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Human Torch vs. Sub-Mariner

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]

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Notes: Illustration from Human Torch / Sub-Mariner story from Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 Series) #9 page 1.

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Introduction

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Marvel Mystery Comics #9

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]

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Good News!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Blue Blaze [Spencer Keen]; Falcon [Carl Burgess]

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Notes: Promotional ads, with covers, for Mystic Comics #3 and Daring Mystery Comics #5.

The Human Torch versus the Sub-Mariner: The Battle of the Comic Century!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Betty Dean; Frasier

Synopsis: Embittered when the police commissioner calls Torch afraid for not bringing in the Sub-Mariner as he promised, the Torch and Betty track down Namor, and a battle royale begins that ends with the Torch being captured by Namor in an airless glass tube.

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The Mad Doctor of Carlburg

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Hans (villain)

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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Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

The Stagecoach Bandits

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Genres: western

Character(s): Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Mexican Pete; Pecos Bill; Shep Mason

Synopsis: The Masked Raider involves himself in a case wherein gold shipments from a mining camp have been waylaid, then end up being turned into the local assay office for cash payment.

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High Steel

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Nat McCord; Juan Matilla; Jim Holland; O'Reilly

Synopsis: Nat McCord finds himself victim from an unlikely source during an unexpected payroll robbery.

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On the Planet Ligra

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Electro the Marvel of the Age

Character(s): Electro; Professor Philo Zog; Queen Nara [Nara Gale]; Gor; Jago; Zoor

Synopsis: Electro and the professor are taken to the planet Ligra, where they are forced to engage in battle against Queen Nara.

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The Trouble at Stacey Cleaners

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Genres: mystery

Character(s): Ferret; Stacey; Hook; Frankie; Martin

Synopsis: Ferret must act quickly against a gang of crooks who are waging a vicious campaign against Stacey Cleaners.

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The Rescue of Rita Grey

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Genres: jungle

Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Zar; Rita Grey; Mr. Grey

Synopsis: Ka-Zar helps a young girl make her way back to her father, having to evade attacks by a tribe of Wabis.

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The Underworld

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Genres: 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.

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Marvel Mystery Comics #10

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]

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The Result of the Most Famous Battle in Comic Magazines

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Betty Dean

Synopsis: Trapped in a translite tube, the Torch is saved only by the intervention of Betty Dean, which ends the battle between him and Namor.

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The Gasoline Profiteering Racket

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Tom; Mr. Atwell; Palmer ; Limpy; Riley

Synopsis: Torch must battle a gas syndicate that tries to raise the price of gasoline and bombs any gas station refusing to go along.

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Hostilities Renewed

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Captain Bob; Luther Robinson; Lynne Harris; Tha-Korr; Dorma; Stevens

Synopsis: Because of Namor's seeming inability to handle the Torch, he is suspended from all active service. Meanwhile, a group of hardened ice field seamen, led by Luther Robinson, seeks out the Sub-Mariner to destroy him.

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The Ghouls of the Blue Ridge Mountains

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]

Synopsis: The Angel must cope with weird "devils of the mist", who have been released from the bowels of the earth by a volcano, and who are kidnapping young women topside to sacrifice to that volcano.

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Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Master of the Living Dead

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Electro, the Marvel of the Age

Character(s): Electro; Professor Philo Zog; Dr. Bruno Varoz

Synopsis: Electro is called into service to battle an evil, now insane, ex-genius of brain surgery, stationed in an old castle off the coast of Cuba, who has created artificial blood.

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Tiger Trail

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Tiger Travis; Miles Gudgeon

Synopsis: Miles Gudgeon is on the run after murdering a young boy over a handful of pearls.

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Treachery in Two Forks

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Genres: western

Character(s): Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Jonathan Gregg; Sally

Synopsis: A criminal who has fatally wounded a tax collector sees the Raider and works out a scheme to convince the sheriff that the Raider is the murderer...all as a blind to steal the tax money himself.

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The Murder of a Man without a Will

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Genres: mystery

Character(s): Terry Vance (introduction); Dr. Watson (introduction); Gregory

Synopsis: While Terry Vance, the Boy of a Hundred Hobbies, works on an experiment, he hears a police call of someone murdered in a penthouse. Investigating, he discovers the man has been murdered by "remote control."

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A Visit from Scotland Yard

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Genres: jungle

Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Zar; "London" Jack

Synopsis: A wanted criminal captures two Scotland Yard detectives and leaves them for dead, while he attempts to fly out of the jungle to freedom.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Our Hall of Shame

Character(s): Dan Druff; "Jolly Joe" Josh; Clem Chowder; Professor O. U. Chiseler; Oscar Tittle

First Line: Clem Chowder, the All American Screw-Ball,...

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Notes: Features a series of humorous inventors and the problems their inventions have caused.

Marvel Mystery Comics #11

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]

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4 Big Favorite Magazines - Action Packed!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Marvel Boy; Fiery Mask [Jack Castle]; Red Raven; Hercules [David]

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Notes: Promotional illustrated ad with covers for Mystic Comics #4, Daring Mystery Comics #6, and Red Raven Comics #1, and the Fiery Mask series.

