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Red Mask (1954) comic books

  • Issue #42
    Red Mask (1954) 42
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4412525010
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Frank Bolle, Ernie Bache and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Bolle. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. A soldier has PTSD after Apache torture; The Ghost Rider tracks killers to a northern lumber camp; Redmask and Black Phantom help a sheriff and his young son captured by outlaws. Also featuring an ad for a glow-in-the-dark Ghost Rider scarf/mask for kids to wear. A Tin Soldier!; Powdersmoke Hero!; The Ghost Rider: Terror Travels North!; The Shadow of the Sixguns! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #44
    Red Mask (1954) 44
    • 5 1/2" cumulative spine split.

    Art by Frank Bolle, Ernie Bache and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Bolle. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Redmask must stop a US Army supply train from entering an Apache trap; An ace gunslinger is tricked into believing the Ghost Rider killed his father; Redmask must escort a captured outlaw to custody before his gang has him killed. Also featuring an ad for a glow-in-the-dark Ghost Rider scarf/mask for kids to wear. Death at Split Mesa!; The Gauntlet of Terror!; The Ghost Rider: Dead Man's Son!; The Death Hat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #51
    Red Mask (1954) 51
    • Heavy water damage.

    Stories by Carl Memling and Gardner Fox. Art by Frank Bolle, Ernie Bache and Dick Ayers. Cover by Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Redmask agrees to escort a gold shipment along a mountain trail plagued by outlaw attacks. The Ghost Rider is replaced by the more Comics Code-friendly Presto Kid, who uses stage magic instead of guns. A retired detective helps Redmask track a robber who always leaves behind purple gloves. Path of Peril; The Purple Glove Gang; The Frozen Gold; Enter: The Presto Kid! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #52
    Red Mask (1954) 52

    Stories by Carl Memling and Gardner Fox. Art by Frank Bolle, Fred Guardineer and Dick Ayers. Cover by Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Redmask creates a Batcave-like hideout to use as a base of operations; The origin of the Presto Kid, who uses stage magic instead of guns to capture bad guys; Muley Pike must convince a reclusive mountain man to vote in the town election. The Finding of Red Mask's Cave; The Birth of the Presto Kid; Muley Pike: Stubborn Sam, the Mountain Man; The Terrible Trio; The Crooked Cook. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #54
    Red Mask (1954) 54

    Stories by Carl Memling and others. Art by Frank Bolle, Fred Guardineer and Dick Ayers. Cover by Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. When the town sheriff takes a vacation, his inept cousin steps in. The Presto Kid uses magic to prevent an outlaw from starting a war with the native tribes. Redmask and Black Phantom try to find out why outlaws are targeting a penniless farmer. The Luck of Major Hanley; The Substitute Sheriff; The Presto Kid: The Floating Renegade!; Western Dictionary; The Unknown Treasure! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.