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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #9
Publication Date: July 1940
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Issues: #9 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Publications
On Sale Date: 05/17/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 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. 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S. (through about early 1944, narrower thereafter)
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Human Torch vs. Sub-Mariner

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #8 published April 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]60% size
In Content Item: FlagMarvel 65th Anniversary Special #1 published September 2004
as Marvel Mystery Comics [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover modified
In Content Item: FlagMarvel 65th Anniversary Special #1 published September 2004
as Human Torch Vs. Sub-Mariner [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as Human Torch vs. Sub-Mariner [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as Marvel Mystery Comics #9 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Schomburg pencils per atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Bill Everett.
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Good News!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, superhero
Feature(s): Mystic Comics #3 & Daring Mystery Comics #5
Character(s): Blue Blaze [Spencer Keen]; Falcon [Carl Burgess]; Blue Blaze [Spencer Keen] (inset); Hercules [David] (inset); Flexo (inset); Invisible Man [Dr. Gade] (inset); Dakor (inset); Dynamic Man [Curt Cowan]
Synopsis: Promotional ads, with covers, for Mystic Comics #3 and Daring Mystery Comics #5.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as Good News! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Human Torch versus the Sub-Mariner: The Battle of the Comic Century!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Dean; un-named Police Chief; Police Chemist Frasier
Synopsis: Embittered when the police commissioner calls him afraid for not bringing in the Sub-Mariner as he promised, the Torch, with Betty, tracks down Namor and a battle royal begins that ends with the Fiery Fury being captured by Namor in an airless glass tube.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #8 published April 1967
as The Human Torch versus the Sub-Mariner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel 65th Anniversary Special #1 published September 2004
as The Human Torch Versus the Sub-Mariner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as The Human Torch versus the Sub-Mariner: The Battle of the Comic Century! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Part 3 of Human Torch/Sub-Mariner battle which is concluded next issue. The last page asks readers to submit their ideas about a solution to the problem of Torch being in a translite tube while the Sub-Mariner can't leave the premises allowing someone to release him.
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The Mad Doctor of Carlburg

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]; unnamed girl; Hans; unnamed inn keeper; an unnamed scientist (villain); a beast man (villain, death); a gorilla (villain, death)
Synopsis: The Angel becomes involved in a situation in which townspeople believe that a vampire is at work, when all along it is a mad scientist who desires to transplant the brain of a young woman into a gorilla.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as The Mad Doctor of Carlburg [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who states that only Gill was a writer on the feature in 1940 and this story may be by him.
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The Stagecoach Bandits

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): The Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Lightning (the Raider's horse); Mexican Pete; Pecos Bill; un-named Sheriff; Shep Mason and his gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: The Raider involves himself in a case wherein gold shipments from a mining camp have been waylaid and then end up being turned into the local assay office for cash payment.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as The Stagecoach Bandits [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who lists NO writer for this strip.
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High Steel

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Juan Matilla; Jim Holland; Nat McCord; O'Reilly
Synopsis: Nat McCord finds himself victim from an unlikely source during an unexpected payroll robbery.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as High Steel [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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On the Planet Ligra

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Electro; Professor Philo Zog; Jago and his Dragon-Men (villains, all die); Queen Nara of Ligra [Nara Gale] (introduction); Gor; Lion People of Ligra; Jago and his Dragon Men (villains, all die)
Synopsis: Electro and the professor are taken to the planet Ligra, where they are forced to engage in battle against Queen Nara.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as On the Planet Ligra [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who lists no writer for this strip.
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The Trouble at Stacey Cleaners

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Ferret; Stacey; Hook (villain, introduction); Frankie (villain, introduction); Martin (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Ferret must act quickly against a gang of crooks who are waging a vicious campaign against Stacey Cleaners.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as The Trouble at Stacey Cleaners [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Rescue of Rita Grey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Zar [a lion]; N'Jaga [a leopard]; Trajah [an elephant]; Chadak [a baboon]; Rita Grey (introduction); Mr. Grey (introduction, Rita's father)
Synopsis: Ka-Zar helps a young girl make her way back to her father, having to evade attacks by a tribe of wild Wabis on the way.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as The Rescue of Rita Grey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who lists NO writer for this strip.
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The Underworld

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: This fact featurette features creatures that provide as much drama and adventures as do crooks in the real world, creatures such as the shrimp, long-legged crabs and the octopus.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #3 [Regular Edition] published January 2008
as The Underworld [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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