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  • Issue #6
    Mystery Men Comics (1939) 6

    Cover art by George Tuska. "The Taj Lamah Jewels, art by Munson Paddock (as Walter Frame); Agents of a warring nation plot to destroy all U.S. industrial plants and steal gold from the U.S. Federal Reserve in order to cripple the abilities of America to meddle in the war. Untitled Rex Dexter of Mars story, script and art by Dick Briefer; Scientists first ignore the fact that a meteor from outer space has struck Earth in Asia at an angle, making the area devoid of natural features, which they call "The Bald Spot." "Murder In a Monsoon" Chen Chang story, art by Munson Paddock (as Cecilia Munson). Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Wing is assigned the task of manning a plane over the U-boat infested waters of the North Atlantic, looking for the periscopes of subs below the surface. "Tony Brick, Poison Ring Leader" starring Lt. Drake, art by Klaus Nordling. "The Morgue Murder Mystery" starring Hemlock Shomes, script and art by Fred Schwab. "The Dreamer" text story by Sid L. Sidney, art by Bob Powell. Untitled story, art by Charles Nicholas; The Blue Beetle (Dan Garrett) vs. Von Heuger. Untitled Inspector Bancroft story. Untitled story, art by Bob Powell; Agent D-13 (Richard Anthony) vs. Fahid. Untitled story, art by John Lindermayer; Denny Scott vs. Countess Zita. "The Murder of Glenwood Village," art by George Tuska; Zanzibar vs. Marco Hawkins. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Mystery Men Comics (1939) 7

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    Cover by Charles Nicholas. Stories by Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, and Bob Powell. Art by Charles Nicholas, George Tuska, Dick Briefer, Walter Frame, Fred Schwab, Munson Paddock, Klaus Nordling, John Lindermayer, and Bob Powell. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. A kidnapped politician signals Rex Dexter for help by turning the Q in his signature into a frowny face, in another wacky story by Dick Briefer; Criminals masquerade as the Blue Beetle to frame the hero for their crimes; The Green Mask faces off against the Crime Syndicate. The Blue Beetle Impostors; An Episode with the Devil; The Fiend Called Franto; The Crime Syndicate; Wanted, But Not Immediately; Buzzards Scream as Death Carves a Feast; Swallowed by the Earth; The Fish Pirates; Prisoner of Maharajah Rampur; The Train-Ticket Theft The Moravian Master Spy; The Bad Luck Diamond; Melosh the Soothsayer. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Mystery Men Comics (1939) 8

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    Cover by Charles Nicholas. Stories by Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, and Arnold Brunnel. Art by Charles Nicholas, George Tuska, Dick Briefer, Walter Frame, Fred Schwab, Munson Paddock, Klaus Nordling, John Lindermayer, Bob Powell, and Arthur Peddy. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. Horrific winged monsters attack the people of Earth, and Rex Dexter seems fairly blase about it, in another madcap story by Dick Briefer; Boss X kidnaps the mayor's son after a mysterious explosion, and Blue Beetle must free him; Zanzibar, who is like Mandrake the Magician in a blue fez, investigates reports of a ghost ship. Dynamic Blue Beetle cover with bondage elements by Lou Fine. Explosion Rocks City; The Bank Mob; Tauro the Tyrant; Milk Shortage Threatens New York; Billy Bounce; Satan Steals the Scene; Revolt of the Elementals; The Hawaii Drug Plot; The White Fortress of Angha-Khan; Hemlock Shomes; Wings of War; The Island of Captain Engand; The Ghost Ship. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Mystery Men Comics (1939) 9

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    Cover by Lou Fine. Stories by Dick Briefer, and Fred Schwab. Art by Charles Nicholas, Dick Briefer, Walter Frame, Fred Schwab, Munson Paddock, Klaus Nordling, Bob Powell, George Tuska, and Jim Mooney. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. Rex Dexter discovers that the sphere-like people of Ecaep are terrified of Earthlings because of their history, in another story with unforgettable art by Dick Briefer; The flying hero called the Moth appears with little fanfare or explanation; Agents Bob and D-13 discover that Axis powers have created so-called pocket battleships that can destroy a much larger vessel. The Blue Beetle--Kidnapper?; Girl Flyer Missing; The Planet That Feared Earth; Steel Mill Explosion; Billy Bounce; River Lily and the Feted Guests; The Milk Bottle Bombs; The Secret of Wan; The Disintegrator; The Phantom of Cadel; The Phantom of Cadel; Enter: The Moth. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Mystery Men Comics (1939) 10

