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Like Mystery Men Comics #14 (Fox, 1940) Condition: GD the book we are seeing taking bids at Heritage Auctions today Bob Powell, Dick Briefer, and Charles Nicholas stories and art appear in the issue, and the cover features the Blue Beetle attempting to rescue someone tied up on railroad tracks, though with how close the[...]

As 1941 progressed, Blue Beetle experienced some "power inflation," as sometimes happens with comic book superheroes.  He became stronger, tougher, faster, and started jumping around the rooftops of New York City — to the point where he seemed to be able to fly at one point.  As his abilities grew, so did the threats he[...]

Detective Comics v Bruns Publications is one of the defining historical moments of modern American comic books.  In a judgment handed down April 2, 1939, Judge Learned Hand of United States District Court, Southern District of New York, ruled that Victor Fox's Wonderman character in Wonder Comics infringed on DC's Superman copyrights.  In a lesser-known[...]

Victor Fox's Mystery Men Comics has an underrated place in the pantheon of historically important Golden Age comic book series.  In addition to the 1939 debut and development of the Blue Beetle, the series features very early work by a number of important creators, like Will Eisner, George Tuska, Dick Briefer, Bob Powell and others. [...]

Can you share any stories about buying those, and caring for them for decades. My favorite cover is Mystery Men Comics #3 From there it triggered my interest in obtaining other Fox books, especially those by Lou Fine I obtained most of the runs ("Runs" are a dwindling commodity) However, I was able to put together[...]