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Green Giant Comics #1

Jan 1940 · Pelican Publications (Funnies, Inc.) · 0.10 USD
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An anthology featuring the emerald superhero Green Giant battling criminals and disasters in urban settings. Master Mystic, a mysterious red-masked figure with mind-over-matter powers, emerges as a guardian against war, crime, and disease in a troubled world. Lucky Lane, by Grant Evers, introduces a cowboy adventurer on the trail of trouble in Montana, where he meets ranch hands and encounters various conflicts. Additional features include Master Mystic, Mundoo, Black Arrow, and Dr. Nerod.

Contains 8 stories
Untitled Superhero story
8 pp · Superhero
Green Giant [Mr. Brentwood] (brokerage firm owner on Wall Street, introduction)John Preston (Brentwood's partner)Samuel "Smiley" Gleason (villain)Gleason's mob ["Killer"LeftyJoe] (villains)

When John Preston alerts Green Giant—Wall Street broker Mr. Brentwood—that a new wave of counterfeit stock is flooding the market, the hero dons his costume to uncover the source. Tracking down a gang of ruthless criminals led by the menacing Samuel "Smiley" Gleason and his henchmen, Green Giant races to expose the mastermind behind the scheme before the financial world collapses.

Untitled story
8 pp
Dr. Nerod (first appearanceonly appearance)
Untitled story
6 pp
Pencils John E. PierrottiInks John E. Pierrotti
Bob HavenMundooDr. RuskinHelen Rogers"Big Jim" Hawkins (villain, dies)
Untitled story
6 pp
Untitled Superhero story
6 pp · Superhero
The Master Mystic (introduction)Rango (villain, scientist from Slavonia, death)

In "null," The Master Mystic faces off against Rango, a disgraced scientist from Slavonia whose twisted experiments have granted him the power to become a towering menace. With a mind unhinged by ambition and a body reshaped by his own dangerous formula, Rango seeks to punish the nations that once rejected his vision—leaving The Master Mystic to stop him before the city falls.

Magnetic Missiles of Doom
6 pp

Rex Norton, the Black Arrow, investigates the mysterious disappearance of an American ship on the North Atlantic, only to discover a submarine equipped with deadly magnetic missiles and advanced weaponry operated by ruthless sea raiders. When Norton is captured by the spy chief Borgu and the inventor Dirck, he must use his wits and combat skills to escape, infiltrate their island base, and stop their plan to raid a gold-laden liner. Caught between the raiders' own destructive inventions and the arrival of Navy reinforcements, Norton races to prevent catastrophe and dismantle the threat to American shipping.

Untitled story
4 pp
Untitled story
6 pp

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $1,402
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $20,986
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $6,459*
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $5,588*
CGC 5.5 none in existence
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CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 none in existence
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CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $1,383*
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Full credits

artist, inker Harry Sahle

Reprints

↩ Reprints Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (1939)

Reprinted in The Golden Age of Comic Books #[nn] (1977), Comics about Cartoonists: Stories about the World's Oddest Profession #[nn] (2012), Men of Mystery Comics #89 (2013), Men of Mystery Comics #102 (2016), Men of Mystery Comics #102 (2016)

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