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Issue: Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1
Publication Date: January 2012
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Issues: #1 of 2 Issues (3 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/11/2012
Volume: 1
Pages: 292
ISBN: 9780785150527
UPC/EAN: 978078515052752999
Price: $32.99 CAD
$29.99 USD
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Content Items: 75 (30 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Reprints Marvel Comics (Marvel, 1939 Series) #1 and Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 Series) #2-4.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
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Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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reprinted 47 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Human Torch
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Comics #1 [1st Printing] published October 1939
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This cover is a painted version of the original cover of Marvel Comics #1.
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The Marvel Masterworks Library

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Marvel Masterworks Presents Golden Age Marvel Comics

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Title page.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; the Nazis
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Detail from the cover of Marvel Mystery Comics #4.
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Indicia

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Indicia of the volume.
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Credits/Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: What you hold in your hands is both a marvel - and a mystery!
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2004
was Introduction [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
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This Month...

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Human Torch
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Comics #1 [1st Printing] published October 1939
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Now I'll Tell One!
First Line: I use'ta live in a penthouse!!!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Comics #1 [1st Printing] published October 1939
was [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five single panel gag cartoons. Also includes the indicia.
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Origin of the Human Torch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Prof. Phineas T. Horton (introduction); Mr. Harris (businessman); Tony Sardo (villain, introduction, death), Red (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: After the Scientist's Guild convinces inventor Horton to dispose of his new creation, a "human torch", a clever criminal figures out a way to use this creation for his own evil purposes.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Comics #1 [1st Printing] published October 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: First Human Torch history. The Human Torch wears a blue uniform in this story. He doesn't adopt the Jim Hammond identity until issue #4.
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The Six Big Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway] (introduction); Lil (introduction); The Six Big Men [Gus Ronson; Mike Malone; John Dillon; Trigger Bolo; Steve Enkel; Dutch Hanson] (villains, introduction for all, all die); the Big Boss [Dr. Lang] (villain, introduction); Bud; Shorty
First Line: You're finished, Bud - so say your prayers!
Synopsis: The Angel is called in to handle a group known as the "Six Big Men" and their mysterious leader who have taken over an entire city.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Comics #1 [1st Printing] published October 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: First Angel history. Writer credit revised from Paul Gustavson to Ray Gill ?. Gustavson was an artist ONLY. Although the Who's Who lists no writer for 1939, Ray Gill wrote the series in 1940 and this story may have been by him.
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Origin of the Sub-Mariner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor] (introduction and origin); Anderson; Rod Nelson (death); Carley (death); Princess Fen (flashback, introduction); Emperor Tha-Korr (introduction, un-named in story); Dorma (introduction); Karal
First Line: Here is the Sub-Mariner!
Synopsis: Prince Namor, having learned of what the race of white men once did to his undersea kingdom, vows, and is encouraged, to make war on the surface dwellers.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Comics #1 [1st Printing] published October 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: First Namor history.
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Origin of the Masked Raider

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Masked Raider
Character(s): The Masked Raider [Jim Gardley] (introduction and origin); Lightning (Raider's horse); Steve (Sheriff); Lordin (rancher); Mr. Bleck (rancher, death); Mrs. Bleck (death); Cal Brunder (villain, introduction); Slick (villain); Rowdy (villain); Bends
First Line: Cal Bruder, powerful ruler of Cactusville, is attempting to force all of the smaller ranchers to sell out to him, at his own price Brunder send his gun-men to call on Jim Gardley
Synopsis: When Cal Brunder, who has been forcing small ranchers in Cactusville to sell out his price, sends his men to the ranch of Jim Gardley. When Gardley won't sell, he has a phony charge of rustling leveled against him.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Comics #1 [1st Printing] published October 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: First Masked Raider history. Writer revision from Al Anders to ? Anders was an artist only, and the Who's Who lists no writer for this strip.
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Jungle Terror: A Complete Adventure Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Ken Masters; Professor John Roberts; Tim Roberts; John Crafton (villain, death); Mike (villain, death); Slug (villain, death)
First Line: At the Florida plantation home of Professor Roberts, Ken Masters and Tim Roberts, the Professor's nephew are talking....
Synopsis: Ken and Tim are worried about Professor Roberts, who went into the Amazon jungle three months earlier, trying to locate a certain Indian tribe that had in its possession a diamond with hypnotic powers.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Comics #1 [1st Printing] published October 1939
was Jungle Terror: A Complete Adventure Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Burning Rubber

