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Issue: Daring Mystery Comics #2
Publication Date: February 1940
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Issues: #2 of 8 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: none
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Martin Goodman ?
Disclose Notes: This issue does not have an indicia anywhere in the comic, as far as can be determined from microfiche and from the reprinted inside front cover in the Masterwork, which does not leave enough room beneath the contest text for an indicia. The Indicia publisher, frequency and volume are inferred to be the same as issues #1 and 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg ?
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Phantom Bullet
Character(s): The Phantom Bullet [Allen Lewis]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as Daring Mystery Comics #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Daring Comics' Free $25 Prize Contest!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): most typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: activity
Synopsis: The editor of Daring Comics announces a contest offering $25 in cash prizes, asking readers to select their favorite feature in Daring and tell why. 1st place wins $5, 2nd place $2 and 3rd to 20th prize winners get $1 each. Deadline for entries is January 30, 1940.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as Daring Comics' Free $25 Prize Contest! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Voyage to Sunev

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Cal Cagno (signed)
Penciller(s): Fred Schwartz (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Schwartz (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Zephyr Jones
Character(s): Zephyr Jones (introduction); Corky Grogan (introduction); King Bolo; Princess Tonka; Birdmen of Sunev; Gen. Roudo (villain); The Parrot-Men (villain)
Synopsis: Scientist and inventor, Dr. Morrison Jones, died before his rocketship that would realize his dream of making the first trip to the planet Mars could be completed. His son Zephyr, however, vows to live out his father's dream.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as Voyage to Sunev [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Next appears in Mystic Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1.
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Origin of the Phantom Bullet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Penciller(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Simon
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Phantom Bullet, Scourge of the Underworld
Character(s): The Phantom Bullet [Allen Lewis]; Benny the Beggar; Alvarez Monez (villain); Bird-Men (villains)
Synopsis: Reporter Allen Lewis is baffled by the death of a wealthy man who clutches a feather in his hand, but soon learns of a mysterious race of "bird-men" that seemed to be involved. Given the secret for a gun that shoots ice pellets by a soon-to-be murdered scientist, Lewis adopts a costumed identity to track down the bird-men at any cost.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as Origin of the Phantom Bullet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Funnies, Inc. material.
Next appearance in The Marvels Project (Marvel, 2009 series) #2
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King of the Jungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon [as Gregory Sykes] (signed)
Penciller(s): Joe Simon [as Gregory Sykes] (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon [as Gregory Sykes] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Simon
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Trojak, the Tiger Man
Character(s): Trojak (origin); Trojak's father; Edith Alton; Balu (the tiger)
Synopsis: Trojak, raised in the jungle by a native tribe after his father was killed by hostiles, is encouraged to find his own people and leave the jungle. However, he discovers that the ways of his people are not to his liking, and returns to the jungle to fight off hostile savages attempting to kill a girl who has be-friended him.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as King of the Jungle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Six-Gun Dynamite

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Russell A. Bankson (signed)
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): ?; most typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Ozias Wilkins; Mattie Wilkins
Synopsis: Mattie insists that the silver mine Ozias is working is worthless, and insists she will leave him if he continues to work it.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as Six-Gun Dynamite [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Studio or freelance source unknown.
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Introducing K-4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): K-4 and his Sky Devils
Character(s): Capt. K-4 and his Sky Devils [Lt. Rene D'Auvergne, Lt. Ronald Wolverstone-Clodd] (introduction); Major Von Lutz (villain); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: Captain K-4 is assigned to infiltrate and help to destroy the ammunition depot located at the Nazi seaport of Kurtzberg, while disguised as a Gestapo agent.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as Introducing K-4 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks tentatively credits Jack Alderman with the artwork. The heads and airplanes are likely drawn by a different artist than the rest of the strip. Jim believes that the same artist likely drew the majority of this strip and the strip in issue #4, or possibly a different artist drew #4 using this story as a close guide. The airplanes in this issue's story are much more detailed than in #4, indicating that the touch-up artist here did not work on the story in #4.

The story in #4 is from the Chesler shop, so this may be as well, but the unusual panel arrangement here (with wide spaces between the panels) which may or may not be a clue to the strip's origins, has not been spotted elsewhere.
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Who in Reality Is Mr. "E"?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Cal Cagno (signed)
Penciller(s): Al Carreno
Inker(s): Al Carreno
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Mr. E
Character(s): Mr. E [Victor Jay]; Betty; The Vampire (villain)
Synopsis: Mr. "E", enemy of the underworld, sees connections in the recent deaths of several "captains of industry," knowing all four were silent partners in the Snead Oil Company but unaware at the same time that his old enemy, the Vampire, is behind it all.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as Who In Reality Is Mr. "E"? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Twelve #1/2 published October 2008
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Only golden age appearance. Next appearance in The Twelve (Marvel, 2008 series) #1

Al Carreno was associated with Chesler at this time according to Who's Who, but also with Funnies, Inc. at an unspecified date. Cal Cagno may have been a Goodman/Timely writer. The studio source, if any, for this story is unclear.
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Enter the Laughing Mask

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Harr (signed)
Penciller(s): Maurice Gutwirth [as M. Gutwirth] (signed)
Inker(s): Maurice Gutwirth [as M. Gutwirth] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Laughing Mask
Character(s): The Laughing Mask [Dennis Burton]; Lester Deeks (villain); Lester's gang (villains)
Synopsis: Dennis Burton becomes the next member of his family to beconme involved in law enforcement as District Attorney, bent on uncovering the plot behind the recent destruction of passenger trains.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as Enter the Laughing Mask [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Twelve #0 published February 2008
as Enter the Laughing Mask [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Becomes the Purple Mask in the next two issues.
Likely Chesler shop material.
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Rush Coupon for Mammoth Catalog

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside back cover.
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Money and Big Prizes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the back cover.

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