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