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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #5
Publication Date: March 1940
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Issues: #5 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Publications
On Sale Date: 01/17/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Martin Goodman
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 440900.
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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
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
First Line: Like a flaming comet, the Human Torch streaked to the rescue!
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as Marvel Mystery Comics #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Orton Medical Mission

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): Carl Burgos ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Johnson; Tom; Blake (villain introduction, death); Hank (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: A medical emergency and crisis in the city of Orton during a blizzard forces the Torch to make a trip to that town with a plane full of medical supplies. Unfortunately, the plane crash lands and the supplies are stolen by a couple of escaped convicts.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as The Orton Medical Mission [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Torch finally in red uniform.
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Adventure of the Overturned Cars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson ?; Ray Gill ?
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Angel
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Miss Mary; Mulligan (Policeman); Slugger (villain, introduction); Nick (villain, introduction); their gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: The Angel rescues a girl and prevents a gang of bank robbers from successfully making a getaway with their loot.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as Adventure of the Overturned Cars [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Oddity: the Angel appears bare-legged in this story.
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On the Side of the Surface Men

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): Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Dean; Tha-Korr; Lt. Mogar; Mills Gilligan (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Namor, after successfully ending the mine and sub menace in the Atlantic, briefly visits home, then heads back to America to help out with ending non-war related crime. But on his arrival, he is immediately taken prisoner until Betty Dean convinces the authorities to release him to deal with criminals that have flooded the city's subway system.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as On the Side of the Surface Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story continued next issue.
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Mystery of the Poisoned Arrows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Anders ?
Penciller(s): Al Anders [as Anders] (signed)
Inker(s): Al Anders [as Anders] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Masked Raider
Character(s): The Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Ben Wallis; Sam (deputy, death); Grimsey (villain, introduction); Manuel (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Raider must deduce the reason behind a series of murders by poisoned arrow that occur close to election day.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as Mystery of the Poisoned Arrows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from last panel in strip found in Marvel Mystery #4.
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It's in the Cards

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Ramsey [as H. Ramsey] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Ramsey [as H. Ramsey] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ace Carver; Alice Carver; Billy Creele; "Slit" Kincaid (villain)
Synopsis: Ace Carver, a member of the "Clever Carvers," a performing troupe involved in card tricks and memory stunts, trys to woo a young kid away from the clutches of the evil "Slit" Kincaid by agreeing to teach him their tricks of the trade.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as It's in the Cards! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Illustration at top of text piece.
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The Tyrant of Torpis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Dahlman ?
Penciller(s): Steve Dahlman [as Dahl] (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Dahlman [as Dahl] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Electro The Marvel of the Age
Character(s): Electro; Dr. Phil Zog; King Sangor; Bill (Operative #4); Kalph Belgri (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Professor Zog informs Operatives #1 and #4 that he is going to dispatch them and Electro to the Republic of Molivia, which has been invaded by the armies of Kalph Belgri, who seeks to control that nation.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as The Tyrant of Torpis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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King of the Counterfeiters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Davis [as Stockbridge Winslow] (signed)
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen [as I. Hasen] (signed)
Inker(s): Irwin Hasen [as I. Hasen] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Ferret, Mystery Detective
Character(s): Ferret; Nosey (a ferret); Little Frankie (death); Rickey (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The death of an underground stoolie and a piece of blank paper lead Ferret to a major counterfeiting ring.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as King of the Counterfeiters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 [unnamed variant] published July 2009
as King of the Counterfeiters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Fifth Episode [Return of the Oman]

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]; John Rand (cameo); Zar (a lion); N'Jaga (a leopard); Nono (a monkey); Paul De Kraft [aka Fat Face] (villain, death); Ed Kivlin (villain, death); Aroangi (villain); Bawala (villain)
Synopsis: When De Kraft learns that David Rand [aka Ka-Zar] still lives, he tracks down the "Jungle God" and takes him captive, arranging a rather protracted and cruel death for him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as Fifth Episode [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Character created by Bob Byrd.

The bracketed story title was given in the last panel of the Ka-Zar story in Marvel Mystery #3.

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