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Bill Williams; Fred Turner; C. G. Clark; Ruth Clerk; Ann
First Line: The crowd roared... with laughter!
Synopsis: Bill has invented a new gas feeder for his race car and is testing it out.... at the risk of his own life!
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Comics #1 [1st Printing] published October 1939
was Burning Rubber [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Origin of Ka-Zar

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Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Ka-Zar I [David Rand] (introduction, origin); John Rand; Constance Rand (introduction for both, both die, Ka-Zar's parents); Zar (a lion, introduction); Chaka [a gorilla, introduction]; Trajah [an elephant, introduction]; N'Jaga [a leopard, introduction]; Paul De Kraft (villain, introduction); Mubangi
First Line: John Rand, young owner of a rich diamond field in the Transvaal, is flying from Johannesburg to Cairo with his wife and their three-year-old son David.
Synopsis: A plane crashes in the jungle of the Belgian Congo, and a young boy named David, watches his mother die, and later his father, at the hands of Paul De Kraft. The youngster is trained in survival tactics by his father and is later re-named Ka-Zar, brother of the mighty Zar, a lion whose life he once saved.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Comics #1 [1st Printing] published October 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: First Ka-Zar history. Adapted from Bob Byrd's "King of Fang and Claw" (KA-ZAR pulp magazine) #1). Writer credit revised from Ben Thompson to ?. Thompson was an artist only and the Who's Who does not list a writer for the strip.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]
First Line: With a tremendous leap, the Angel catches the bomber's landing gear...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #2 published December 1939
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Silver Streak Comics #1
Character(s): The Claw
First Line: Look for the SILVER Cover!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #2 published December 1939
was [untitled] [Advertisement on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a reproduction of the cover to Silver Streak Comics #1. Silver Streak was also a Funnies, Inc. production early on, and there is a complementary ad for Marvel Mystery Comics #2 (this issue) on the inside back cover of Silver Streak Comics #1.
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Murder at the Racetrack

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Human Torch (origin retold in flashback); Professor Horton; Lola (girlfriend of Blackie Ross, introduction); Johnson (introduction, prison con and former racecar driver); Blackie Ross (villain, introduction); Red
First Line: After finishing my robot, which is the nearest thing to a human being I have ever seen, I was shocked to see him burst into a super-hot flame every time he came in contact with oxygen!
Synopsis: The Torch must battle a racketeer who wants his racing car to win so badly that he uses an airplane that fires incendiary bullets into the other cars.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #2 published December 1939
was Murder at the Racetrack [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: The Human Torch still wears his blue uniform. He doeswn't adopt the Jim Hammond identity until issue #4.
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The Treasure of Alano

