The Mask, a fun little romp from 1994. It's one of his works from early on in his A-list film career, specifically his first film to arrive in theaters after. It's built on comedy and Jim Carrey contorting his face a little more than usual, and turned out to be very popular. It is based, style, on.
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Well, sort of. The original is not harmless slapstick, fitting much better in the comedy horror genre.The story of the film follows twenty-something Edge City banker Stanley Ipkiss as he finds a magical mask, endowed with the powers of the Norse god, which effectively makes the wearer completely immune to absolutely everything, and capable of practically anything.
In Stanley's case, this manifests as gaining the abilities of his beloved classic characters (stretching, shapeshifting, bouncing back from, and the like). While not quite reaching levels, he does use it to get back at the people that bullied the shy reserved nice guy Stanley, and to woo nightclub-singer Tina Carlyle ( in her feature-film debut). When other less savory individuals get hold of it, the results are not so amusing. Somebody trope me!.: The Mask sealing the gate to Landfill Park is a great example of this trope. He does it to keep Kellaway and Doyle inside. Only to turn and find the rest of the police on the same side of the wall as him!.: In one of several homages to, who often used this gag, the title character arrives at the Coco Bongo club in such a car.
Yes, it is.:. The Mask itself. In the comic books it is and compels its wearers to commit atrocity after atrocity with the immense power it gives them, before they die and it goes to its next 'master'. In the film it simply removes all inhibitions, letting the wearer do whatever they want to. This is why Stanley Ipkiss becomes a wisecracking mischief-maker, but the villain lets loose with all of his evil.
The same can be said for Stanley Ipkiss himself. In the film he's a lovable loser with a lot of nevertheless redeeming qualities who ultimately learns to stop relying on The Mask to solve his problems, rises to the occasion, and gets the girl. In the comics he's a right-wing lunatic who uses The Mask as his personal hitman to kill those who wronged him for increasingly trivial reasons (such as suffocating his elementary school teacher), goes on a violent rampage against the police, and is ultimately shot and killed by his girlfriend.: Intelligent dogs say 'Uh?' In a questioning tone to express confusion.: Dr. Newman has a theory that people wear metaphorical masks to conceal who they truly are, or their Id, a Freudian concept.: The psychiatrist doesn't believe that the mask could have any supernatural properties. The mask fails to work when demonstrated. This is because it only works at night.: Stanley and Tina twice: once while he's in jail, and again right after he rescues her from Dorian Tyrell.: 'And Introducing Cameron Diaz'.: Stanley fits the of the term.
The Mask himself is probably an. Even though he isn't as violent as most anti-heroes, he's still willing to do many unheroic things with little regard for those around him. Both Stanley and his Mask persona graduate to full (and in the Mask's case, very weird) hero status by the end of the film.: Stanley apologizes to Kellaway while he made him his captive in order to get out of the police station to save Tina and stop Dorian.: Played straight and in the same scene. While emptying The Mask's pockets in the park, the police find a pair of 'funny eyeball glasses', to which The Mask acts as if they are incriminating ('I've never seen those before in my life.'
), but when a bazooka is extracted, he calmly states 'I have a permit for that'.: Stanley Ipkiss. In the comics, he was killed off at the end of the first story arc, but he became the main character of the movie and cartoon in the adaptations.: Stanley is an avid watcher of Golden Age cartoons, and as such, they seem to be a subconscious go-to for the masked persona's antics.: Niko.