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    Cover art by Joe Simon (?). Untitled story, art by Charles Nicholas; Blue Beetle (Dan Garrett) vs. The Yellow Gang. Untitled story, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; Wing Turner vs. Mahruf-Ali; The Prince Otembi Affair: Part 1. Untitled story, script and art by Dick Briefer; Rex Dexter vs. Flame-Men. Untitled story, art by L. Bing; The Professor is indulging in a vicious blackmail racket upon four big business men he has tricked into a phony trust that has led several of them to commit suicide rather than pay up. "Slaves for Slaughter" starring Chen Chang. "Death by Electrocution" text story. Untitled Lt. Drake story, art by Klaus Nordling; story about dope smuggling gamblers. Untitled story, art by Greg Chapian; Arriving in Florida, The Moth runs into a terrible storm and discovers a resident who informs him that a group called The Weather Kings are responsible, and they plan to use the weather to control the nation. Untitled D-13 story. Untitled story; Zanzibar vs. Achmed Pasha. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Mystery Men Comics (1939) 11
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • INCOMPLETE. Coupon out of front cover.
    • Label #1488654020
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • COVERLESS. INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing (affects Chen Chang story). First wrap detached at one staple.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Joe Simon. Stories by Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, Toni Blum, and Bob Powell. Art by Charles Nicholas, Dick Briefer, Walter Frehm, Fred Schwab, Munson Paddock, Bob Powell, George Tuska, and Jim Mooney. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. Rex Dexter battles a robot revolt in a cautionary tale by Dick Briefer; The Green Mask takes on a dope kingpin; Zanzibar, who looks like Mandrake the Magician in a blue fez, investigates murder by poison dart. Cover is by Captain America creator Joe Simon. The Blue Beetle; Wing Turner; Rex Dexter of Mars; The Green Mask; Billy Bounce, the Kid Detective; Hemlock Shomes and Dr. Potsam; Chen Chang: Camera; The Beggar Poison Case; Lt. Drake of the Naval Intelligence; D-13, Secret Agent; The Moth. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Mystery Men Comics (1939) 12

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    Cover art by Joe Simon. "Bomb Kills Hundreds in Midtown," art by Charles Nicholas; The Blue Beetle vs. The Sylvanian Consul Secretary; Beetle defeats 20 mobsters in one fistfight. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Wing Turner battles Nazis. Untitled story, script and art by Dick Briefer; Rex Dexter vs. The Hunter. Untitled story, art by Walter Frehm; The Green Mask deals with a Federal Reserve robbery. "Demons of Doom" starring Chen Chang, art by Munson Paddock (as Cecilia Munson). "Twentieth Century Death Ray" text story by B. A. Martin. Untitled story, script and art by Klaus Nordling (as F. Klaus); Lt. Drake is assigned the task of capturing the men responsible for smuggling orientals into the United States. "The Strange Case of the Terror Castle Grave Robberies," art by Jim Mooney; The Doc sends some of his hoodlums into a cemetery looking for a disease-free body into which he plans to transplant a brain, thus allowing him to have the power of God to create life. Untitled Hemlock Shomes by Fred Schwab. Untitled D-13 story, script and art by Bob Powell; An attack in the South Atlantic; vs. Nazis. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Zanzibar vs. The Zombie Master. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Mystery Men Comics (1939) 13

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    Cover art by Edd Ashe. Untitled story, art by Larry Antonette (as Charles Nicholas); A gang of thieves rob a pawn shop, nearly knocking out Policeman Hannigan, who whistles an SOS, which the Beetle overhears and heads out to capture the crooks. Untitled Wing Turner story, art by Floyd Kelly; The Joe Pennelli Case, Part 1. Untitled story, script and art by Dick Briefer; Rex Dexter vs. Rof and Zard; The destruction of Tarsis. Untitled story; The Green Mask must track down and stop a maniac murderer who is targeting debutants. "The Devil's Vendetta" starring Chen Chang and Hip Sing, art by Munson Paddock (as Cecilia Munson). Untitled story, art by Klaus Nordling (as F. Klaus); Lt. Drake vs. Ivan and other spies. "Death From the Boxing Ring" text story by E. J. Armond. Untitled story, script and art by Bob Powell; D-13 (Richard Anthony) vs. Henrietta Gorin. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Zanzibar vs. Ching the Pirate. Untitled story, art by Jim Mooney (as Norton Kingsley); The Lynx and Blackie, the Wonder Boy, must battle the Flood Makers Association in order to prevent them from flooding a town and looting the empty homes. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    Mystery Men Comics (1939) 14