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Jane Framan (introduction); Lelong [as Sumner] (villain, introduction)
First Line: The mysterious enchantment of the China Sea is broken by the low moan of the fog-horn on the S. S. Oregon as she docks at Hong Kong....
Synopsis: The Angel saves a woman's life. She has a map with a curse on it, as it reveals the location of a treasure connected to the lost temple of Alano.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #2 published December 1939
was The Treasure of Alano [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Writer credit revised from Paul Gustavson to Ray Gill ?. Gustavson was ONLY an artist. While the Who's Who doesn't list a writer for the strip in 1939, Ray Gill did write the strip in 1940 and MAY be this story's writer.
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Attack on New York City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Pinkerton; Miss Drayson; Foley (Policeman, death); Tom
First Line: Namor dives from a stolen plane
Synopsis: Namor heads for New York City, and while he is securing a disguise, a young woman accidently sets her dress ablaze with a cigarette. Deciding that she can be of value to him in his avowed war against the Americans, he kidnaps her from the hospital and takes her to his undersea kingdom.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #2 published December 1939
was Attack on New York City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Town of Wanted Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Masked Raider
Character(s): The Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; un-named Sheriff; "Hook" Tebbs (villain, introduction); Tex (villain); Miguel (villain); Shorty; Dead Shot
First Line: Nestling in a valley protected by rocky mountains lay the headquarters of a town of wanted men - for years they have been harassing and robbing the ranches and nearby towns of Rawhide Range-
Synopsis: The Raider disguises himself as a fugitive in order to infiltrate a gang that has been harrassing and robbing ranches in several towns.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #2 published December 1939
was The Town of Wanted Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Origin of the American Ace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): American Ace [Perry Wade] (introduction); Minister of Castile D'or (death); Queen Ursula (villain, introduction), Josef (villain, introduction); Monarch of Attainia
First Line: Not so many years ago a bloody conflict was waged in Europe a conflict in which fifteen million humans perished!!!
Synopsis: Queen Ursula of Castile D'or, whose empire was shattered when she lost her colonies during WWI, plans revenge.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #2 published December 1939
was Origin of the American Ace [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Death-Bird Squadron

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]; the Nazis (villains, some die)
First Line: The night was calm, quiet, and the civilian populace of that little Polish town was going about its business as usual.
Synopsis: The Angel takes matters into his own hands against the Nazis, who, without warning, attack the Polish town of Grybow.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #2 published December 1939
was Death-Bird Squadron [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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The Battle with Bardak

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Zar (a lion); Sha (lion mate of Zar); Trajah (an elephant); Zoro (a lion cub); Chaka (an ape); Kru (a vulture); Bardak (villain, introduction, an ape, death); Tupat; Ganya
First Line: After the death of his parents, David Rand goes to live with Zar, the lion, whose life he once saved.
Synopsis: After the death of his parents, Ka-Zar goes to live in the cave of his friend, Zar, but soon faces Bardak, who has found a mirror in the abandoned tent of De Kraft and refuses to relinquish it. Ka-Zar takes it from him and Bardak swears revenge.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #2 published December 1939
was The Battle with Bardak [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): All in Fun
First Line: It ain't fair! - You can't toin me out on a night like dis.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #2 published December 1939
was [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five single page gag cartoons.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Loony Laffs!
Character(s): Prof. Mysto
First Line: Which of you two was drivin' that crate?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #2 published December 1939
was [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five single page gag cartoons.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Filler page with Timely Comics logo.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]
First Line: Unaware of death behind him, the Angel went into action
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #3 published January 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Menace from Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Human Torch; Mr. Carson (introduction, owner of the Carson Explosive Company, death); Diane Carson (daughter of Mr. Carson); the Martians (villains, introduction); Captain Ott (villain, introduction, a Martian); Mr. Ritton (villain, introduction, agent of the planet Mars on Earth, death)
First Line: The streamline train, Comet, cracks out a speedy rhythm, as her nose heads for Texas!
Synopsis: After an attack on New York by Martians, the Torch decides that a new explosive called Trinitrotoluol is probably better off in the hands of the Martians rather than allowing it to remain on Earth.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #3 published January 1940
was The Menace from Mars [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Torch wears a blue costume. He doesn't adopt the Jim Hammond identity until issue #4.
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The Voodoo Sacrifice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]; The Sacred One (villain, introduction, death); a voodoo cult (villains, introduction)
First Line: Voodoo drums of sacrifice beat louder and more vigorously every second but a few miles from the great city of New York....
Synopsis: The Angel must battle a voodoo cult that has kidnapped young women to sacrifice to their fire god.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #3 published January 1940
was The Voodoo Sacrifice [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Writer revision from Paul Gustavson to ?. Gustavson was the artist for this story, but not the writer. The Who's Who identifies Ray Gill as writer of the strip in 1940 and MAY be the writer here.
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Enter: Betty Dean

