Synopsis
The United States has developed a deadly shock ray which it finally decides not to use. However the villainous Green Mask and his underlings manage to get the original plans for it to manufacture and use against the U.S. It falls to X, the Phantom Fed, to use his abilities of disguise to retrieve the plans and take the Green Mask out of action.
Notes
Pat Lamar packaged this issue for Ace, and per the NY Supreme Court December 1941 hearing records, his studio provided 47 pages of scripts, 64 pages of coloring, and the 60 pages of comics, lettering and logos, etc. 15 pages of script were not provided by Lamar. Lamar stated that he had done comics work for Harry Donenfeld, but that his only artwork for Ace were corrections requested by the art director.
On sale date from the fanzine, Fantasy News, dated April 14, 1940 (on page 3). The comic was scheduled for release during the week of April 14-20, 1940. Information shared by Bart Bush through the Comics History Exchange page on Facebook (4 October 2016).
Publication date of 25 March 1940 was reported to the U.S. Copyright Office and found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Copyright number B 451091.
Credits
- Script
- Pat Lamar Studio, Robert Turner, Joe Archibald
- Pencils
- George Appel, Pat Lamar Studio, Harry Lucey, Martin Naydel, Joe Archibald
- Inks
- Pat Lamar Studio, Harry Lucey, Martin Naydel, Joe Archibald
- Colours
- Pat Lamar Studio
- Letters
- Pat Lamar Studio
- Editor
- A. A. Wyn
- Amazing man splash page
- Bill Everett, Allen L. Kirby
- Brand house
- Robert Turner
- Lettering, logo design
- Pat Lamar Studio
- Minimidget splash panel
- John Kolb
- Packager, see notes
- Pat Lamar Studio
- See notes
- A. J. Hull
- The iron skull splash panel
- Carl Burgos
- The shark splash panel
- Lew Glanzman
Characters
- Lash Lightning
- Robert Morgan
- Betty Dale
- X
- Old Man of the Pyramids
- Captain Lash
- Lola Lash
- The Raven
- Mike
- Danny Dartin
- Whiz Wilson
- Tito
- Marvo
- Bill Regan
- Ace McCoy
- Hap Hazard
- Blackie
- Buck Steele
- Rusty
- John Aman
- Amazing-Man
Ratings
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