Issue: #1
Published: Summer 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, 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
Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 457774.
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| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Blue Beetle |
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Script: ? (ad copy) | Letters: ?; typeset |
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Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] |
| Comic Story (14 pages) |
Origin of the Green Mask and Domino |
| Featuring: |
Green Mask |
| Synopsis: |
The Grim Circle, in an effort to stop a Congressional bill, shoots Senator Shelby and Michael Shelby is caught in the crossfire. Professor Lascomb tries to save Michael's life and, in the process, imbues Michael with superhuman abilities. Michael, endowed with superhuman abilities, vows to fight crime and uses his newfound powers to bring down the Grim Circle. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Walter Frehm ? | Inks: Walter Frehm ? |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Green Mask [Michael Shelby] (origin) Domino [Don] (first Appearance, Origin) Sen. Shelby (first Appearance, Death, Green Mask's Father) Prof. Lascomb (first Appearance) The Grim Circle [John Sebastion, Others] (first Appearance, Villains) Red Simpson (first Appearance, Villain) Serge Marzoff Igor |
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| Featuring: |
Rex Dexter |
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Script: ? (ad copy) |
| Characters: |
Rex Dexter |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Green Mask; Mystery Men Comics |
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Script: ? (ad copy) |
| Characters: |
Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Flame |
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Script: ? (ad copy) |
| Characters: |
Flame [Gary Preston] |
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