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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published April 1940
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Joe Simon
Notes MYSTIC COMICS published monthly by Timely Publications at 330 W. 42nd St. N. Y. Entered as second class matter December 22, 1939, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Yearly subscription in U.S. $1.00. Vol. 1, No. 2, April 1940. Entire contents copyright by Timely Publications. Printed in the U.S.A.

Cover Details - "Slide of death for the girl, but the Dynamic Man was bursting the dungeon wall!"

Characters Dynamic Man [Curt Cowan]
Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Schomburg
Inks Alex Schomburg

1 page Theo. Audel & Co. Audel's New Auto Guide advertisement "Know! Your Car"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover.

7 page Master Mind Excello story "The Plot against America"

Characters Master Mind Excello [Earl Everett] (introduction)
Synopsis Excello's powers cause him to discover a plot against America while he's returning from Europe on a neutral country's ship.
Genre superhero
Pencils Arnold Hicks
Inks Arnold Hicks
Notes Art credits from Jerry Bails's Who's Who.

7 page Flexo the Rubber Man story "The Stolen Weapon"

Characters Flexo; Joel Williams; Joshua Williams
Synopsis Joel takes the brother's latest invention to Washington but is intercepted by spies, requiring Josh and Flexo to rescue him and retrieve the invention.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Binder (signed)
Inks Jack Binder (signed)

7 page Dynamic Man story "The Sabotage Ring"

Characters Dynamic Man [Curt Cowan]; Chief Hopkins
Synopsis Dynamic Man thwarts the plans of Dr. Vee, a spy leader sabotaging American infrastructure.
Genre superhero
Pencils Daniel Peters
Inks Daniel Peters

6 page Space Rangers story "Against the Black Hawk"

Characters Space Rangers [Bob Raleigh; Nibbs] (introduction); Alyse (introduction)
Synopsis The Rangers go up against the bandit known as Black Hawk and defeat and kill him with the help of his daughter Alyse.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Arnold Hicks
Inks Arnold Hicks
Notes Art credits from Jerry Bails's Who's Who. The teaser for the next story implies that Alyse will appear again but she does not.

7 page Blue Blaze story "A mysterious explosion occurs in mine no. 2"

Characters Blue Blaze [Spencer Keen]
Synopsis The Blue Blaze thwarts a scientist who is bombing mines in order to get the mining company to buy his mine safety device.
Genre superhero
Notes Unlike the Blue Blaze stories in #1 and #4, this is not signed. The Blue Blaze now has a diamond-shaped mark on the forehead of his cowl.

2 page text story "Murderer's Mistake"

Script Ed Herron [as Eddie Herron] (signed)
Notes Text with illustrations.

8 page Taxi Taylor and His Wonder Cab story "The Laboratory on Wheels"

Characters Jim "Taxi" Taylor
Synopsis After the government laughs off his attempt to donate his wonder car to them, Jim Taylor uses it to disrupt a plan to get America to abandon its neutrality in the war.
Genre adventure
Notes The foreign nationals in this story are called "Swastikians".

6 page Invisible Man Known As Dr. Gade, The story "The Origin of Dr. Gade"

Characters Invisible Man [Dr. Gade] (introduction; origin)
Synopsis A hit man shoves Dr. Gade into the furnace he's using to try to create new powers to help humankind. He is not killed, but gains the power of invisibility and seeks vengeance on the criminals who tried to kill him.
Genre superhero
Pencils Newt Alfred
Inks Newt Alfred
Notes Art credits from Jerry Bails's Who's Who, as the art is very different from the art in the story in issue #4 which is credited to George Harrison.

7 page Zara of the Jungle story "In the heart of the jungle, two savage tribes engaged in a fierce battle."

Characters Zara (introduction; origin); Jeff Graves (introduction)
Synopsis The colonial commissioner of the jungle territory goes into the jungle to try to stop a war between the native tribes. He encounters Zara, who rescues him gets the tribes to stop fighting and listen.
Genre jungle
Pencils Newt Alfred
Inks Newt Alfred
Notes Art credits from Jerry Bails's Who's Who.

7 page Dakor the Magician story "British consul at Singapore captured by Chinese bandits."

Characters Dakor; Williams
Synopsis Dakor rescues a British consul from Chinese bandits on Borneo.
Genre occult

1 page Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter advertisement "This beautiful desk for only $1.00"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover.

1 page Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. advertisement "Money and Big Prizes"

Letters typeset
Notes Back cover.