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Daring Mystery Comics #4
Daring Mystery Comics (1940-1942) #4
What would you do if you witnessed a bank robbery? Assistant District Attorney Dennis Burton answers that question in his own way.
65 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 29, 2017
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June 8, 2022
These Daring Mysteries are steadily getting better, I mostly just hate how hung up they are on smack talking "savages" and "oriental" folks. I have been seeing less of that though and more and more Nazi slander which is a good sign. There was even one story in this where the Nazis were treated worse than the natives! *shock*
The Purple Mask
These are steadily getting better. People are getting used to the flow and dialogue of comic books. This had a few moment that got lost in translation I think, like when the Purple Mask basically changed into his costume with the cops in the same room but meh. The Purple Mask really punches first and asks questions later. I also like his perpetuity for disguising himself as any profession he can that gets him close to his quary.
K-4 and His Flying Devils
I think we flew past the fact K-4 is a dumb actor in this, it didn't come up and its the best (goofiest) part of the character. We did meet one of his stupid friends who's a makeup artist, so that's cute. This was more fun than the first though, more action. The zeppelin getting downed was kind of cool.
Monako: Prince of Magic
Monako gets a little more interesting this volume, he's still not very creative with his magic powers, but he did some cool stuff in this issue, I think the writers are getting more ideas for him. Biggest issue here is the "oriental" villain and how his cronies talk with stereotypical Asian accents, but it wasn't the worst I've seen so far. The evil Muro could be interesting if they made him more than just an "oriental" villain, and I do hope we see more of his Mystic Dark Arts.
Whirlwind Carter of the Interplanetary Sercret Service
I think this has been my favourite Daring Mystery story so far. It's not bogged down with racism and the damsel is only slightly annoying and is a secret Earth spy so she's kind of cool. I really like the creepy goblin-Martians and the old-timey space ship vibes. Also the art looks like some obscure Pop Art artist made an impressionist comic. At some point a "Martian smoke arm" grabbed a character and it was so bizarre, I kinda loved it.
Marvex: The Super Robot
This story was also actually quite entertaining. I think Marvex is my favourite of these classic heroes. He's just so nice about being an unstoppable force and punches dudes in a polite way. It's funny how much nothing can stop him, short of a metal net. I love when nets work in media, it always seems so cartoonish.
G-Man Don Gorman
This one felt like a step back from the last few, again, this one thankfully wasn't racist, just a bunch of Nazi slander I'm okay with that. This comics loses in the art and "making sense" departments. These panels hardly made sense, not to mention war stories are boring to begin with. Also we literally already had a K-4 story in this book, so this is treading the same water, but worse.
Breeze Barton in the World of Savages
Man I really liked Breeze Bartons first story, it was just some silly escapism, this is too, but there are more echoes of ulterior motives here as opposed to the first. Firstly, after escaping Miracle City in the last book, we're now in a future world, devastated by World War 2, the denizens of this world are now "savages" stripped of everything by war, that hate "progress". So Breeze and his pals start building a new civilization only to piss off their neighbours. Then Breeze shows the chief his "fistic sciences" and fights him, taking over as their new leader, then incorporating the two tribes together. So the savages aren't handled as poorly as they could be, but it rubs me kind of the wrong way when they're against the blanket concept of progress? Like, who's definition of progress are they against? The writers, because he doesn't think savages progress? But I guess that could have just been the evil cheif and not the whole band? Who knows. I'm reading into this too much.
Trojak: The Tiger Man
Alright, mister "Lord of the Jungle" Trojak is starting to win me over. This is the only story that treats the jungle natives with respect and only because Trojak was raised by them. I wish Trojak was a bit more basic in language, I think he'd be more interesting if he couldn't just chat with his lady friend, but they had to figure each other out. But no one had time for that "character development" stuff back then, so instead we get a super cool/smart tiger pal Balu, and he exploded a bunch of Nazis in this, so that's cool and good.
The Purple Mask
These are steadily getting better. People are getting used to the flow and dialogue of comic books. This had a few moment that got lost in translation I think, like when the Purple Mask basically changed into his costume with the cops in the same room but meh. The Purple Mask really punches first and asks questions later. I also like his perpetuity for disguising himself as any profession he can that gets him close to his quary.