Plague in the Slums

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Dr. Stone; Reed; Casey; Tom; Frank Simmons; Roddy; Skeets

Synopsis: The Torch takes the law into his own hands, when, against orders, he helps a doctor burn down plague-infected slum housing.

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The Capture of Luther Robinson

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Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Mr. Martin; Tha-Korr; Dorma; Princess Fen; Luther Robinson; Mickey; Lynne Harris

Synopsis: Luther Robinson follows Namor back to his Antarctic home and attempts to capture him, dead or alive, but is eventually taken prisoner. He is informed that his girlfriend is also being held to insure he will not try to escape justice.

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A Nestful of Loot

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Genres: western

Character(s): Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Billy Horton

Synopsis: A series of robberies confounds the Raider until a dog unintentionally helps solve the case.

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Rajah Sarput's Hunt

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Genres: jungle

Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Zar; Jim VanGelder; Rajah Sarput; Bradley

Synopsis: When an evil man named Sarput takes possession of a large tract of land in the Belgian Congo jungle, Ka-Zar and Zar do battle with him to prevent the slaughter or capture of many animals, only to be taken prisoner themselves.

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Mayhem at the Midget Race Track

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Genres: mystery

Character(s): Terry Vance; Dr. Watson; Deadline Dawson

Synopsis: A group of gamblers injects mercury into the tires of race cars in order to cause accidents and fix races for profit.

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Murder Is an Accident

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Dr. James; Nurse Cassidy; Francis Thomason

Synopsis: The fact that five of the leading physicians in the area had died in fatal accidents the last two weeks didn't bother Dr. James...that is, until he suddenly is visited by a rather strange patient.

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The Devils of the Mist

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]

Synopsis: The Angel is captured by a group of inhuman monsters, who take him to their abode, where he meets a beautiful girl dressed in ancient green garb. He learns the creatures destroyed her civilization 4000 years ago and now threaten to do the same in modern times.

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Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

The Forest Fire Fiends

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Electro, the Marvel of the Age

Character(s): Electro; Professor Philo Zog; Jim Brent; John Borden; Andrews; Baldwin Drake; Mike; Joe

Synopsis: The president of the Drake Lumber Mills, angry because his rival has successfully purchased the rich Burton County forest lands, hires some thugs to set fire to those forests.

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Marvel Mystery Comics #12

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Angel [Tom Halloway]

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Daring Comics

Character(s): Marvel Boy [Martin Burns]; Tigerman; Monako; Falcon [Carl Burgess]; Flying Flame; Stuporman [Marmaduke Snood, Jr.]; Dynaman [Lagaro]

First Line: Here is Action! Thrills! - Adventure!

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Notes: Illustrated promotional ad, with cover, to Daring Mystery Comics #6.

The Search for J. B.

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Ryan; J. B. [Jane Bradley]; Cinalli; Slim

Synopsis: Hunted by the police forces he was once a member of, due to his burning down tenements infected with the Black Plague, the Torch is offered re-instatement by the police commissioner if he can bring in the mysterious "J.B.".

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Three-Sided War

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Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dorma; Princess Fen; Folma; Lynne Harris; Luther Robinson; Micky; Carter

Synopsis: When Namor discovers that the airplane carrying Luther Robinson, Micky, and Lynne Harris has been forced down by the Nazis, he goes to search for them and saves Harris only, intending to make her his mate.

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The Enchanted Marsh

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Shirley Smith; Antone (villain)

Synopsis: Following Shirley Smith into an enchanted marsh, the Angel is suddenly down, falling into quicksand. He is saved, however, by a hulking creature that works for a mysterious woman who has murdered the owners of Piedmont mansion and now threatens the Angel and Smith.

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Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

A Good Impression

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Amos Liggett; Sam Hale

Synopsis: Taxi driver Sam Hale was confident that this cold rainy night was ideal to rob Amos Liggett. He made one mistake, however: he kept the murder weapon.

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The Mystery House

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Genres: mystery

Character(s): Terry Vance; Dr. Watson; Deadline Dawson; Gregory

Synopsis: When Terry and his friends arrive at a mysterious house during a rainstorm and spot a prowler, little does he know that it will turn into a murder mystery.

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The Shark

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Electro, the Marvel of the Age

Character(s): Electro; Professor Philo Zog; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Shark

Synopsis: When President Roosevelt hears a radio broadcast from the Shark threatening to blast every ship off the ocean, he contacts Professor Zog for help.

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The Plot against Texas

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Genres: western

Character(s): Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Gidden; Breed; Leek; Snakey; Abbot

Synopsis: The Raider investigates rumors of gun thefts from Army posts along the Rio Grande.

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Ka-Zar in America

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Genres: jungle

Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Zar; Ruth Wilson; Bradley

Synopsis: When Ka-Zar's captors inform him that they are going to put him on display in New York City when they arrive, he and Zar jump overboard and make their way to the city zoo, where Ka-Zar plans to release some of Zar's brothers.

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