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Prince Namor, Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Inspector Peterson; Betty Dean (introduction); Esther; a Nazi U-boat crew (villains, introduction for all, all die)
First Line: In the offices of the harbor police:
Synopsis: The police concoct a plan to use police officer Betty Dean as bait in a trap to capture the Sub-Mariner, but instead she convinces Namor to fight for the Allies in the war.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #3 published January 1940
was Enter: Betty Dean [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Land Grabbers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Masked Raider
Character(s): Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Barney (the sheriff); Jeb Barnes; Dan Barnes; Jed Sirrah (villain, introduction, death?); Brace (villain); Dan (villain)
First Line: Thet's our answer! - We wont sell our ranch to your company!
Synopsis: The Raider has to deal with a group of outlaws trying to run a man off his run-down ranch in order to get to gold buried in the hills and oil deposits as well. The outlaws decide to frame the owner and have the sheriff run him off.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #3 published January 1940
was The Land Grabbers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Writer revision from Al Anders to ?. Anders was an artist only and the Who's Who lists no writer for the strip.
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Origin of the American Ace, Part 2

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Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): American Ace [Perry Wade] (Origin, Part 2); Jeanie; Queen Ursula (villain); Josef
First Line: As roaring flames lick up the ruins of a once beautiful city - Perry Wade, American, wanders the streets...
Synopsis: Perry takes the girl he saved last month back to her father and sister, then heads back to his fight against Queen Ursula. However, he is seriously wounded, but returns and is tended to by Jeanie.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #3 published January 1940
was Origin of the American Ace, Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Last golden age American Ace story. A similar or reworked feature titled Lieutenant Lank appears at Centaur in Amazing Mystery Funnies #24 and The Arrow #2.
Next appearance in All-Winners Squad: Band of Heroes (Marvel, 2011 series) #4.
Writer revision from Paul Lauretta to ?. Lauretta was an artist and the Who's Who lists no writer for the strip.
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Siegfried Suicide

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Sgt. Bill Stern; the Germans (villains)
First Line: "All right, let's go!" shouted top-sergeant Bill Stern to the men in his company.
Synopsis: Sgt. Stern and his company of men attempt to smash a hole through the German fortifications along the Siegfried Line.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #3 published January 1940
was Siegfried Suicide [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Story set in World War I.
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Third Episode

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Steve Hardy (introduction); Tuta (an elephant); Trajah (an elephant); Quog (a wild hog); N'Jaga (a leopard); Paul DeKraft (villain); Gwambi
First Line: One day a caravan, led by a white man, crosses the mountains and rocky gorges to the east of Ka-Zar's jungle home.
Synopsis: A hunter who has enlisted the aid of local natives in his search for game has a hard time convincing those natives that it was a man [Ka-Zar] who was interfering with their hunt, and not a jungle god as they thought.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #3 published January 1940
was Third Episode [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Story continued next issue. Writer revision from Ben Thompson to ?. Thompson was an artist and the Who's Who lists no writer for this strip.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Nazis
First Line: Like lightning, the Sub-Mariner attacked!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #4 published February 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Marvel Comics' Free $25.00 Prize Contest

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (The Editor)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #4 published February 1940
was Marvel Comics' Free $25.00 Prize Contest [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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New York Hit by Green Flame