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    Cover by Charles Nicholas. Stories by Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, Nathaniel Nitkin, and Bob Powell. Art by Charles Nicholas, Dick Briefer, Walter Frehm, Fred Schwab, Munson Paddock, and Bob Powell. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. Rex Dexter must mine for rontium to repel the enemy's electric rays, in a story with wacky science details by Dick Briefer; The Green Mask takes on a teen sidekick, and Domino, the Miracle Boy is born; The first appearance of The Lynx, who replaces the less-threatening Moth. Skull, the Saboteur; The Moonlight Murder Mystery; The Joe Pennelli Case: Part 2; Domino, the Miracle Boy; Billy Bounce; Spider Torture; The Airplane Parts Smugglers; The Crusaders at War; Prisoner of Droom Mansion; The Mysterious Junk; The Pirates and the Pearl; The Mark of the Cobra. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    Mystery Men Comics (1939) 15
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #2027845002

    Cover by Charles Nicholas. Stories by Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, Paul Ludwig, and Bob Powell. Art by Charles Nicholas, Dick Briefer, Walter Frehm, Fred Schwab, Munson Paddock, and Bob Powell. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. A fragment of a destroyed planet crashes to Earth and forms its own mini-planet, complete with alien life, in a Rex Dexter story that features the very creation of the Earth rendered by Dick Briefer; The Blue Beetle tracks rooftop murderers Gimp and Moody, not realizing his girlfriend, reporter Joan Mason, is already on their trail; Wing Turner tracks jewel thieves in his final appearance before moving to The Flame comics. The Murders of Gimp and Moody; The Jewel Robbery; The Jewel Robbery; The Mummy's Curse; Billy Bounce; The Crojax Murders; The Murder of Sir James Boyce; The Strike of the Sinister Skull; The Siberian Sub Base; Ghost Murder At Stock Manor; The Murder of Jonathan Graham; The Bride of Baal. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #16
    Mystery Men Comics (1939) 16

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    Cover by Lou Fine. Stories by Dick Briefer and Nathaniel Nitkin. Art by Dick Briefer, Walter Frame, Munson Paddock, Klaus Nordling, Norton Kingsley, Bob Powell, and George Tuska. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. Giant diamonds fall to Earth and envelop the people who touch them, in a wacky Rex Dexter story by Dick Briefer; The Blue Beetle investigates after children are killed by faulty playground equipment; Green Mask battles a clock-themed killer on the face of a giant clock. Typically dynamic cover by Lou Fine features a rare instance of bondage not involving a female victim. Blue Beetle Defeats the Gang of Big Dix; Menace of the Diamond; Dax, the Clock Bomber; The Disappearing Yacht; Weapons Thieves; The Hold-Up League; The Joss; The Fifth Column; Killer Pirates; The Will of Zeke Belbey. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #17
    Mystery Men Comics (1939) 17

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    Cover by Charles Nicholas. Stories by Dick Briefer, Al Weine and Nathaniel Nitkin. Art by Dick Briefer, Charles Nicholas, Walter Frame, Klaus Nordling, Norton Kingsley, Al Weine, Bob Powell, and George Tuska. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. The spaceship is menaced by Cranians, who have hands where their heads should be and two heads where their hands should be, in a Rex Dexter story by Dick Briefer; The Blue Beetle and his girlfriend, reporter Joan Mason, investigate the Muck Gang's spree of waterfront sabotage; Green Mask learns about a plan to hijack a gold shipment. The Muck Gang; The Cranians; New Gang in Town; The Warning; Son the Ace; Foreign Agents; The Naval Secrets; Mrs. Uppersnoots Party; The Port of Rio Grande; The Crooked Politician; Mystery Men Model Page: Aircraft Carrier. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.