The Green Mask who debuted in 1940s Green Mask #1 was a complete reboot of the character whose previous existance had been a mystery indeed.
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Joe Simon's brief tenure at Fox Feature Syndicate produced a number of memorable covers for the publisher, like Fantastic Comics #8.
After Victor Fox got into financial trouble, his printer Holyoke published the Blue Beetle #12-30, and those issues are a wild ride.
After successfully suing Victor Fox over Superman similarities, DC Comics did it again over copying Batman & Robin in Mystery Men Comics.
In Fox Feature Syndicate's Mystery Men Comics #28, Blue Beetle was shown using the power of flight throughout his adventure that issue.
With the Flame seemingly near death, Linda Dale vows to continue his legacy, becoming Flame Girl in Wonderworld Comics #30.
Chemist Shannon Kane aka the Spider Queen developed and used wrist-mounted web shooters to swing from buildings and entangle the bad guys.
Mystery Men Comics #3 is best known for its Lou Fine cover, but what does it have to do with William Peter Blatty of The Exorcist fame?
Weird Comics #5 from Fox Feature Syndicate saw the debut of a weird character indeed. The Dart has his origin in the Roman era of Sulla.
Characters such as Dr. Doom, Electro, and Marga the Panther Woman made their debuts in Fox Feature's Science Comics #1.
Fantastic Comics #3 might be Lou Fine's most famous cover art, but the story behind it happened in Fantastic Comics #4.
It's clear from the cover of Big 3 #1 that this title combining Fox Feature's top heroes was inspired by DC Comics' New York Worlds Fair 1940.
Dick Briefer's Rex Dexter of Mars was meant to be a multi-media star, with aspirations for film, radio, merchandise, and syndicated strips.
Secret Service agent Paul Landis has told his JFK bullet discovery story twice before, with each account differing in important details.
After launching in 1939, 1940 became Blue Beetle's year. He received a newspaper strip, radio show, his own series -- and an origin.
With covers and art by Lou Fine, Joe Simon, Bob Powell and many others, Mystery Men Comics is one of the stand-out series of its era.
Victor Fox's important early Golden Age title Science Comics chronicles how Timely/Marvel beat him to the name Electro.
After his debut in Wonderworld Comics #3, Fox Feature Syndicate's The Flame evolved dramatically during the course of his own series.
Fox Feature's Samson was a superhero based on the biblical figure of the same name, and like his namesake, his hair was the key to his power.
Thor, God of Thunder from Fox Feature Syndicate's Weird Comics was one of the most interesting comic book takes on the character.
The Eagle first appeared in the Fox Features Syndicate 1940 release Science Comics #1, but then the super-scientist became a super-soldier.
Fox's Green Mask got his powers from a Vita-Ray machine long before Captain America did, and this Golden Age series is tough to get.
1940 was Blue Beetle's year, with the launch of his own series, a newspaper strip and a radio show which combined to create a new origin.
Secrets of True Love is the very last Romance comic book released by St. John Publications, and is part of an interesting Matt Baker mystery.
The St. John titles Nightmare and Amazing Ghost Stories feature rare examples of Matt Baker comic book horror covers.
St. John's True Love Pictorial #11 from 1954 is the last issue of the series, but it features an absolutely scorching Matt Baker romance cover.
Within a few months in 1947, Matt Baker, Jack Kamen and the rest of the Iger Studio completely transformed Victor Fox's comic book line.
Matt Baker's first South Sea Girl cover for Seven Seas Comics #3 would lead to work on Phantom Lady, Rulah and beyond.
In Seven Seas Comics #4, Matt Baker's South Sea Girl stars in a movie which seems to point to the character's film inspirations.
Another title acquisition from Ziff-Davis, Romantic Marriage features a cover by Matt Baker and an interior story by Murphy Anderson.