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hamond]; Inspector Reiss; Clancy (Policeman); Johnson; Maizie (introduction, underecover Policewoman); Dr. Manyac (villain, introduction); the Green Flames (villains, introduction for all, some deaths)
First Line: The Human Torch scientific marvel and master of all flame, steps on the gas sending his auto hurtling over the smooth highway toward New York to help expose a new and terrifying menace --- the Green Flame!
Synopsis: Torch has to deal with the threats of Dr. Manyac, who plans to use the Green Flames as a tool to exact revenge if his demands are not met.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #4 published February 1940
was New York Hit by Green Flame [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Torch assumes Jim Hammond identity, and still wears blue uniform.
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Butch the Giant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Butch (villain, introduction, death, a giant); Rickie (villain, death); Brink (villain, introduction); Weasel (villain, death)
First Line: 'Devil's Playground' -- harbor of notorious criminals, killers and every imaginable menace to civilization... covering but a few square blocks... yet controlling an entire city!
Synopsis: The Angel ventures into the Devil's Playground, which harbors killers, murderers, and every other imaginable menace to civilization in order to battle a giant who carries out the gruesome activities.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #4 published February 1940
was Butch the Giant [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Writer revision from Paul Gustavson to ?. The Who's Who only lists Gustavson only for art on this strip, and also lists Ray Gill as the only writer in 1940, and this story may be by him.
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The Sub-Mariner Goes to War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Dean; Petrod; Tha-Korr; Council of Three (introduction, Atlantean rulers); the Nazis (villains); Tim; Barbara
First Line: I wish you could stay with us awhile before you return to your home in the Antarctic, Namor - you could do a lot to help stop this terrible war!
Synopsis: Betty, concerned with what effect the Nazi submarine warfare has had on ocean-going travel and commerce, enlists the aid of the Sub-Mariner and his aerial subs to deal with the problem.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #4 published February 1940
was The Sub-Mariner Goes to War [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Claim Jumpers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Masked Raider
Character(s): The Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Lightning; Zeb; Luke; Manuel; Ben; Buck; Sharpie
First Line: Gold! Yippee! Gold!
Synopsis: A couple of prospectors discover a large gold deposit on their property but are threatened by local crooks trying to locate the claim.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #4 published February 1940
was The Claim Jumpers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Writer revision from Al Anders to ?. The Who's Who lists no writers for this strip and Anders was an artist only.
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Warning Enough

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Steve Naylor; Jim Stinson; "Slip" Rodney (villain)
First Line: Steve twisted his wheel as the car sped toward Elbow Turn on Shade Mountain, and clamped down slightly on the brake pedal.
Synopsis: Steve picks up a hitchhiker along side a road, not knowing that he is a wanted killer.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #4 published February 1940
was Warning Enough [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Disclose Notes: The statement of ownership is printed in the last column of the story.
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Statement of ownership, management, circulation, etc.

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Statement of ownership of "Marvel Mystery Comics, published monthly, at Buffalo, New York, for October 1, 1939."
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #4 published February 1940
was Statement of ownership, management, circulation, etc. [Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: All addresses for Martin and Abraham Goodman as well as for Timely Publications given as 330 W. 42nd St., N. Y. C.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Electro, The Marvel of the Age
Character(s): Electro (introduction, origin, a robot); Prof. Philo Zog (Electro's creator); the twelve Secret Operatives (introduction); Dick Gardner (secret operative #3); Little Joyce Lovely; Hymie "The Weasel" Pazetto (villain, introduction); Mike; Toby; Mrs. Lovely
First Line: Prof. Philo Zog, Mechanical Wizard and electrical genius, has contrived a marvelous robot, or mechanical man -- all-powerful and intelligent.
Synopsis: Professor Zog creates a marvelous robot, all-powerful and intelligent, as a means of helping humanity banish all crime and evil. Electro's first task is to rescue a kidnapped child actress.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #4 published February 1940
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: First Electro story. Writer revision from Steve Dahlman to ?. The Who's Who lists no writer for this strip.
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Quest for a Crime Boss

