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Issue: The Green Mask #2 [13] Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1945
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Issues: #2 [13] of 17 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: A Fox Feature Publication FFView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/14/1945
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Fox (uncredited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1945 Periodicals, page 323
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Publication Type: Comic Book
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
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Pinup of the Year

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): E. C. Stoner
Inker(s): E. C. Stoner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Mask
Character(s): Green Mask
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Artist revision from ? to Stoner per Ken Quattro's article in Alter Ego #118 (July 2013).
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The Pigeons of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Jack Fiske]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Mask
Character(s): Green Mask; Johnny Green; Suzie; Ronnie; Rummy
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.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Jack Fiske is a house byline for this feature.

As in one story in the previous issue, Johnny Green is aware he can change into the Green Mask if he gets angry and shouts.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Pussy Katnip
Character(s): Pussy Katnip; George; Tobacco Maizie; Race Track Hutch
First Line: In this story, 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.
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Pages: 4
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Tale of the Counterfeit Coins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Hap Harris]
Penciller(s): Al Zere ?
Inker(s): Al Zere ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dick Transom
Character(s): Dick Transom; Joe; Jeffrey; Mrs. Van Oop
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.
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From Content Item: FlagEverybody's Comics #[nn] [1944] published January 1944
was Tale of the Counterfeit Coins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Hap Harris was a house byline for this series.
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The Ghost of Purple Rock

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Toby]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens, fantasy
Feature(s): Snooky
Character(s): Snooky; Honey Bear; Jinnee; Old Witch
First Line: That old witch is in for a big surprise...
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.
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From Content Item: FlagEverybody's Comics #[nn] [1944] published January 1944
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Toby was the house byline for this series.
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The Marauder Comet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Stan Ford]
Penciller(s): Lou Ferstadt
Inker(s): Lou Ferstadt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rick Evans
Character(s): Rick Evans; Stringbean; Professor Astra; Father Astra; Igno
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.
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From Content Item: FlagEverybody's Comics #[nn] [1944] published January 1944
was The Marauder Comet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Stan Ford was the house byline for this feature.

Art is consistent with Ferstadt‘s signed Rick Evans story from The Green Mask #v2#3 (Fall, 1945).

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