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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published May 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Ned Pines

Cover Details

Characters Ted Crane
Pencils L. North
Inks L. North

10 page Ted Crane story "The Leopard Men"

Characters Ted Crane (first appearance); Prof. Hawkins (first appearance); Betty Hawkins (first appearance); The Leopard Men (first appearance; villains); Bullard (first appearance; villain)
Pencils George Mandel
Inks George Mandel

10 page Space Rovers story "Marooned On Mercury"

Characters Ted Hunt (first appearance); Jane Martin (first appearance); Dr. Matthew Martin (first appearance); Mercurian cave-people (first appearance); Flaedo (first appearance; villain; death); Zado (first appearance; villain); King of Thian (first appearance; villain); Otto (first appearance; villain); another spy (first appearance; villain)
Pencils Max Plaisted
Inks Max Plaisted

8 page Son of the Gods story "The Second Theseus"

Characters Dr. John Thesson [the modern Theseus] (first appearance; origin); Theseus (first appearance); Ariadne (first appearance); Aegeus (first appearance); Minos (first appearance; flashback); Prof. Craig (first appearance); Perphetes (first appearance; villain; death; flashback); Sinis (first appearance; villain; death; flashback); Minotaur (first appearance; villain; death; flashback); Procostous [Procrustes] (first appearance; villain); Cercion (first appearance; villain; death)
Script George Mandel
Pencils George Mandel
Inks George Mandel
Colors George Mandel

7 page Dan Williams story "The Knowles Case"

Characters Dan Williams; Patricia Knowles (first appearance); Edward Knowles (first appearance; villain; death)
Pencils Ray Lowry
Inks Ray Lowry

5 page Sgt. Bill King story "On the Western Front"

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

1 page text story "The Grey Rider"

Script Jackson Cole
Letters typeset

8 page Masked Rider story "Mystery of the Lost Mine"

Characters The Masked Rider (first appearance; only appearance); The Specter [Jim Sanford] (first appearance; villain)

8 page Sphinx story "Theft of the Tank Plans"

Characters The Sphinx [Ellsworth Forrester] (first appearance); Marjorie Grover (first appearance); Thomsen (first appearance; villain); Saunders (first appearance; villain); other spies (first appearance; villains)
Pencils Kin Platt?
Inks Kin Platt?

1 page text story "Masked Bandit"

Script Donald Bayne Hobart
Letters typeset

6 page Mask story "The Mask Returns"

Characters The Mask [Tony Colby]; Olly Snate (villain; death); Otto Fox (first appearance; villain; death)
Pencils Raymond Thayer
Inks Raymond Thayer