Issue Details

Issue	#2
Published	September 1939
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Victor Fox ?
Notes	MYSTERY MEN COMICS. Vol. 1, No. 2, is published monthly by Fox Publications, Inc. Office of publication, 29 Worthington Street, Springfield, Mass. Editorial and Executive offices, 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Springfield, Mass., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Price 10 cents per copy. Subscription rates: 12 issues in the United States, and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, $1.50. The Publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright, 1939, by Fox Publications, Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. No actual person is named, or delineated in this fiction magazine. The names of all characters that are used are fictitious. Use of a name which is the same as that of any living person is accidental. Printed in the U.S.A.

Cover Details

Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

9 page Green Mask story "The Tong War of San Sin"

Characters	The Green Mask [Michael Shelby]; San Sin (first appearance; villain); Fong Lee (first appearance); Lotus Lee (first appearance)
Pencils	Walter Frehm
Inks	Walter Frehm

6 page Rex Dexter story "Crisis On Capris"

Characters	Rex Dexter; Caprisians (first appearance; villain)
Script	Dick Briefer?
Pencils	Dick Briefer
Inks	Dick Briefer

2 page Billy Bounce story "So I close this meeting of junior detectives..."

Characters	Billy Bounce
Script	Norman Lee
Pencils	Norman Lee
Inks	Norman Lee

6 page Chen Chang story "River Lily the Pirate"

Characters	Chen Chang (villain); River Lily (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Munson Paddock [as Cecilia Munson]
Inks	Munson Paddock

3 page Wing Turner story "The Stolen Transport Planes"

Characters	Sr. Zanko (first appearance; villain)
Notes	Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr notes that George Tuska did not draw this story 28/2/2009

4 page Zanzibar story "Famed Statue Missing"

Characters	Zanzibar; Zeus (first appearance); Hercules (first appearance); Venus (first appearance)
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska

4 page Hemlock Shomes story "The Spookington Castle"

Characters	Hemlock Shomes; Mrs. Spookington (first appearance)
Genre	humor; detective
Script	Fred Schwab
Pencils	Fred Schwab
Inks	Fred Schwab

2 page text story "The Long Arm of Vengeance"

Script	Will Eisner
Letters	typeset

4 page Waco Kid story "Wanted: The Waco Kid"

Characters	Waco Kid; Killer Barkus (villain)
Pencils	Art Peddy
Inks	Art Peddy

4 page Inspector Bancroft story "Baron Garza's Plan"

Characters	Inspector Bancroft; Baron Garza (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Art Peddy?
Inks	Art Peddy?
Notes	art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr 28/2/2009

4 page Blue Beetle story "The Armored Truck Robbery"

Characters	The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]
Script	Will Eisner?
Pencils	Charles Nicholas
Inks	Charles Nicholas
Notes	Blue Beetle has costume similar to his official one, but no mask.

6 page D-13 story "The Peace Pact Problem"

Characters	D-13 [Richard Anthony]; Sir Norbert Chandler (first appearance); Wenger (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell

4 page Capt. Danny Scott story "The Trap of Sula Khan"

Characters	Capt. Danny Scott; Sula Kahn (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	John Lindermayer
Inks	John Lindermayer

5 page Lt. Drake story "The Alien Smugglers"

Characters	Lt. Drake
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling