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15October 1940
$0.10

Mystery Men Comics #15

Fox · October 1940 · on sale 1940-08-15

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Series
Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series)
Issue
#15
Publication date
October 1940
Key date
1940-10-00
On-sale date
1940-08-15
Indicia publisher
Fox Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Charles NicholasBlue Beetle [Dan Garrett]
1The Murders of Gimp and Moodycomic story8pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Charles NicholasBlue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Joan Mason (first appearance); Gimp (first appearance; villain); Moody (first appearance; villain)
2The Jewel Robberycomic story3pencils: Dennis Neville; inks: Dennis Neville
3Peril From a Miniature Planetcomic story8script: Dick Briefer; pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick BrieferEarth (origin; theoretical); Rex Dexter (origin details; flashback); Dr Ramm (first appearance)
4The Mummy's Cursecomic story8pencils: Walter Frehm; inks: Walter FrehmGreen Mask [Michael Shelby]; Zinnotti (first appearance; villain); Prof. Stone (first appearance; villain)
5Billy Bouncecomic story2script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab; letters: Fred SchwabBilly Bounce (last appearance)
6The Crojax Murderstext story2script: Paul Ludwig; pencils: ? (illustrations); inks: ? (illustrations); letters: typeset
7The Murder of Sir James Boycecomic story6pencils: Cecilia Munson; inks: Cecilia MunsonChen Chang (villain); Alice Mason (first appearance)
8The Strike of the Sinister Skullcomic story5pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus NordlingLt. Drake; The Skull (first appearance; villain; not the same villain as in Blue Beetle story in last issue)
9The Siberian Sub Basecomic story8script: Bob Powell; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellD-13 [Richard Anthony]; Numiak (first appearance); Russians (villains)
10Ghost Murder at Stock Manorcomic story4pencils: Pierce RiceThe Phantom Abbot [Stock] (first appearance; villain)
11The Murder of Jonathan Grahamcomic story5pencils: Godfrey ClarkeLynx [Jim]; James Hilton (first appearance; villain)
12The Bride of Baalcomic story3pencils: Chuck Winter; inks: Chuck WinterCaptain Savage

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