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Issue: Daring Mystery Comics #7
Publication Date: April 1941
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Issues: #7 of 8 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/06/1941
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Simon
Disclose Notes: DARING MYSTERY COMICS published monthly by Timely Comics, Inc., Meriden Conn. Entry as second class matter pending at the post office, Meriden, Conn. Entire contents copyright 1941 by Timely Comics, Inc., 330 W. 42nd St., N. Y., N. Y. Vol. 2, No 7, Apr. 1941. Yearly subscription $1.00. Printed in U. S. A. For advertising write Marvel Group.

Credits from or confirmed by the Masterworks reprint unless otherwise noted.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Thunderer; The Fin; Blue Diamond; Challenger; Captain Daring
Character(s): The Thunderer [Jerry Carstairs]; The Fin [Peter Noble]; The Challenger [Bill Waring]; Blue Diamond [Elton Morrow]; Captain Daring
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as Daring Mystery Comics #7 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The red and blue colors of the Thunderer's costume are reversed on this cover.
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The Amazing New Comicscope!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Comicsope Co. of America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ? (see notes)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Thunderer
Character(s): The Thunderer [Jerry Carstairs] (introduction); Eileen Conroy (introduction); Nazis (villains)
First Line: We give you... The Thunderer
Synopsis: Jerry Carstairs uses his radio skills to intercept Nazi messages and construct the booming voice he uses as the Thunderer. While discouraging his friend Eileen from reporting on the fifth columnists for her own safety by day, by night he protects her and fights against the Nazis as the Thunderer.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Introducing the Fin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fin
Character(s): The Fin [Peter Noble] (introduction, origin); Sub-Ruler Ikor of Neptunia (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Lt. Peter Noble is the sole survivor of a wrecked U.S. Navy submarine. As he escapes the wreck he finds himself unable to float and ends up inside a cavern populated by flying mer-men. After he defeats their leader they hail him as the reincarnation of their hero, the Fin, so he puts together a costume to fit the name.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as Introducing the Fin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Origin of the Blue Diamond

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Diamond
Character(s): Blue Diamond [Elton Morrow] (introduction, origin); Graham (introduction); Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: Professor Elton Morrow finds an enormous blue diamond on an Antarctic expedition, but it is shattered when Nazis attach his returning ship and the fragments become embedded in his body. Discovering that his whole body has become as hard as a diamond, he thwarts a burglary at his museum and decides to created a costumed identity for fighting crime.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as Origin of the Blue Diamond [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Kokey Flo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Officer O'Krime
Character(s): Officer O'Krime; Kokey Flo (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Officer O'Krime can't figure out whom to protect and whom to arrest.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as Kokey Flo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Previous appearance Red Raven Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1.
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Origin of the Silver Scorpion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (see notes)
Inker(s): ? (see notes)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Silver Scorpion
Character(s): The Silver Scorpion [Betty Barstow] (introduction, origin); Dan Hurley (introduction); Greggs Hansen (introduction); counterfeiters (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: Betty Barstow, secretary for private detective Dan Hurley, dresses in a costume to go to a masquerade but ends up foiling a crime at the cemetery with her jiujitsu skills instead.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as Origin of the Silver Scorpion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Valley of Time

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Challenger
Character(s): The Challenger [Bill Waring] (introduction, text only)
Synopsis: Bill Waring, traveling the world to learn more weapon skills for his life as the Challenger, is captured by a lost Roman civilization and taken to an arena to fight gladiators armed only with a cestus.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as The Valley of Time [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Part one of an unfinished story. The Challenger's feature moved to Mystic Comics after this issue, but the second half of this text story did not appear there with it. The bottom half of page 2 features an illustrated ad for Captain America Comics #2.
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Captain America Thanks You!

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 [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as Captain America Thanks You! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 [Lee Weeks Cover] published February 2014
as Captain America Comics #2 House Ad from Daring Mystery Comics #7 [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Benefactor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mr. Million
Character(s): Mr. Million (introduction); Nickie (introduction); Mr. Wilson (introduction)
Synopsis: Mr. Million helps a boy who his trying to pay for his sick mother's medicine, but has to do it indirectly as the boy refuses any money he hasn't worked for.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as The Benefactor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Underground Empire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (splash figure)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Captain Daring
Character(s): Captain Daring (introduction); Susan Parker (introduction); The Undergrounders (villains, introduction); their leader (villain, introduction, death); Frano (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: In the far future, Captain Daring and Susan Parker lead the forces of the U.S.A. against attackers from an underground city.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as The Underground Empire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Sub-Mariner #1

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sub-Mariner
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Angel [Tom Hallaway]
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional ad for the first issue of the Sub-Mariner, featuring 40 pages of Prince Namor and 20 pages of the Angel, on sale March 1, 1941.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as Sub-Mariner #1 [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Meet the Challenger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Challenger
Character(s): The Challenger [Bill Waring] (introduction, origin); Mr. Waring (flashback, introduction, death); Mary (introduction); Mary's father (introduction); Dram (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: After his father was killed trying to alert the authorities to a conspiracy of crooks and politicians, Bill Waring travels the world to learn all fighting forms and weapons. He returns as the Challenger, challenging everyone connected to his father's death.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as Meet the Challenger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Next appearance in Mystic Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #6.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter
First Line: This Beautiful Desk for Only $1.00
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside back cover.
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Prizes for All!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Seed Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the back cover.

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