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Ferret (introduction); Lynn Froehm; Doc Wagner (villain, introduction); Knuckles Johnson (villain, death); Prima; Prosser
First Line: Ferret, well-known author and private investigator is spending an evening at home, a remodeled stable in Greenwich Village....
Synopsis: Our hero faces a challenge from the underworld, which hasn't taken a liking to his "crime doesn't pay" articles and is out robbing and killing people for jewelry.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #4 published February 1940
was Quest for a Crime Boss [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First Ferret story.
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Fourth Episode [Return of the Oman]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Zar (a lion); Chaka (ape leader); N'Jaga (a leopard); Sinessa (a snake); Kru (a vulture); Trajah (an elephant); Paul De Kraft [aka Fat Face] (villain); Ed Kivlin (villain, introduction)
First Line: Paul De Kraft, renegade emerald hunter, who killed Ka-Zar's father when he found the man and his young son lost in the wild African jungle, plans to return to the Belgian Congo.
Synopsis: De Kraft returns to the Belgian Congo, where, years earlier, he had killed Ka-Zar's father, and when Ka-Zar spots him, he swears revenge. De Kraft uses deadly tactics to deal with the natives who want to desert him because they fear retribution from the "Jungle God."
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #4 published February 1940
was Fourth Episode [Return of the Oman] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story continued in the next issue. Bracketed story title found in the last panel of story in Marvel Mystery #3. Writer revision from Ben Thompson to ?. The Who's Who does not list a writer for this strip.
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Martin Goodman's first title bearing the name "Marvel,"...

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Original cover of pulp magazine Marvel Science Stories #1.
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Marvel Science Stories #2

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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Marvel Science Stories #3

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Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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Marvel Science Stories #4

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Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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Marvel Science Stories #5

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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Marvel Tales #6

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 0.25
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Marvel Tales Vol. 2 #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 0.25
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Marvel Tales Vol. 2 #2

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Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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Marvel Tales Vol. 2 #3

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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Ka-Zar #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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Ka-Zar #3

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Actually, this is the cover of Ka-Zar #2.
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Short-lived as a pulp hero, Ka-Zar...

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Reprint of the cover of pulp magazine Ka-Zar #3.
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Set on idea that "The Angel"...

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Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Angel Detective
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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Uncanny Tales #1 (April-May 1939) and Mystery Tales Vol.3 #2 (Sept. 1939)...

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Credits
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Sister pulp to Marvel Science Stories, Dynamic Science Stories...

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 0.25
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Echoing decades into the Future, Star Detective Magazine...

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Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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Today a copy of Marvel Comics #1 will cost you...

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 0.75
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Still trying to spin the title "The Angel"...

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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Also produced by the Funnies, Inc. shop...

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for Marvel Mystery Comics #2, with reprinted cover.
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From Content Item: FlagSilver Streak Comics #1 published December 1939
was Here's Marvel Comics [Advertisement on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An ad for this issue exists on the inside front cover of Marvel Mystery Comics #2. Early issues of Silver Streak Comics are believe to have been produced by Funnies, Inc., which also produced the early Marvel [Mystery] Comics.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch
First Line: A hot seller, Marvel Comics #1...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Comics #1 [1st Printing] published October 1939
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 2nd printing cover of Marvel Comics #1.
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One of Martin Goodman's most tenured cover artists and illustrators, Norman Saunders...

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Original cover art of Marvel Science Stories #4.
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Marvel Comics #1, "The Sub-Mariner" page 12 original art

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Marvel Mystery Comics #2 unused cover rough

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Marvel Mystery Comics #2 cover photostat...

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel
First Line: During the early days of comics,...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Carl Burgos' watercolor sketch...

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Next in The Line of Classics From...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The X-Men
Character(s): The X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Nightcrawler; Colossus]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside Backcover. Cover of The X-Men #126 as recolored for the paperback Masterworks edition.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Human Torch; The Angel; The Sub-Mariner
First Line: The Marvel Masterworks proudly presents...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Comics #1 [1st Printing] published October 1939
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #2 published December 1939
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #3 published January 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #4 published February 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Reprints covers from Marvel Comics #1 and Marvel Mystery Comics #2-4.

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