The athletic and handsome Richard Alden was the son of the mayor and seemed to be nothing more than a troublemaker. He also was constantly eating peanuts and had a crush on a reporter named Gail Blanch, who was not overly fond of him. However, Richard was much more than meets the eye; he was, in fact, the crime fighter known as Mystery Man. While Mystery Man was a hero, he was also one of the most wanted men in the city. He exposed criminal activities and, in turn, expected monetary rewards. Gail discovered that Richard and Mystery Man were one and the same after finding a bag of peanuts in his pocket. Mystery Man fought the murderous villain known as Mr. Death. Mr. Death was a mass murderer who killed about 150 people for no apparent reason by just walking up and shooting them. However, he was none too bright, as news reporter Gail Blanch and Mystery Man easily lead him into a trap. Blanch wrote an article claiming that Mystery Man would capture Mr. Death, and described the villain as a “huge, powerfully-built man.” Mr. Death contacted Miss Blanch to correct her description of him, which turned out to be Mystery Man’s plan, to lure him out into the open by using Blanch as a decoy. Mystery Man had no powers, but was a skilled marksman. Interestingly, he is described as wearing a gray costume in the text, while the artwork showed it being blue.
Description The athletic and handsome Richard Alden was the son of the mayor and seemed to be nothing more than a troublemaker. He also was constantly eating peanuts and had a crush on a reporter named Gail Blanch, who was not overly fond of him. However, Richard was much more than meets the eye; he was, in fact, the crime fighter known as Mystery Man. While Mystery Man was a hero, he was also one of the most wanted men in the city. He exposed criminal activities and, in turn, expected monetary rewards. Gail discovered that Richard and Mystery Man were one and the same after finding a bag of peanuts in his pocket. Mystery Man fought the murderous villain known as Mr. Death. Mr. Death was a mass murderer who killed about 150 people for no apparent reason by just walking up and shooting them. However, he was none too bright, as news reporter Gail Blanch and Mystery Man easily lead him into a trap. Blanch wrote an article claiming that Mystery Man would capture Mr. Death, and described the villain as a “huge, powerfully-built man.” Mr. Death contacted Miss Blanch to correct her description of him, which turned out to be Mystery Man’s plan, to lure him out into the open by using Blanch as a decoy. Mystery Man had no powers, but was a skilled marksman. Interestingly, he is described as wearing a gray costume in the text, while the artwork showed it being blue.