Doyle: I missed him.Kellaway: (glares at Doyle, then turns to leave) C'mon. We ALL missed him.: Pretty-boy gangster Dorian Tyrell promises $50,000 to whoever can kill the title character (no mean feat, since the green-faced creature is practically immortal).: The Mask himself fits this trope when he gets carried away on his date with Tina. Unlike Stanley, who's too shy and reserved, the Mask tends to come on a bit too strong.: While wearing the Mask, Dorian absorbs all the bullets that Niko fires on him, with no ill effects, and shoots them back to him through his mouth.: 'Ssssmokin'!' .: The police arrive after The Mask has disposed of Dorian Tyrell.: Another obvious power of The Mask. He does it by either spinning or changing as the camera cuts away from him.: Tina, as the main star of the Coco Bongo.: The Casino Night version, which is then broken into by the Mask-wearing Dorian and his goons as part of his vengeance on Niko.: Milo's ability to find Stanley's keys and to fetch the frisbee comes in handy when he has to, and then when he has to recover the Mask from Dorian's goons.: Stanley tosses the Mask out a window, only for it to boomerang back onto his bed. At the end of the film, he manages to throw it into the river with no side effects, but then Milo dives in and fetches it.:.
The Mask unlocks a seemingly absolute power for its wearer and disinhibits them, but doesn't make him evil.: Played straight. Whoever wears the Mask is only limited by his own will and imagination.: Doyle again.
In one scene, Kellaway tries to relay to Doyle that Stanley's secretly holding him at gunpoint. It goes about as well as you'd expect. Doyle: Oh, I get it! Pig Latin, right? thinks.: As Stanley Ipkiss is fleeing the police, Peggy Brandt pulls up in her car and tells him to get in. Subverted, however, as her reason for doing so is to take him to Dorian and collect on the reward on him.: Stanley pays some lip service to this trope, pondering becoming a.right before rushing off to Ripley Auto Finishing to get some on the mechanics that ripped him off.: Since the Mask has the powers of a cartoon character, it doesn't feel out of place. They weren't trying to make it realistic in the first place, it's deliberately cartoony.
That it saves money on effects is just a nice bonus. Alternate explanation: The effects are realistic, it's just that the.: The Tommy gun. Especially the one made out of a balloon.: Landlady in this case, Mrs.
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Peenman, who makes life miserable for poor Stanley.: Edge City. Stanley: Well, I hope you can enjoy the victory with (POKE).: Three times in the movie:, and finally.: Peggy turns Stanley over to Tyrell.: Dorian pinches the bridge of his nose during The Mask's overly-dramatic 'death' scene.: Stanley's attempt to put on the mask during the day in front of Dr.
Neumann.: by GM Finney Productions and Smigiel Productions. It was highly anticipated and liked by many fans of The Mask.: Every scene Cameron Diaz is in. Particularly her and the nightclub scene where she appears to be channeling. Which would then mean that The Mask is Roger Rabbit.
Appropriate, since he's a toon, and she has a thing for him. According to the DVD commentary, they kept trying different bras in her first scene trying to get as much cleavage as possible.: After The Mask swallows the bomb and it goes off.: Mrs. Kellaway's phone number, as shown in the picture of her which the cops find in the Mask's possession, is 555-9371.: Stanley, to Peggy just before Dorian shows up.
Stanley, after being reprimanded by his landlady for watching cartoons too loudly, apathetically flicks to a TV show with Dr. Neuman who describes the metaphorical social mask suppressing the Id. Guess what the titular mask itself enables for those who wear it?. During The Mask's faux Oscar speech, the villains do their best to look presentable for the camera.
When the criminals begin to take hostages in the Coco Bongo, Stanley's cranky landlady scolds the thugs for talking back to the mayor as they're being rounded up. She's later seen escorted out of the building by a policeman while complaining about the rude criminals. When Ipkiss yells back at his boss, two police officers in the background seem to be laughing at the scene unfolding.: Loki, the Norse god of mischief. It's very strongly hinted that the mask was created by Loki as an instrument of trickery against mortals, but the god himself is never seen (until the sequel, anyway.).: Tina does this to The Mask while they're in the park.: As The Mask, Stanley twirls about a dozen weapons .: Where everything the Mask uses comes from.
