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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #12
Publication Date: October 1940
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Issues: #12 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Publications
On Sale Date: 08/15/1940
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: According to Greg Theakston from interviews with Joe Simon, if a Timely issue has a cover by Simon and/or Kirby, then Simon edited it. This means that Simon was editing this title as part of his freelance editing duties by no later than this issue, although he may have started as early as #10, the issue that came out during the same month as Red Raven Comics #1.

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. 4.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Angel
Character(s): Angel [Tom Halloway]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Jack Kirby #[2] published January 1997
as Marvel Mystery Comics #12 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
as Marvel Mystery Comics #12 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Daring Comics
Character(s): Marvel Boy [Martin Burns]; Tigerman; Monako; the Falcon [Carl Burgess]; the Flying Flame; Stuporman [Marmaduke Snood, Jr.]; Dynaman [Lagaro]
First Line: Here is Action! Thrills! - Adventure!
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional ad, with cover, to Daring Mystery Comics #6.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Search For J. B.

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): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; un-named Police Captain; Ryan (Policeman); J. B. [Jane Bradley](villain, first actual appearance), Cinalli (villain, introduction, a lawyer); Slim (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Hunted by the police force he was once a member of due to his burning down tenements infected with the black plague, the Torch is offered re-instatement by the police commissioner if he can bring in the mysterious "J.B."
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
as The Search for J. B. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Three-Sided War

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): Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Dorma; Princess Fen; Folma; Lynne Harris; Luther Robinson; Micky (death); Carter (wireless operator); The Nazis (villains, some die)
Synopsis: When Namor discovers that the airplane carrying Luther Robinson, Micky and Lynne Harris has been forced down by the Nazis, he goes to search for them, and saves Harris only, intending to make her his mate.
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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
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The Enchanted Marsh

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]; Shirley Smith (introduction); a hag (villain, introduction, death); Antone (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Following Shirley Smith into an enchanted marsh, the Angel is suddenly down, falling into quicksand. He is saved however by a hulking creature that works for a mysterious woman who has murdered the owners of Piedmont mansion and now threatens the Angel and Smith.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
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Pages: 9
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A Good Impression

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack D'Arcy (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Ramsey [as H. R.] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Ramsey [as H. R.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Amos Liggett (death); un-named detective; Sam Hale (villain)
Synopsis: Taxi driver Sam Hale was confident that this cold rainy night was ideal to rob Amos Liggett. He made one mistake, however....he kept the murder weapon!
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
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Pages: 2
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The Mystery House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Terry Vance
Character(s): Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (a monkey); Deadline Dawson (newspaper reporter); un-named gardener (death); Gregory (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: When Terry and his friends arrive at a mysterious house during a rain storm and spot a prowler, little does they know that it will turn into a murder mystery.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
as The Mystery House [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Shark

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; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; The Shark (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: When President Roosevelt hears a radio broadcast from the Shark, threatening to blast every ship off the ocean, he contacts Professor Zog for help.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
as The Shark [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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The Plot against Texas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ben Thompson ?
Inker(s): Ben Thompson ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Masked Raider
Character(s): The Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Gidden (villain); Breed (villain); Leek (villain); Snakey (villain); Abbot (villain); un-named outlaws (introduction for all)
Synopsis: The Raider investigates rumors of gun thefts from Army posts along the Rio Grande.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
as The Plot against Texas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Ka-Zar in America

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); Ruth Wilson; Bradley (villain)
Synopsis: When Ka-Zar's captors inform him that they are going to put him on display in New York City when they arrive, he and Zar jump overboard and make their way to the city zoo where Ka-Zar plans to release some of Zar's brothers.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2008
as Ka-Zar in America [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10

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