Mask

Mask

Creator: Wayne Greenough

Characters

Mask

Missouri

Wrangler

Roger Blake

Pete (Bartender)

Smithy (Blacksmith)

Sebastian Jones (Newspaper Owner)

Doc Dakota

The Waddy Bushwhackers

Captain Crawford (Rangers)

Tex

Jack Dugay

         “He who looks upon her true beauty shall forever be enslaved.”

The lawless town of Dead’s Man’s Town is ruled over by Jack Dugay, a bull-shaped, bloodshot black eyes and bushy eyebrows of an hombre. He face was covered with a black beard showing gray streaks, and he was fast on the draw, and had killed many men in gunfights.

         Fighting Dugay and his outlaws is a beautiful woman wearing a black domino mask. Only called Mask, she has short wavy black hair well combed and soft. She wears a long sleeved red shirt, and has green eyes that flash fire. She wears a pair of .44s on her hips, and is lightening fast on the draw with both hands. She is also the saloon singer known as Missouri. Her voice is sensuous and low, melodic.

         Wrangler is Mask’s cook, livestock handler, crop raiser, bullet maker, and sometimes sawbones when needed. He has white, unkempt hair, and dressed in leather shirt and homespun trousers. Wrangler is shy of six foot by a couple of inches, and light of weight. He is also lighting fast with a gun. He raised the young girl who would become Mask after her parents were killed by Jack Dugay.

         Roger Blake had been an outlaw and gunslinger before joining the Rangers. Captain Crawford assigned him to bring law and order to Dead Man’s Town, and bring in the notorious Mask, dead or alive. But was he fast enough to take her, and did he really want to?

         Tex rides tall in the saddle. He has black eyes.

         There has only been one story so far, but another is being written.

“Mask” (DEVINE DESTINIES)

Champion of Justice and Freedom

Champion of Justice and Freedom

Creator: Wayne Greenough

Characters

Tate Twilliger

Nickels O’Brian (Mountain)

Proscilla

Grandpa

            Tate Twilliger is in the 7^th Grade. He has watched all the old Republic serials with Grandpa, and wants to be a hero. Taking on the guise of Champion of Justice, at first he merely wears an old Army helmet, but everyone knows who he is, so soon he dumps the relic.

            Nickels O’Brian is big and dumb, and the school bully. When Tate sees him bullying the beautiful Priscilla, he puts on the helmet and becomes Champion of Justice and goes to her rescue. When O’Brian pushes him down, Tate’s leg comes up connecting with the Mountain’s knee and sends O’Brian to the floor in tears.

            “My hero!” Pricilla says, kissing Tate on the cheek.

            Priscilla is super gorgeous with long blond hair, and flashing green eyes.

            Nickels O’Brian is a mountain of a boy, thus his nickname; but he wants people to like him, and joins Tate as Freedom. Now they are a super team, but every time they go to the rescue, it seems to backfire, and they are the ones who get in trouble.

            These are new pulp heroes for ages 7 to 14. One story has been published, but more are planned. This story was written in something of a 12-chapter cliffhanger, like the old Republic serials.

Champion of Justice and Freedom (Musa Publication)

Merry Christmas

Ginger and I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas, and please remember our men and women in uniform, wherever they are serving. God Bless America, and peace on earth.

Tom & Ginger

Doctor Mystery

Doctor Mystery

Creator: Dale J. Roberts

Characters

Charlie Ross

            Charlie Ross (Rosenblatt) now works in Hollywood in Special Effects. He was the son of a famous magician, Martin Rosenblatt – who had a magic act as Wu Yen.  Charlie has a thick head of hair that was once light brown, now bleached nearly golden by the California sun. He wears round-lensed spectacles, and always has a boyish smile.

            Doctor Mystery wears a pearl gray double-breasted suit, an inky black cloak of heavy silk, and a featureless black silk mask, even without holes for the eyes.

            There is only one story that I know of, and it involves a publicity stunt that goes wrong. A producer is trying to help an old actress make a comeback with a new hit movie and when a magician proposes a stunt to put her in the spotlight they go for it. But the magician sees a way to turn it to his favor by kidnapping the actress for real.