K-4 and His Flying Devils
I think we flew past the fact K-4 is a dumb actor in this, it didn't come up and its the best (goofiest) part of the character. We did meet one of his stupid friends who's a makeup artist, so that's cute. This was more fun than the first though, more action. The zeppelin getting downed was kind of cool.
Monako: Prince of Magic
Monako gets a little more interesting this volume, he's still not very creative with his magic powers, but he did some cool stuff in this issue, I think the writers are getting more ideas for him. Biggest issue here is the "oriental" villain and how his cronies talk with stereotypical Asian accents, but it wasn't the worst I've seen so far. The evil Muro could be interesting if they made him more than just an "oriental" villain, and I do hope we see more of his Mystic Dark Arts.
Whirlwind Carter of the Interplanetary Sercret Service
I think this has been my favourite Daring Mystery story so far. It's not bogged down with racism and the damsel is only slightly annoying and is a secret Earth spy so she's kind of cool. I really like the creepy goblin-Martians and the old-timey space ship vibes. Also the art looks like some obscure Pop Art artist made an impressionist comic. At some point a "Martian smoke arm" grabbed a character and it was so bizarre, I kinda loved it.
Marvex: The Super Robot
This story was also actually quite entertaining. I think Marvex is my favourite of these classic heroes. He's just so nice about being an unstoppable force and punches dudes in a polite way. It's funny how much nothing can stop him, short of a metal net. I love when nets work in media, it always seems so cartoonish.
G-Man Don Gorman
This one felt like a step back from the last few, again, this one thankfully wasn't racist, just a bunch of Nazi slander I'm okay with that. This comics loses in the art and "making sense" departments. These panels hardly made sense, not to mention war stories are boring to begin with. Also we literally already had a K-4 story in this book, so this is treading the same water, but worse.
Breeze Barton in the World of Savages
Man I really liked Breeze Bartons first story, it was just some silly escapism, this is too, but there are more echoes of ulterior motives here as opposed to the first. Firstly, after escaping Miracle City in the last book, we're now in a future world, devastated by World War 2, the denizens of this world are now "savages" stripped of everything by war, that hate "progress". So Breeze and his pals start building a new civilization only to piss off their neighbours. Then Breeze shows the chief his "fistic sciences" and fights him, taking over as their new leader, then incorporating the two tribes together. So the savages aren't handled as poorly as they could be, but it rubs me kind of the wrong way when they're against the blanket concept of progress? Like, who's definition of progress are they against? The writers, because he doesn't think savages progress? But I guess that could have just been the evil cheif and not the whole band? Who knows. I'm reading into this too much.
Trojak: The Tiger Man
Alright, mister "Lord of the Jungle" Trojak is starting to win me over. This is the only story that treats the jungle natives with respect and only because Trojak was raised by them. I wish Trojak was a bit more basic in language, I think he'd be more interesting if he couldn't just chat with his lady friend, but they had to figure each other out. But no one had time for that "character development" stuff back then, so instead we get a super cool/smart tiger pal Balu, and he exploded a bunch of Nazis in this, so that's cool and good.
September 23, 2025
Felt weirdly short, but we get Monako back, which I like. We also get K4 back, which, again, is a great comic, lost on me because I don’t find war stories very interesting. Trojak doesn’t interest me either, but at least the native Africans aren’t depicted so negatively, unlike the Breeze story, where he decides to help the people with guns because they’re ‘civilised’.
The Space Secret Service story was my favourite, the bright, garish pop art style and weird magical sci-fi is a lot of fun. Marvex is good, but I hate the redesign for him since last issue.
The Space Secret Service story was my favourite, the bright, garish pop art style and weird magical sci-fi is a lot of fun. Marvex is good, but I hate the redesign for him since last issue.
August 14, 2019
It’s a bit lacklustre. With very similar heroes from Marvel just rehashed. The stories don’t quite hit home.
November 20, 2024
2🌟
Okay, okay, I'm starting to see recurring heroes, but I'm still craving for Stan Lee's writing.
Okay, okay, I'm starting to see recurring heroes, but I'm still craving for Stan Lee's writing.
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