Including an actual mallet.: Dorian Tyrell uses one to have his men stop firing.: The Mask does it to himself in the park. Kellaway: FREEZE!.: This happens to the title character while he's watching Tina Carlyle sing at the Coco Bongo Club. Also the and now provides the trope image.: Tina. Her sex appeal is, to make the bank employees not notice her purse has a camera.: The Mask, when worn by Ipkiss - he even prefers to injure instead of kill.
When worn by the, not so much (once shot by his boss, he cartoonishly spits the bullets back like a machine gun).: Stanley breaks out of a jail cell, assaults an officer, steals his gun, kidnaps another officer at gunpoint and steals his car, yet receives no punishment. Even worse, he committed the crime he was held for and there was evidence of him doing so. The trope is justified because the mayor thinks Stanley is a hero who was framed by Dorian.
Plus, many of those things Stanley committed weren't entirely his fault, and he had to escape from the cell to save Tina and stop Dorian. Mayor: Dorian Tyrell was 'The Mask.'
I saw it with my own eyes. Stanley, as the Mask, pulls out a double handful of guns to scare off some punks. They turn out to be. Complete with!. In a more 'traditional' scene, he also produces a to kill an alarm clock. And the bazooka.
Hey, now, He had a permit for that.: Stanley's friend Charlie after he says, 'Officers, arrest those men!' .: The Mask's banana-yellow zoot suit and hat, which was based on a suit Jim Carrey's mom made for him when he first did stand-up.: Tyrell, after Peggy sells Stanley out for money.: Parodied. The Mask, dressed like a cowboy, is shot in the chest and falls into the shooter's arms, overly dramatically telling him he's 'so cold' while coughing, and saying his last wishes before dying dramatically. He then receives an Oscar for his performance, while the shooter starts weeping.: The powers and how they manifest is directly based on the wearer's personality and imagination.: Three or more cops fire at Stanley as he gets into Peggy's car. Not only do they not hit him, but the only thing they manage to hit is one of her taillights, despite her proximity and the fact that her window is open. Averted in the third Mask scene, the bullets DO hit, but the Mask is invulnerable, so he just shrugs it off.: Stanley's pajamas, to the extent that Kellaway deduces that he is the title character when he finds a piece of them at the Coco Bongo after The Mask's run-in with Tyrell's men. (first) S-s-s-smokin!(second) Hold on, Sugar.
Daddy's got a sweet tooth tonight!(third) Hello, cherie. We meet again! Is it meant to be?
It is written in the stars. That we are destined to fraternize? I'd like to think so! Ha ha!(fourth) Did you miss me? I guess not!.: Dorian Tyrell puts up fifty thousand dollars to anyone who can bring him The Mask before the police do.: This bears very little resemblance to the it was based on, with this featuring more slapstick than what many consider Gorn.: After the Mask is shot by Tyrell's men, he takes a drink and the liquid sprays out of the bullet holes.
'Did you miss me? I guess not!' .: The title character when he sees Tina in the club. Along with an.:. Peggy Brandt, because they deleted the scene where she was killed. Ipkiss himself. Most of the crimes he commits as the Mask end up getting pinned on Dorian Tyrell.: The Mask, as his delivery, his facial expressions, even his clothes are as over the top possible.
Stanley is subdued, although he also goes full-on ham at times, such as when yelling at his boss and punching Tyrell in the face.: Tina makes a of Dorian Tyrell for one.: The Mask's Oscar scene and apparent asides to the audience.: The Mask itself has not one, not two, but THREE separate themes depending on the mood. There's a mysterious, mystical theme that plays during scenes with the Mask by itself to show it to have otherworldly properties. There's an upbeat, jazzy tune that plays whenever Ipkiss puts on the Mask, showing how fun and wacky it can be. And finally, there's a more foreboding tune that's heavy on brass to show the Mask's dark side.: Stanley in the final act without the mask. Stanley: Milo, you stay here and be a good boy.