            It doesn’t take a fellow magician long to figure out the trick, and bring the culprit to justice.

            There has only been one story that I know of.

“Catch a Falling Star” TALES OF MASKS & MAYHEM #3        

The Armadillo

The Armadillo

Creator: Gerald W. Page

Characters

The Armadillo

Lefty

Jane

Lisa

Scarlet Marmoset

Florabella

Darryl

            He was wearing his black suit, his black cloak flying behind him as he swung by the window on the rope; the familiar steel mask with the ears poking up above the brim of the slouch hat, the determined snout sticking out.

            Lefty is Armadillo’s sidekick.

            Jane in the police detective.

            Lisa is the reporter.

            The villains in the one story I read are The Scarlet Marmoset, Florabella, and Darryl.

            The character of The Armadillo was created back in 1956 or ’57, and has appeared in Grue, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, Spicy Armadillo Stories, and anthologies like “When The Black Lotus Blooms”. I don’t have any other data on the series. It was written as humorous homage to the pulp heroes.

“A Clear And Present Armadillo” CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES #42

The Red Death

The Red Death

Creator: Steve Mitchell

Characters (Villain)

Ralph Talbott

Dr. Wu Sin

Naoma Freeman

Melanie Guilford

Professor Jason Guilford

Douglas Urguhart

Michael Logan

Baxter – Manservant

Frank Loftin

George Kannally

Lt. Karl Delcambre

Sergeant Kerry

Paul Compton

Penelope Ballard

Julian Ballard

Royce Thornbee

Ira Hieatt

Timothy Rees

            The Red Death is a tall, slender man, dressed in a black suit. A long cloak that was crimson as blood, and a crimson hood was pilled up over his head, his features obscured by the folds of the hood. He might be anywhere; at times, he seemed to be everywhere. He scented opportunities for crime with the instinct of a bloodhound. He arrived at scenes where plunder awaited with the speed of a hurricane. He struck with the power of a giant. A lone wolf who battled the law, his hand had never failed. The Red Death uses the aliases of Professor Richard Williamson, David Bell, Valentine Carter, Alain Marcel and others.

            Ralph Talbott is a sleek, prosperous looking man in his early thirties. He has a pencil-line mustache and roving eyes. Engaged to a rich young woman, he has another mistress or two waiting.

            Naoma Freeman is a blonde; her robe tied indifferently revealed enticing glimpses of a sheer black nightgown underneath. Full red lips invited men to taste their delight.

            Melanie Guilford is 23, with long dark hair and dark, flashing eyes. Her mother, now deceased, was an Egyptian.

            Professor Jason Guilford.

            Douglas Urguhart is a handsome actor of early thirties, with brown hair.

            Michael Logan is in his early fifties, a movie and stage producer, stocky build with a florid appearance.

            Baxter is Michael Logan’s manservant.

George Kannally is the police commissioner. He is stocky build, middle height, about 60. His face denoted both shrewdness and determination.

            Sergeant Kerry is the detective assigned the case.

            Paul Compton is tall and lean. His face is angular. She has jet-black hair and pale colorless eyes. In his late thirties, he returned from WWI with severe injuries, and has only one leg. After the war he started his own chemical company, and made a fortune, but now has retired and become a hermit in his apartment, supposedly working on a special chemical.

            Penelope Ballard, Paul Compton’s sister, married to a lawyer, she’s in her thirties, love, slender, and middle height. She has amber-tinted hair, and a very fair complexion.

            Julian Ballard is Penelope’s husband.

Joan Windsor is stunningly beautiful.  Mid twenties, she has auburn hair. Her parents are Nathan and Flora Windsor.

            Lt. Karl Delcambre is a Detective on the case. He has a stout build, middle height, and graying.

            Frank Loftin is the administrative assistant to the police commissioner. He is young, slender, with brown hair and keen dark eyes.

            Royce Thornbee is Joan Windsor’s uncle by marriage.

            Timothy Rees, the publisher.

Ira Hieatt, a financier.

Mikhail Sebetoff gave four jade discs to four men for saving his life during the Boxer war.

There has just been the one novel, serialized in three parts. However, The Red Death was not caught, and promised to return in the future.

“The Red Death” CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES #45, 46 & 47