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Issue: Sub-Mariner Comics #4
Publication Date: January 1941
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Issues: #4 of 32 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/12/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Angel [Thomas Halloway] (inset); Nazis
First Line: Swung by mighty Sub-Mariner, the torpedo was a terrible weapon!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner #1 [Regular Edition] published June 2005
as Sub-Mariner Comics #4 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner #1 [Regular Edition] published June 2005
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Do You Want a Kick out of Reading?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Human Torch; Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner #1 [Regular Edition] published June 2005
as Do You Want a Kick out of Reading? [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for an unidentified issue of Marvel Mystery Comics.
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Murders by Ghost Light

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Gleaming Ghost [Dr. Howard] (villain, introduction); Ruth Prentiss (introduction)
Synopsis: Sub-Mariner comes across an island hospital where a doctor is haunting the patients, attempting to devalue the property, so that he can buy it for a song and then announce that the ghost sightings were just pranks.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner #1 [Regular Edition] published June 2005
as Murders by Ghost Light [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
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Don't Delay Another Second!

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's Sentinels of Liberty
Character(s): Captain America
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner #1 [Regular Edition] published June 2005
as Don't Delay Another Second! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Cap's fan club.
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The Horror That Walked

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Horror [Dacio] (villain, introduction, death)
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner #1 [Regular Edition] published June 2005
as The Horror That Walked [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: story influenced by Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN
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Fresh Meat for a Raider!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The ocean was slick as a lake, and the tiny time-rusted tramp steamer, plugging westward, was the only thing to be seen on the huge bowl of blue.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner #1 [Regular Edition] published June 2005
as Fresh Meat for a Raider! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: Primal Spillane: Early Stories 1941-1942 (Gryphon Books, 2004 series)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
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Statement of Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Martin Goodman listed as managing editor; Abraham Goodman listed as business manager. Martin Goodman listed as owner of Timely Comics, Inc.

Appears on second page of text story.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pop's Woppers
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner #1 [Regular Edition] published June 2005
as Pop's Woppers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Death's Merry-Go-Round!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel [Thomas Halloway]; Robert Goom (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner #1 [Regular Edition] published June 2005
as Death's Merry-Go-Round! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Script and letters credit from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Tonsil Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dr. Dimwit (introduction)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagA Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics #[nn] published January 1981
as My tonsils rattle when I talk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner #1 [Regular Edition] published June 2005
as Tonsil Trouble [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Flaming to the Front!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch; Toro
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner #1 [Regular Edition] published June 2005
as Flaming to the Front! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Human Torch #6.

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