Daddy's gonna have to go kick some ass.Kellaway: (to himself once Stanley leaves).He's a dead man.: The Mask, when he dances with Tina in the club, even giving the band matching zoot suits.: In the original comic, Stanley starts out as a half decent guy, but quickly degenerates into a Psycho Killer under the Mask's influence. The Mask in the comic has an actual personality, and talks to (and through, when it's being worn) its 'owner', and no-one appears to be able to wear the Mask without being corrupted. The film also allows victims of the Mask's shenaningans to get off with for the most part, whereas in the comics, the actions might be amusing but the injuries.: Parodied, where after a shootout, The Mask stumbles over to the man that shot him, and dramatically enacts several death scenes one after another, while the shooter blubbers.: This happens in a scene which pays homage to.: Tina and Stanley starts out this way.
However, she soon figures out that Stanley IS the Mask, making the issue moot, and it's implied she liked Stanley's personality more than the Masks more outgoing persona more in the first place.: The bomb counter is wildly inconsistent, and probably should have exploded at least twice in intervening scenes based on the last count.: The Mask only works at night. If you put it on during the day, nothing happens. This is handwaved by saying Loki was a night god.
The somewhat canon animated series said it was the Mask messing with Stanley.: It brings your innermost fantasies to life! If you're a little repressed and a hopeless romantic, it turns you into a love-crazy wild man. If you're a sociopathic mobster.then everyone's in big trouble.: Pull up to the club in 'The Loaner' and you'll probably be a loner yourself on the way home.: The Mask does this to get into the club. Bouncer: Are you on the list?Mask: No, but I believe my friends are, perhaps you've heard of them. (ka-ching!) Franklin, Grant,. J-J-J-Jackson?.: A street gang tries this with The Mask. In a deleted scene, they originally robbed Stanley.: The Mask is surrounded by police, so he starts singing a rumba number and the policemen start singing and dancing along, to their great surprise.: The look on Peggy's face after Dorian forces Stanley to tell him how the mask works and then puts it on practically screams this.: The scenes with the balloon animals/Tommy gun and of attacking the jerkass auto mechanics were from the comic, albeit severely toned down to just a humiliating beating.
Though humiliation the mechanics received was just as painful.: Tina Carlyle compliments Stanely Ipkiss' tie when they first meet, pulling and stroking it suggestively. He responds that 'it's a power tie. It's supposed to make me feel. Powerful,' while his body language reveals that at the moment, intimidated by her sexuality, he's feeling anything but.: Stanley's boss at the bank, whom Stanley accused of getting his position because his father owns it.: Dorian Tyrell sends his minions to rob a bank. Later on, one of them shows up unexpectedly and is somewhat unresponsive to Tyrell's question. It turns out that another minion is upstairs dying from gunshot wounds.
Minion: There's trouble. You better come upstairs.: Used constantly for comedic effect. The greatly applies here.: Stanley Ipkiss for most of the movie. Stanley even wrote a letter about this to Peggy's advice column.: The mask basically grants its wearer this; both Stanley and Tyrell shrug off gunshots. Stanley even eats a bunch of dynamite sticks without any ill effects.: At the end of the movie, Stanley tosses the Mask into the river. Both Charlie and Milo immediately jump in after it.: Averted.
Kellaway's first name was never said in the original comics or in the film's dialog, but it is given in the credits. Stanley: This is.
This actually happened!.: Parodied during The Masks 'death scene' at the Coco Bongo where he pretends to have been shot by one of Dorian's mooks, and plays it up for all it's worth.: Putting on the Mask is implied to be quite painful, as the wearers face changes shape, not to mention loses hair in a lot of cases,.: Tina gets a lot of these in her dance scene with The Mask.: As by Milo's ability to fetch Stanley's keys, he does this to break him out of jail.: Kellaway and Doyle outside the police station. Doyle: Where are you taking Ipkiss?Kellaway: Ixnay! Ehay's otgay an ungay.
Stanley on Kellaway's back OW!Doyle: I get it. Pig Latin, right?
