Digital Comic Museum - Green Mask v2 005 (diff ver)


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Part of the Fox Spotlight

Issue: #5 [16]
Published: August-September 1946, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Victor Fox
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

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Green Mask
Credits:	Pencils: E. C. Stoner ? \| Inks: E. C. Stoner ?
Characters:	Green Mask Johnny Green

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)
Synopsis:	House ad for 11 Fox comic titles. Cover reproductions are shown for Zoot 1, Rocket Kelly (the cover shown does not match any existing issue of this title), Blue Beetle 33, All Top 2, and Green Mask v2 #4.
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (10 pages)	Double Trouble!
Featuring:	Green Mask
Synopsis:	Professor Grimy creates Green Mask robots and releases them in the city, at the same time offering a million-dollar reward for the superhero's capture. In the ensuing confusion, Grimy's mob loots the city. Johnny gets angry and becomes the real Green Mask and defeats the criminals.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Green Mask Johnny Green Professor Grimy Suzie

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Master Cracksman Bank Robberies
Featuring:	Green Mask
Synopsis:	When two of his classmates are arrested for participating in a wave of bank robberies, Johnny suspects their chemistry teacher, Professor Battenburg. Johnny investigates and becomes the Green Mask, discovering that Battenburg's compound "Brainol" is used to drug the students who are then used as fall guys for the real robbers. The Green Mask exposes Battenburg as the Master Cracksman, a criminal thought to be dead. Battenburg commits suicide after confessing.
Genre:	Crime Superhero
Characters:	Green Mask Johnny Green Mr. Green Mrs. Green Professor Battenburg Mike O'Hara Captain Halloran

Text Story (2 pages)	Black Market Bullets
Credits:	Script: ? [as Ray Mond] \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Jim Slattery

Comic Story (6 pages)	When the Sky-Scrapers Danced!
Featuring:	Rick Evans
Synopsis:	Evil space spider Xako intends to wipe out the population of Earth with "inter-planetary vibrations" so his race can inhabit it. Rick, Astra and Stringbean fly their rocket to confront Xako, who is burned to death when Rick flies through a comet.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Stan Ford]
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Rick Evans Astra Xako Stringbean Professor Astra (father)

Comic Story (1 page)	No. 2
Featuring:	The Flying Future
Synopsis:	Various facts about aviation technology.
Genre:	Non-fiction Aviation

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Imagine THAT!
Synopsis:	Five illustrated factoids about a fish, aviation, the Dodo bird, Burmese cigarettes, and the "Day of the Animals" in Mexico.
Genre:	Non-fiction

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