Best Comics — Pines Publishing
Issue: #2
Last valuation update: 2026-09-02
The Red Mask is the first African hero in comics. Depicted as black-skinned on the cover of the first issue but later appearing as a white-skinned hero on the cover of this issue, as well as the subsequent issues 3 and 4. His skin-tone alternating between black and white throughout the story pages (this also includes panels where parts of his body have varying skin tones).
First appearances: Masked Rider
Creators: Crawford Young, Gus Jud, Ned Pines, Dick Dorgan, George Scott, George West, Kin Platt, Captain Kerry McRoberts, Lou Byrnes
Characters: Red Mask, Masked Rider