Eesay ouyay aterlay.: Stanley does it twice, to the cop guarding him and a in the Coco Bongo club.: Takes the main characters from #0 and #1 of The Mask, the basic premise, and some moments, mostly comedic ones (Stanley taking revenge on thugs and mechanics, being on a road, and realizing he could be a superhero 'but first.' ; The Mask note in the comic, it was Kellaway, who took the mask after Stanley's death doing balloon tricks) to rework it into a zany comedy instead of the of the original.: 'Hold on to your lug nuts!
It's time for an overhaul!' .: Stanley's dog Milo does this the first time Stanley turns into the title character.: The Mask accepts an Oscar for a as an audience applauds '-style.: What the mask is apparently able to do: break physical laws.: Played with; Stanley is a good guy and therefore as The Mask is and uses his powers largely for personal amusement (he does get a little payback in on the side, though). Dorian is a bad guy so as The Mask he's a vaguely demonic who abuses his powers for revenge and murder.: When the criminal Dorian Tyrell puts on the magical mask of Loki and his massively evil hidden dark side comes out, his eyes become red.: Peggy's deleted death scene has Tyrell not approving her backstabbing ways and throwing her in a press.: When The Mask is trying to sneak past his landlady's door. An annoying alarm clock comes out of his pocket and he silences it by whacking it with a croquet mallet after missing twice.: In a way, as the Mask basically puts a cartoon in real life (only depicted through computer graphics).: The Mask, during the 'Hey Pachuco' dance number.: Played with — when the club bouncer asks if Stanley is on the list to get in, Stanley responds 'Nooooo, but I believe my friends are, perhaps you know them?' He holds up two wads of cash and throws them into the air as a distraction, walking in as the crowd swarms the bouncer to get the cash.: Stanley uses his powers to rob a bank, woo the girl of his dreams, and take revenge on people who cheated him.: Evil really depends on the wearer, but the Mask was sealed inside a casket off the coast off North America for several centuries, and the movie implies the mask is actually the imprisoned Loki. The first film makes out that Odin banished Loki into a mask, from Valhalla, due to his mischievousness.
Such a thing never happened (the closest is that Loki was banished from the company of the gods for many other reasons that culminated in duping Hodir into killing Baldur). Nor was Valhalla the home of the Norse Gods, Odin in particular had many other residences in Asgard. A more accurate statement would have been to say that Odin banished him from Asgard (a mildly accurate statement, at least). Loki appears in the sequel, and more or less angrily says that the guy who said this was full of shit. The same film also makes the statement that Loki is Odin's biological son rather than his blood brother (the Marvel Comics trap), though. He's also not a 'night god', though is a fair description. Many examples to classic animations and the.
Most notably, The Mask imitates Taz (moves by spinning), (wildly jumping), (dying in the enemy's arms), (way too intimate attempt at romance) and the Wolf from (doing a in reaction to a sexy woman). One notable to a live-action movie is to. When the hero is frisked, his turns up a whole lot of junk, including a BAZOOKA, to which he calmly says, 'I have a permit for that,' precisely the same words used in similar circumstances by Frank 'the Enforcer' Nitti. The last item pulled out is a photograph which is a nod to actor Peter Riegert's previous work on. Also, (probably a shout out for being one of Jim Carrey's impersonations in stand-up as well as Carrey having a minor part in ), and Sally Field at the Oscars, following this gem of a quote. The Mask: Hold me closer Red.
It's getting dark. (cough, cough cough) Tell to let out. (cough- cough, cough) Tell I won't be coming home this Christmas. (COUGH, COUGH COUGH) Tell.
'No! It wasn't me! '. Milo wearing the Mask has a laugh similar to Mutley's of /. Edward G. Robinson, when the Mask lights a cigar and says 'You were good, kid, real good. But as long as I'm around, you'll always be second best, see?'
