Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	October 1939
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Victor Fox?

Cover Details

Characters	The Green Mask [Michael Shelby]
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

9 page Green Mask story "The Rule of J. J. Fakin"

Characters	The Green Mask [Michael Shelby]; J. J. Fakin (first appearance; villain; also spelled "Faken")
Pencils	Walter Frame
Inks	Walter Frame

6 page Rex Dexter story "The Cone-Shaped Planet"

Characters	Rex Dexter; Cynde
Synopsis	Rex and Cynde are exiled from Earth
Pencils	Dick Briefer
Inks	Dick Briefer

2 page Billy Bounce story "Don't worry, sir, I'll have this solved in 24 hours--"

Script	Norman Lee
Pencils	Norman Lee
Inks	Norman Lee

6 page Chen Chang story "The Railroad Robbery"

Characters	V: Chen Chang
Pencils	Munson Paddock [as Cecilia Munson]
Inks	Munson Paddock

3 page Wing Turner story "Death Rides With the Jewel of Timboor"

Pencils	George Tuska [ as Floyd Kelly]
Inks	George Tuska

5 page Lt. Drake story "The Transatlantic Gamblers"

Characters	Lt. Drake; Basil Older (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

4 page Hemlock Shomes story "The Case of the Missing Molars"

Script	Fred Schwab
Pencils	Fred Schwab
Inks	Fred Schwab

2 page text story "The Man With the Paraffin Beard"

Script	Clyde H. Kleinert
Letters	typeset

4 page Waco Kid story "Villains of the Vulture Head Saloon"

Characters	next app. in GREEN MASK #3
Pencils	Arthur Peddy
Inks	Arthur Peddy

4 page Blue Beetle story "The Loan Shark Racket"

Characters	The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Spike and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Script	Will Eisner?
Pencils	Charles Nicholas
Inks	Charles Nicholas
Notes	Blue Beetle gains eye-mask; costume still has short sleeves

4 page Inspector Bancroft story "The Killings of Seurat Khan"

Characters	Inspector Bancroft; Seurat Khan (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Art Franklin
Inks	Art Franklln

6 page D-13 story "The Mystery Sub"

Characters	D-13 [Richard Anthony]; The Nazis (villains)
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell

4 page Denny Scott story "Elephant Attack"

Pencils	John Lindermayer [as L. Mayor]
Inks	John Lindermayer [as L. Mayor]

4 page Zanzibar story "Sanchoo the Smuggler"

Characters	V: Sanchoo (I)
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska