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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #11
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #11 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Publications
On Sale Date: 07/19/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Simon ?
Disclose Notes: Joe Simon began editing for Timely on a freelance basis with Red Raven Comics #1, which came out the previous month. It is not clear if he immediately started editing Marvel Mystery Comics as well or not, although he was definitely the editor by issue #12 as discussed in that index.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. (through about early 1944, narrower thereafter)
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Monthly (through July 1944, variable thereafter)
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor] (inset); The Angel [Tom Halloway] (inset); Ka-Zar [David Rand] (inset); the Nazis
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
as Marvel Mystery Comics #11 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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4 Big Favorite Magazines - Action Packed!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mystic, Daring Mystery, Red Raven Comics
Character(s): Marvel Boy; the Fiery Mask [Jack Castle]; Red Raven; Hercules [David]
Synopsis: Promotional illustrated ad with covers for Mystic Comics #4, Daring Mystery Comics #6, and Red Raven Comics #1, and the Fiery Mask series.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.
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Plague in the Slums

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Inker(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hamond]; Dr. Stone (introduction); Reed (Stone's assistant); Casey (policeman); un-named police chief; Tom (policeman); Frank Simmons (villain, introduction, death); Roddy (villain, introduction, death); Skeets (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Torch takes the law into his own hands, when, against orders, he helps a doctor burn down plague-infected slum housing.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
as Plague in the Slums [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Capture of Luther Robinson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Everett
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Mr. Martin (sailor); Tha-Korr; Dorma; Princess Fen; Luther Robinson (villain); Mickey (villain); Lynne Harris (villain)
Synopsis: Luther Robinson follows Namor back to his Antarctic home and attempts to capture him -- dead or alive -- but is eventually taken prisoner himself. He is informed that his girlfriend is also being held to insure he will not try to escape justice.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Continued next issue.
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A Nestfull of Loot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Anders
Inker(s): Al Anders
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Masked Raider
Character(s): The Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Lightning (Raider's horse); un-named sheriff; Billy; un-named deputy (villain, posing as an egg woman)
Synopsis: A series of robberies confounds the Raider until a dog un-intentionally helps solve the case.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
as A Nestful of Loot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Rajah Sarput's Hunt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ben Thompson ?
Penciller(s): Ben Thompson
Inker(s): Ben Thompson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Zar (a lion); Trajah (an elephant); Jim VanGelder; Rajah Sarput (villain, introduction); Bradley (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: When an evil man named Sarput takes possession of a large tract of land in the Belgian Congo jungle, Ka-Zar and Zar do battle with him to prevent the slaughter or capture of many animals, only to be taken prisoner themselves.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story contains 2-page spread (pgs. 4, 5) and is continued next issue.
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Mayhem at the Midget Race Track

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Oksner (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Terry Vance, the School Boy Sleuth
Character(s): Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (a monkey); "Deadline" Dawson (newspaper boy); un-named gamblers (villains)
Synopsis: A group of gamblers inject mercury into the tires of race cars in order to cause accidents and fix races for profit.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
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Pages: 7
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Murder Is an Accident

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill [as W. Peters] (signed)
Penciller(s): Frank Thomas [as F. T.] (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Thomas [as F. T.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dr. James; Nurse Cassidy; Francis (villain)
Synopsis: The fact that five of the leading physicians in the area had died in fatal accidents the last two weeks didn't bother Dr. James, that is until he suddenly is visited by a rather strange patient.
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Pages: 2
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The Devils of the Mist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson ?; Ray Gill ?
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Angel
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]; unnamed woman (introduction, death); the ghouls (villains, introduction, all die)
Synopsis: The Angel is captured by a group of in-human monsters who take him to their abode where he meets a beautiful girl dressed in ancient Greek garb and learns the creatures destroyed her civilization 4000 years ago and now threaten to do the same in modern times.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Angel gains glider wings that once belonged to "Mercury".
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The Forest Fire Fiends

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Dahlman ?
Penciller(s): Steve Dahlman (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Dahlman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Electro, the Marvel of the Age
Character(s): Electro; Professor Philo Zog; Jim Brent; John Borden; Andrews; Baldwin Drake (villain, introduction); Mike (villain); Joe (villain)
Synopsis: The president of the Drake Lumber Mills, angry because his rival has successfully purchased the rich Burton County forest lands, hires some thugs to set fire to those forests.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
as The Forest Fire Fiends [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8

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