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23June 1941
$0.10

Mystery Men Comics #23

Fox · June 1941 · on sale 1941-04-16

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Series: Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series)
Issue: #23
Publication date: June 1941
Key date: 1941-06-00
On-sale date: 1941-04-16
Indicia publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Chuck Cuidera; inks: Chuck Cuidera	Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]
1	Gat Arat's Super-Weapon	comic story	10	pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Charles Nicholas	Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Gat Arat (first appearance; villain); Pinsty (first appearance; villain; death); Mimy (first appearance; villain; death)
2	The Return of the Ugly Queen	comic story	8	script: Dick Briefer; pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick Briefer	Rex Dexter; Ugly Queen (villain)
3	A Tryst With Death	comic story	8	pencils: Walter Frehm; inks: Walter Frehm	Green Mask [Michael Shelby]; Remy (first appearance; villain); Lefty Gordon (first appearance; villain; death)
4	The Spies of Frau Izan	comic story	5	script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul Gustavson	Lt. Drake; Frau Izan (villain, introduction)
5	The Abduction of Gen. Lee	comic story	6	pencils: Charles Winters; inks: Charles Winters	Chen Chang (villain)
6	Planes Over England	text story	2	script: N. N. Nathaniel
7	The Dropped Safe Murder	comic story	8	pencils: Norton Kingsley	Lynx [Jim]; Rook (villain); Elmo Vance (first appearance; villain)
8	The Murder of Senator Harrington	comic story	8	script: Bert Whitman; pencils: Bert Whitman; inks: Bert Whitman	D-13 [Richard Anthony]; Hans Kirchoff (first appearance; villain); Dino (first appearance; villain; death)
9	The Phony Medium	comic story	6	pencils: Pierce Rice	Ahmed (first appearance; villain)

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