Le Domino Rouge, Orion & Kendo Nagasaki - the Magic & Mystery of the Mask
How a glamorous masked dancer in the 1900s changed the course of professional wrestling and American burlesque, with an exploration of the role of the mask in wrestling and pop culture myth-making - taking in Kendo Nagasaki, the Masked Marvel, and maybe Elvis Presley? [citation needed]
The Masked Marvel Unmasked! - The Story of Johannes Van Der Walt, Maybe The Worst Person In Wrestling History
"Mask Marvel Unmasked" - that was the headline in the Daily Herald on 5th February 1942. It's easy to see why that would be exciting - what is a mask if not a mystery waiting to be solved? The reveal of a masked man's secret identity is the stuff of comic book fantasy and speculation, after all.
But beneath this mask was not a marvel, but a monster.