Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	December 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 "The Will of John D. Lovingston"

Characters	The Green Mask [Michael Shelby]; Janette Lovingston (first appearance; villain; death)
Script	Will Eisner?
Pencils	Walter Frame
Inks	Walter Frame

6 page Rex Dexter story "The Robot Solar System"

Characters	Rex Dexter; A robot (first appearance; villain)
Script	Dick Briefer
Pencils	Dick Briefer
Inks	Dick Briefer

2 page Billy Bounce story "Come! Come!"

Script	Fred Schwab
Pencils	Fred Schwab [as Norman Lee]
Inks	Fred Schwab
Letters	Fred Schwab

6 page Chen Chang story "River Lily and the Purr of Death"

Characters	V: Chen Chang, River Lily
Pencils	Munson Paddock [as Cecilia Munson]
Inks	Munson Paddock

3 page Wing Turner story "The World Race"

Characters	V: Basil Rogers (I)
Pencils	George Tuska [as Floyd Kelly]
Inks	George Tuska

5 page Lt. Drake story "Big-Shot Krard's Dope Ring"

Characters	V: Dan Krard, Miss Henner (I for both)
Pencils	Klaus Nordling [as F. Klaus]
Inks	Klaus Nordling
Reprinted	in Blue Beetle (Fox, 1939 series) #5

4 page Hemlock Shomes story "The Case of Oil"

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

2 page Mystery Man text story "Mr. Death"

Characters	Mystery Man [Richard Alden] (first appearance); Mr. Death (first appearance; villain)
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner (illoes)
Inks	Will Eisner (illoes)
Letters	typeset

3 page Captain Savage story "Ki-Mung, Bloodthirsty Buccaneer"

Characters	V: Ki-Mung (I)
Pencils	Arthur Peddy
Inks	Arthur Peddy

5 page Blue Beetle story "A Trap For the Blue Beetle"

Characters	The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Dr. Franz (first appearance)
Script	Will Eisner?
Pencils	Charles Nicholas
Inks	Charles Nicholas

4 page Inspector Bancroft story "Inspector Bancroft of Scotland Yard Smashes a Spy Ring"

Characters	Inspector Bancroft; Gobless (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Art Franklin
Inks	Art Franklin

6 page D-13 story "The Revolt of Fahid-Akra"

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

4 page Denny Scott story "Tiger Hunt"

Characters	Denny Scott
Pencils	John Lindermayer [as Mayor]
Inks	John Lindermayer

1 page story "Super Sleuths"

Script

Lee Harris

4 page Zanzibar story "Marooned At the South Pole"

Characters	V: The Walrus Men (I)
Script	Will Eisner?
Pencils	George Tuska [as Floyd Kelly]
Inks	George Tuska