Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	November 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 "Nicoli, Scientist of Crime"

Characters	The Green Mask [Michael Shelby]; Nicoli (first appearance; villain); Tony (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Walter Frame
Inks	Walter Frame

6 page Rex Dexter story "Captured By Lord Marvel"

Characters	Rex Dexter; Lord Marvel (first appearance; villain; death)
Script	Dick Briefer?
Pencils	Dick Briefer
Inks	Dick Briefer

2 page Billy Bounce story "Not Wanted, No Reward!!"

Characters	Billy Bounce
Script	Fred Schwab
Pencils	Fred Schwab
Inks	Fred Schwab

6 page Chen Chang story "Chen Chang's Poison Plot"

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

3 page Wing Turner story "Among the Head-Hunters"

Characters	Jonson (first appearance)
Pencils	George Tuska (Floyd Kelly)
Inks	George Tuska

5 page Lt. Drake story "The Black Widow Murders"

Characters	Lt. Drake
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

4 page Hemlock Shomes story "Any similarity between Shomes and Potsam to any persons..."

Characters	Hemlock Shomes
Script	Fred Schwab
Pencils	Fred Schwab
Inks	Fred Schwab

2 page text story "Buried Treasure"

Script	Albert Orbaan
Letters	typeset

4 page Captain Savage story "Bull Thompson, the Pirate"

Characters	Captain Savage (first appearance); Bull Thompson (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Art Peddy
Inks	Art Peddy

4 page Blue Beetle story "Protection Insurance For Newsboys"

Characters	The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Bull Blackart (first appearance; villain)
Script	Will Eisner?
Pencils	Charles Nicholas
Inks	Charles Nicholas
Notes	Blue Beetle gains full-sleeved (official) costume in this story

4 page Inspector Bancroft story "The Waterfront Dope Smugglers"

Characters	Inspector Bancroft
Pencils	Art Franklin
Inks	Art Franklin

6 page D-13 story "The Dirigible Hijacking"

Characters	D-13 [Richard Anthony]; Martis Urbi (first appearance; villain)
Script	Bob Powell?
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell

4 page Denny Scott story "Civil War In India"

Characters	Denny Scott
Pencils	John Lindermayer
Inks	John Lindermayer

4 page Zanzibar story "In the Underworld of Paris"

Characters	Simone (first appearance; villain)
Script	Will Eisner?
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska
Reprinted	in Blue Beetle (Fox, 1939 series) #5