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Issue: The Human Torch #7

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Publication Date: January 1942

Issue #7
- Red Raven Comics
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- #4 (3)
- #5[a]
- #5[b]
- #6
- ✔ #7
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Issues: #7 of 38 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics, Inc.

On Sale Date: 04/13/1942

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Joe Simon ?

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. 2.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (#2-35); then standard Silver Age US (#36-38)

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing

Format Notes:

Reprinted In9

9 Content Items

reprinted 9 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (9 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg (signed)

Inker(s): Alex Schomburg (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Human Torch

Character(s): The Human Torch; Toro; the Sub-Mariner (inset)

First Line: Attaboy Torch!

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2007
as The Human Torch #7 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Marvel at the World's Greatest Heroes in the Most Exciting Adventures You've Ever Read!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Stan Lee [as Lee] (signed)

Penciller(s): Bill King [as King] (signed)

Inker(s): Bill King [as King] (signed)

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Marvel Comics

Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; the Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; the Angel [Tom Hallaway]; the Vision [Aarkus]; the Patriot; Jimmy Jupiter; Terry Vance

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In Content Item: Flag

Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2007
as Marvel at the World's Greatest Heroes in the Most Exciting Adventures You've Ever Read! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Lee and King signed this piece and are, most likely, two separate people. Bill King did such house ads from 1941-43 and Stan Lee wrote such ads during the same years.

The Agent of Death

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Carl Burgos [as Burgos] (signed)

Penciller(s): Carl Burgos [as Burgos] (signed)

Inker(s): Carl Burgos [as Burgos] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Human Torch

Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Jim; Agent X

Synopsis: Torch and Toro try to stop the plans of Agent X, who is out to destroy an American convoy headed toward the Far East carrying food and supplies.

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In Content Item: Flag

Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2007
as The Agent of Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 20

Don't Delay Another Second!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?; typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Sentinels of Liberty

Character(s): Captain America

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2007
as Don't Delay Another Second! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Promotional ad featuring Captain America, who encourages readers to join his Sentinels of Liberty.

The Case of the Attempted Dreadnaught Disasters!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Mickey Spillane

Penciller(s): Carl Burgos [as Burgos] (signed)

Inker(s): Carl Burgos [as Burgos] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Human Torch

Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Hans Gretnoff

Synopsis: The Flaming Duo must act quickly to prevent the treacherous fingers of Japanese treachery, out to destroy strategic bridges that would bottle up our Navy yard.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2007
as The Case of the Attempted Dreadnaught Disasters! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 18

Devil Cat

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Mickey Spillane (signed)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Character(s): Mark Castel

Synopsis: Mark Castel was considered one of the greatest and famed animal trainers in the world--until that fateful day when things went wrong, and he lost his nerve...or had he?

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In Content Item: Flag

Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2007
as Devil Cat [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes: in Primal Spillane: Early Stories 1941-1942 (Gryphon Books, 2004 series)

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Gates (signed)

Penciller(s): Art Gates (signed)

Inker(s): Art Gates (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Art Gates ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Swoopy the Fearless

Character(s): Swoopy; Windy; King Moron XX

First Line: Our story opens in the Kingdom of Moronia...

Synopsis: Quite by accident, Swoopy amd Tim make the King laugh...and whoever succeeds in doing that becomes the official Court Jester!

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In Content Item: Flag

Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2007
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Sub-Mariner Slaughters the Japs on Wake Island!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Everett ?

Penciller(s): Allen Simon

Inker(s): Allen Simon

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Sub-Mariner

Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Betty Dean; Frank Dean; Lloyd Dean; Jim Dean; Folma; Sarna; Colonel Yuma

Synopsis: Namor responds to Betty's call to investigate the Japanese sudden withdrawal from Wake Island and the fact that her three missing brothers may still be alive there, possibly imprisoned by the Japanese.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2007
as Sub-Mariner Slaughters the Japs on Wake Island! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 20

Remember Pearl Harbor!

Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ? (illustration)

Inker(s): ? (illustration)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational

Feature(s): War Bonds and Stamps

Character(s): The Minuteman

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2007
as Remember Pearl Harbor! [Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Patriotic appeal for readers to buy war bonds and stamps to help America achieve victory.