Wednesday, November 3, 2010

The FACE! Murder on the 'El' Station!!

The Face debuted in BIG SHOT COMICS #1 (May 1940) and stuck with the title until the end (BIG SHOT #104 [Aug 1949]). Although he gave up being the Face in issue #63 (Feb 1946) and continued his adventures as just Tony Trent. Along the way he appeared in 4 issues of his own, THE FACE #1 (1941) & 2 (1943) and TONY TRENT #3-4 (1948), as well as SKYMAN #1 (1941) and SPARKY WATTS #1 (1942).

Tony Trent was a radio announcer who got fed up with criminals getting away with their crimes and decided to do something about it. He donned a frightening mask that would startle the thugs with fear just long enough for him to save the day.

from
BIG SHOT COMICS #8 (December 1940)
story by Gardner Fox; art by Mart Bailey

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2 comments:

  1. Chuck WellsNovember 4, 2010 at 12:22 PM

    Every time that I see one of these stories, I'm surprised that "The Face" isn't held in higher regard. The artwork on this feature always impresses me.

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  2. Tony Z™November 10, 2010 at 7:33 PM

    I'm kinda torn on Mart Bailey's art. On one hand it's crisp and clean and definitely easy to look at. He was a good artist. But on the other hand his work was also kind of static. There's not a lot of "dynamic" going on. Even in the action scenes it seems kind of still.

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