tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post327399076102062160..comments2024-03-18T17:34:56.486-04:00Comments on Four-Color Shadows: The Mask-Raymond Thayer-1940Bookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post-60763031338377074332014-12-17T12:42:49.507-05:002014-12-17T12:42:49.507-05:00"The Mask" is a comic book adaptation of..."The Mask" is a comic book adaptation of the pulp hero "The Black Bat" from the pulp division of the same publisher; <b>Nedor</b> aka <b>Thrilling</b> aka <b>Better</b> aka <b>Standard Publishing</b>.<br />http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/10/30/comic-book-legends-revealed-179/<br />In comics he was blinded DA Tony Colby with girlfriend Carol Smith, in pulps he was blinded DA Tony Quinn with girlfriend Carol Baldwin.<br />(In both cases, Carol was the daughter of the doctor who repaired Tony's eyes.)<br />Originally, the comic version was going to be called "The Owl" (and had an owl-like cowl with a beak) to keep the "creature of the night" motif.<br />But <b>Dell's</b> Crackajack Comics featuring their own Owl character hit the stands as Thrilling Comics was being finished and sent to the printer, so the understandably litigation-shy Nedor changed their character's name, though they didn't modify the art!<br />By the time of the story you presented, the cowl was a simple generic hood.Britt Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com