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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. Wow Comics #7 introduced a foe called the Mask for Mr. Scarlet and Pinky who only appeared once and had no real name given. Cover mouth and nose with mask. Loop the elastic straps around your ears and adjust the toggles, if available, so there are no gaps between your face and the mask.
Finally, in Adventure Comics #68, a villain called the Mask fought Hourman, with only one appearance and no real name given.Henley adds, “There were so many opportunities for Dr. Poison’s story to be interesting, for her role to be about more than her facial difference, but these threads simply weren't explored.” The Mask has reappeared in Wonder Woman (vol. 3) Annual #1 as a masked gun-wielding 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". You may know her from DC comics, you may know her from the classic TV show where she flew an invisible jet to save on production costs, and you may even know her from Batman Vs Superman... but one thing is for sure, you've never experienced anything quite like BEING her. Adventure Comics #123 had Green Arrow and Speedy fighting a villain called the Mask. No real name given, only one appearance.
The idea that to be beautiful means to be good and to be disfigured means to be evil is not new. It’s a really tired, unoriginal trend in the movie industry, and only perpetuates damaging beliefs about individuals with facial differences. 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 Doll Man #5, a man named Abraham Miller called himself the Mask and did battle with that diminutive hero on one occasion.By the Silver Age, the Mask's costume was eventually put into storage in a Meadow City police evidence closet.