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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published April 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Ned Pines

Cover Details

Characters Major Mars
Pencils L. North
Inks L. North

11 page Mask story "The Mask Strikes"

Characters The Mask [Tony Colby] (first appearance; origin); Silk Davis (first appearance); Carol Smith (first appearance); Olly Snate (first appearance; villain)
Script Raymond Thayer?
Pencils Raymond Thayer
Inks Raymond Thayer
Colors Raymond Thayer?

12 page Major Mars story "The Beast Plague From Jupiter"

Characters Major Mars (first appearance); Grag (first appearance; a robot); Joan Jilson (first appearance); The Space Emperor ([Kells] (first appearance; villain)
Pencils Max Plaisted
Inks Max Plaisted
Notes only appearance

6 page Sgt. Bill King story "In No-Man's-Land"

Characters Sgt. Bill King (first appearance); Nazis (villains)
Pencils Leonard Sansone
Inks Leonard Sansone

8 page Jim Hatfield story "The Black Inferno"

Characters Jim Hatfield (first appearance; a Texas Ranger); Capt. McDowell (first appearance); Padre Borasho (first appearance; villain; death); Sen. Crocker (first appearance; villain); Slade (first appearance; villain)

6 page Gunner Thompson story "Payoff In Lead"

Characters Gunner Thompson (first appearance; only appearance)

10 page Hy Hardy story "Deep Sea Drama On Parade"

Characters Hy Hardy (first appearance; only appearance)
Pencils Ken Browne
Inks Ken Browne

1 page text story "A Real Waddy"

Script Sam Brant
Letters typeset

7 page Dan Williams story "The Forbes Case"

Characters Dan Williams (first appearance); Caroline Forbes (first appearance); John Blodgett (first appearance; villain)
Pencils Ray Lowry
Inks Ray Lowry

2 page Make-Believe Mickey story "I'm gone on a trip around the world..."

Characters Make-Believe Mickey (first appearance)
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling
Colors Klaus Nordling