. 'That's a spicy meat-a-ball' is a nod to from 1969. The Fog-Horn's 'Squeeze Me Gently' disclaimer is very. After The Mask receives an award for his death scene, he quotes and her famous acceptance speech. The number of policemen showing up outside Landfill Park is most likely a nod to. The performance of 'Minnie The Moocher' in the club cements this.
during the Cuban Pete number at the theater behind the Mask— it's showing another New Line Cinema film, 1993's, 'all week'. (It's debatable whether or not this was or a.).: The title artifact sometimes shines right before being worn, a big example of this.: Two of them: Tina, and it's hinted at when it comes to Peggy. But, of course,.: The Mask does this on a cartoon bike horn after using it to litterally destroy every window on a man's car.: Stanley Ipkiss himself, who did not survive in the comics.: The title character, after jumping out a window. The Mask: Look ma! I'm roadkill! Ha ha ha!.: Used by Stanley on a cop to get him to help save Tina. Doesn't work.: Tina in the climax.
The Mask solves it by eating the thing.: Dorian Tyrell, to Niko. And would have taken over his operation (and who knows what else) if it wasn't for Stanley's intervention.: Lieutenant Kellaway, who is just trying to do his job against a man who has been disturbing the peace and robbing banks. See below.: Not even two seconds before Stanley is literally dropped off at the police station by Dorian's goons (, no less!), we get this exchange.
Peggy: What took you guys so long? I've been Vamping here for 20 minutes!.: It's not exactly saccharine, but the amoral and frankly psychopathic Dorian Tyrell would still be a scary villain in a much more adult-oriented film.: What makes Lt. Kellaway an antagonist in this film? Accurately sleuthing out the identity of the culprit of a major bank heist and being kind of a jerk about it. Of course, he has no way of knowing that the Mask is a magical manifestation and Stanley has no control over his actions.: His first spin is in front of a couch with a pillow with a picture of Taz ( Tasmanian Devil) on it.: The Mask himself, along with other objects (turning a balloon tommy gun into a real one, for example).: Peggy Brandt, who seems to disappear from the main action towards the end.
In a deleted scene, we saw her death: Dorian Tyrell caught her trying to sneak off with her money, at which point he threw her into a newspaper machine. This being 'The Mask,' her death was cartoonish: an 'extra edition' came out of the machine, printed in red ink. Peggy's visibly pained face was on the front page, along with the accompanying headline.: While in his The Mask form, Stanley Ipkiss's legs spin like wheels while running from the police in Landfill Park., as the Mask is a and Stanley himself - whose desires are given form by the Mask - is a cartoon lover.: Dorian has Stanley captive but gives him over to the police, effectively killing two birds with one stone: the cops leave him alone and he gets rid of Stanley for good.: The Mask does this several times. The most notable ones being when he sees performing at the Coco Bongo club and another one that he does after seeing the police outside the park. The first one combines an, a and an. The second one details both an and his entire skull popping out of his head.: Stanley and Milo when they don the mask. This is apparently the way the mask functions.
The only ones that are immune to this are those who already are insane, since Dorian is still basically the same person, just an even bigger dick.: An example with criminals. Dorian was planning on robbing Stanley's bank but the Mask hits it first, leading to a brief exchange.: Best-fitting trope to describe how everyone just goes along with Stanley being 'a guy in a big green mask' and totally ignoring the fact that he can turn into an ice statue and cartoon wolf, make people sing with him and pull cannons out of his pockets.: Peggy gives a speech of this variety to Stanley. And despite it immediately leading to her reveal, and the fact that she didnt mean a single word of it, in the end. She was right.
The Mask is a fictional character who first appeared in the DC Comics' universe in the Wonder Woman series as a masked villain. She has the same name as a male character from Dark Horse Comics whose secret identity is Stanley Ipkiss.
Context[edit]
The Mask appeared in one of the last issues penned by Charles Moulton and published during Moulton's lifetime. (Other adventures written by Moulton that had been stockpiled continued to be published after his death, and still others were written by his family and published under his name.)[citation needed]
The appearance of the Mask—a tormented woman who developed a split personality which caused havoc by trapping people in fatally rigged masks that resemble S/M tools—draws on themes of psychology and bondage that recurred throughout Moulton's writings.
