinks he's solved the case of counterfeit coins flooding the city, but he just wins first prize in high society Mrs. Van Oop's treasure hunt. |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Hap Harris] | Pencils: Al Zere ? | Inks: Al Zere ? |
Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
Characters: |
Dick Transom Joe Jeffrey Mrs. Van Oop |
Text Story (2 pages) |
The Ghost of Purple Rock |
Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
Comic Story (3 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Snooky |
Synopsis: |
Snooky and her friend Honey Bear use a magic wishing ring to summon Jinnee. They ask him to take them to see the Old Witch. The witch threatens to turn them into cookies but Honey Bear uses the ring to convert her previous victims back into children and change the witch into a cookie herself. |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Toby] |
Genre: |
Anthropomorphic-funny Animals Children Fantasy |
Characters: |
Snooky Honey Bear Jinnee Old Witch |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Marauder Comet |
Featuring: |
Rick Evans |
Synopsis: |
Astra's scientist father is abducted by a "horrible being" while in the midst of experimenting on the dangerous element X090. If he isn't rescued, X090 may destroy Earth. Father Astra is taken to the planet Pyrotis, ruled by Igno, who demands the secret of X090. Rick and the others arrive and foil Igno's plans, but are too late to prevent X090 from blowing up the Earth. However, the whole story was Stringbean's nightmare. |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Stan Ford] | Pencils: Lou Ferstadt | Inks: Lou Ferstadt |
Genre: |
Science Fiction |
Characters: |
Rick Evans Stringbean Professor Astra Father Astra Igno |
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