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Issue: Mask Comics #2
Publication Date: April 1945
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagRural Home
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Rural Home Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia on all known copies is blacked out and replaced with:
420 Desoto Ave, St. Louis Missouri. Dated Fall 1945. Issue Number appears on cover only.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
fantasy
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FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
 
Miscellaneous
1
Satan cover
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
American Ranger Glowlight
For every real American boy and girl!
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover. Ad for the American Ranger Glowlight.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Woolfolk ?
Maurice Del Bourgo [as del] (signed)
Maurice Del Bourgo [as del] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery, superhero
Black Raider
Black Raider [Gordon Summers] (Army Ranger); Harold "Red" Crandall (Army Ranger); jewelry store owner (death); unnamed Chief of Police; Jake Dugger (villain); Harry Malone (villain); Ben Rainer (villain, pawnshop owner, fence); the Nazis (villains, many die)
Here is the most unusual character in detective fiction
After being wounded during the D-Day invasion, Gordon and Red are discharged from the military only to return home and fight a war against crime. Gordon adopts the secret disguise as a masked adventurer, who seeks to put two notorious robbers behind bars.
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Miscellaneous
12
Next appearance in Power Comics (Narrative, 1945 series) #3.

The Raider is a masked adventurer, not a superhero.

The last panel of the story asks readers if they would like to join the Black Raider's Crime-Fighting Battalion.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Woolfolk ?
Tony DiPreta (signed)
Tony DiPreta (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Chin Chop
Chin Chop; Momma; Poppa
Chin Chop on trail!
Chin Chop tries to find a job as a detective.
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Miscellaneous
6
Next appearance in Power Comics (1945 series, Narrative Comics) #3
Avalanche

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
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?
Subject Matter
western
Jake; Spots
No man's foot has trodden the great waste for generations.
Jake finds gold and his partner, Spots, kills him to stake the claim for himself.
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Miscellaneous
6
Treachery, Inc.

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
mystery
Jack Houston; Ralph Carson; George Manther
Jack Houston stopped briefly under a street lamp to look at his watch.
A stranger hands Jack a bagful of uncut diamonds as they pass each other on the street. Astonished by the situation, Jack contacts his friend, detective Ralph Carson, and they set off to discover the mystery of the diamonds.
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Miscellaneous
2
The Collector

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Maurice Whitman ?
Maurice Whitman ?
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy
Shroud
The Shroud; Gus Gorilla; Hanson Riordan [The Collector]; General Yamamoto
Patrolman Riordan was no philosopher - just a plain cop!
When Patrolman Riordan is killed while saving another man's life, the forces of heaven grant him a return to Earth as a collector of souls.
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Miscellaneous
10
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Woolfolk ?
Leo Morey
Leo Morey
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Merlin the Boy Magician
Merlin; Duke Deval; Commissioner Trask
Merlin is the world's greatest magician!
Duke and his gang rob the spectators at Merlin's latest show and kill the night watchman. After the murder and robbery, Merlin volunteers to trap Duke for the police department.
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Miscellaneous
12
Next appearance in Power Comics (Narrative, 1944 series) #3
Credits from Jerry Bails.

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