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Issue: Mystery Men Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1939
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Issues: #4 of 31 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/13/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Fox ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date and volume number found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 429532.
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Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: 7 1/2" x 10 1/4"
Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Green Mask
Character(s): The Green Mask [Michael Shelby]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Nicoli, Scientist of Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Walter Frame
Inker(s): Walter Frame
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Green Mask
Character(s): The Green Mask [Michael Shelby]; Nicoli (first appearance; villain); Tony (first appearance; villain)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Captured By Lord Marvel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Briefer?
Penciller(s): Dick Briefer
Inker(s): Dick Briefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rex Dexter
Character(s): Rex Dexter; Lord Marvel (first appearance; villain; death)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSavage Dragon #133 published November 2007
In Content Item: FlagRex Dexter of Mars #1 published January 1940
as Captured By Lord Marvel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 #[nn] published February 2009
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Not Wanted, No Reward!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Schwab
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Billy Bounce
Character(s): Billy Bounce
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Chen Chang's Poison Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Munson Paddock [as Cecilia Munson]
Inker(s): Munson Paddock
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chen Chang
Character(s): Chen Chang
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Among the Head-Hunters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Tuska (Floyd Kelly)
Inker(s): George Tuska
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wing Turner
Character(s): Jonson (first appearance)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The Black Widow Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lt. Drake
Character(s): Lt. Drake
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSamson #2 published December 1940
as The Black Widow Murders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Any similarity between Shomes and Potsam to any persons...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Schwab
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hemlock Shomes
Character(s): Hemlock Shomes
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Buried Treasure

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert Orbaan
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Bull Thompson, the Pirate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Peddy
Inker(s): Art Peddy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Savage
Character(s): Captain Savage (first appearance); Bull Thompson (first appearance; villain)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Green Mask #3 published January 1940
as Bull Thompson, the Pirate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Protection Insurance For Newsboys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas
Inker(s): Charles Nicholas
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Bull Blackart (first appearance; villain)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #1 published January 1940
as Protection Insurance For Newsboys [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Blue Beetle gains full-sleeved (official) costume in this story
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The Waterfront Dope Smugglers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Franklin
Inker(s): Art Franklin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Inspector Bancroft
Character(s): Inspector Bancroft
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Flame #3 published January 1940
as The Waterfront Dope Smugglers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Dirigible Hijacking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Powell?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): D-13
Character(s): D-13 [Richard Anthony]; Martis Urbi (first appearance; villain)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Civil War In India

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Lindermayer
Inker(s): John Lindermayer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Denny Scott
Character(s): Denny Scott
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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In the Underworld of Paris

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner?
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): George Tuska
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Zanzibar
Character(s): Simone (first appearance; villain)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #5 published November 1940
as In the Underworld of Paris [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lee Harris ? [as Harris] (signed)
Penciller(s): Lee Harris [as Harris] (signed)
Inker(s): Lee Harris [as Harris] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Super Sleuths
Character(s): David A. Wennerstrom (Sheriff); Marshall Stewart (law-enforcement officer in North Dakota, death); Gun-Toter "Tex" (villain)
Synopsis: After the murder of Marshall Stewart, Sheriff Wennerstrom goes on a two-year chase of the criminal, finally arresting him in a local restuarant on Arkansas.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows, 1999 series), Vol. 3, #125 (June 2014)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Out of proper sequence.

Masthead reads "Lee Harris".

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