Fictional character biography[edit]Pre-Crisis[edit]
The Mask was a bold villainess who trapped her prey in rigged trick masks which would release deadly hydrocyanic gas into her victims' mouths unless the masks were unlatched with a special key.
Wonder Woman was drawn into the emotionally intense battles between millionaire industrialist and amateur trekker Brutus Close, his frail and tormented wife Nina, and his associate Fancy Framer one day when she was flying back from Paradise Island and came across a plane in distress. Wonder Woman rescued the woman piloting the plane and landed in her invisible plane's hidden hangar, an abandoned barn in the Northern Virginia outskirts of Washington, D.C. The woman pilot fled, but Wonder Woman investigated the plane wreckage and discovered a purse belonging to Nina Close.In her guise as Lt. Diana Prince, Wonder Woman delivered the purse to the Close residence, where she immediately realized the frail Nina Close could not possibly be the pilot. While there, she witnessed an argument between Brutus Close and Fancy Framer, bold outdoor adventurer hired to lead Close's expeditions. When Close accused Framer of stealing and crashing one of his planes, Framer left and angrily threatened to expose him as a fraud to the press he so extensively courted.
Diana was called back to the Close residence with word that the Mask had struck. A woman calling herself the Mask has invaded the Close residence and trapped Brutus Close in a fatally rigged mask, demanding $1 million in exchange for his freedom from the mask. Her ransom note insisted that he deliver the funds to the top of the Empire State Building.
When military intelligence officers Maj. Steve Trevor and Lt. Diana Prince accompanied Close from Washington to New York to deliver the ransom, they were shocked to see a woman fly by in Wonder Woman's invisible plane and lasso Close and the ransom money.
The Mask demanded more money from Close and similarly captured the Holliday College girls, demanding money from military intelligence.
Because her invisible plane had been stolen and used to capture Brutus Close, Wonder Woman deduced that the Mask had to be Fancy Framer, who she assumed to be the pilot of the distressed plane and thus knew the location of the invisible plane. She was shocked to realize that the Mask was really Close's wife Nina, a frail and tormented mouse of a woman who had developed a split personality during her marriage to the domineering Brutus Close.
The Mask reappeared in the Silver Age when a magical duplicate of her and several other opponents of the Justice League of America was used in an elaborate plot by the Demons Three to trick the JLA and free themselves. Close herself was still institutionalized at the time. (Justice League of America (vol. 1) #35.)
Post-Crisis[edit]
The Mask has recently reappeared in Wonder Woman Annual (vol. 3) #1 as a masked gunwielding villain. Narrative captions describe her as 'The Mask, an abused wife who murdered her husband and now uses his fortune to empower similarly victimized wives and mothers.'
Other DC Villains Called the Mask
In Action Comics #2, Zatara the Magician faced a villain called the Mask who was working with Zatara's long-time foe the Tigress. His real name was not given and he has not appeared since.
In Whiz Comics #2, Spy Smasher also dealt with a criminal called the Mask. They locked horns twice before he also faded from view, and his real name has likewise remained unrevealed.
Adventure Comics #123 had Green Arrow and Speedy fighting a villain called the Mask. No real name given, only one appearance.
Wow Comics #7 introduced a foe called the Mask for Mr. Scarlet and Pinky who only appeared once and had no real name given.
In Adventure Comics #141, an evildoer called the Mask fought Johnny Quick. Just one appearance, no real name given.
In Blue Beetle #4, Ted Kord fought a villain called the Mask who also made just one appearance and had no real name given to him.
In Doll Man #5, a man named Abraham Miller called himself the Mask and did battle with that diminutive hero on one occasion.
Beginning in Police Comics #32, Plastic Man had two run-ins with Samuel Runn, also called the Mask.
Finally, in Adventure Comics #68, a villain called the Mask fought Hourman, with only one appearance and no real name given.
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