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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #18
Publication Date: April 1941
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Issues: #18 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/13/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Simon
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.
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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)
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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]; Toro; The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor] (inset); The Angel [Thomas Halloway] (inset); The Vision [Aarkus] (inset)
First Line: Only the Torch could save Toro from his certain doom!
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as Marvel Mystery Comics #18 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Man Who Framed the Torch

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 Hammond]; Toro; Police Chief Ryan; The Brain (villain); Shorty (villain); Buddy (villain); Cliff (villain); Tom (villain)
Synopsis: A criminal called the Brain uses a costume to impersonate the Torch when he robs the Army payroll. He captures the Torch in a water tank, but Toro forces the Brain to tell him how to release Torch after Toro realizes the Brain can't be the Torch because he can't fly.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
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Pages: 15
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
First Line: Special offer for readers of Marvel Comics
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional ad from Captain America and Bucky thanking readers for voting them the most popular hero in comic books, and asking them to join his Sentinels of Liberty if they haven't.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
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Pages: 1
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The Legion of Loyalists

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]; Betty Dean; Luther Robinson; Lynne Harris; Tha-Korr; Princess Fen; Adra; Sina; Lobro; Police Radioman Regan; The Legion of Loyalists (Betty Dean's "Home Guard" regiment); Bob James (Legion member); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: After meeting again with Luther and Lynne, and dispensing some justice to the Nazis, Namor returns his prisoners to his undersea kingdom in the Antarctic. However, the two escape, enlisting the aid of Lt. Betty Dean, and the undersea peoples must brace themselves for invasion.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: continued next issue
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Bill Everett; ?
Inker(s): Bill Everett; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Angel [Thomas Halloway] (inset)
First Line: Ahoy Mates----
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional ad for Sub-Mariner Comics #1, on sale March 1, 1942.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
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Pages: 1
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Young Ka-Zar

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)
Penciller(s): Ben Thompson
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Trajah (the elephant); Zar (the lion); Sha (Zar's mate); Nono (the monkey); N'Jaga (the leopard); Paul De Kraft (villain)
Synopsis: Paul De Kraft, who murdered Ka-Zar's father, returns and captures N'Jaga, whom he paints with luminous paint to scare off those who befriend him.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
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Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: This sequence takes place within the story in issue #1. The Masterworks edition lists the inker as Ben Thompson.
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A Challenge to You

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Challenger
Character(s): Challenger [Bill Waring]
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Illustrated promotional ad, featuring the Challenger, asking readers to pick up the new and better Daring Comics.
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Beasts of the Black River

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ben Thompson ?
Penciller(s): Ben Thompson (signed)
Inker(s): Ben Thompson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Bogat (un-named in this story)
Synopsis: Ka-Zar hears of a strange land known as the "Black River" and decides to investigate. Once there, he has his life saved from a terrible monster by a giant.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: continued next issue
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The Stolen Bicycles

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, Schoolboy Sleuth
Character(s): Terry Vance; Jane; Deadline Dawson; Principal Dikes; Dr. Watson (a monkey); Ike (villain); un-named school janitor (villain)
Synopsis: Terry must investigate the theft of bicycles, which are being repainted and sold to unsuspecting kids.
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Pages: 7
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Menace from the Planet Torsa

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: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Electro, the Marvel of the Age
Character(s): Electro; Professor Zog; Dr. Horace Forde; The Antons and their King (villains)
Synopsis: Professor Zog offers the services of Electro to combat the evil, winged inhabitants of the planet Torsa, the Antons.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The last panel of this story is a promotional ad for the new issue of Captain America.
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The Boss of Newton City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Vision
Character(s): The Vision [Aarkus]; D.A. Tom Douglas; Big Tim Skelly (villain, political boss); Heinie Myers (villain)
Synopsis: Political boss Skelly frames the current district attorney for the murder of Daniel Reardon, a political rival.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Skelly is a dead ringer for Richard Nixon.

The Masterworks edition only credits Jack Kirby on this story.
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The Cat's Paw, Chapter 1: Claws of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
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 [Thomas Halloway]; Dr. Lin (Halloway's friend and teacher, death); The Cat's Paw (villain); Cartier (villain); Hanson (villain); Frank (villain)
Synopsis: Seeing his friend and teacher killed before his eyes, The Angel attempts to track down the killer and discovers a new and sinister villain behind the killing: The Cat's Paw.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Continued next issue.

Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

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