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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #13
Publication Date: November 1940
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Issues: #13 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Publications
On Sale Date: 09/17/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Simon
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. 4.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; The Angel [Tom Halloway] (inset); the Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor] (inset); the Vision [Aarkus] (inset)
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
as Marvel Mystery Comics #13 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Cut-Throat Justice

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Andrew McWhiney (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Ramsey [as H. R.] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Ramsey [as H. R.] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Captain McGraw; Warden Dawes; Danny the Dud (villain, death); Sam the Barber (villain)
Synopsis: As Danny the Dud is being transferred to "the big house", he thinks of his ex-partner whom he double-crossed and sent up the river. Now, as he sits in the barber's chair in prison, ready to get his first shave, the last thing he sees is that ex-partner with a razor in his hand!
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
as Cut-Throat Justice [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front and back covers.
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Terror in the Subway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Inker(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Carl Burgos ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; un-named mayor; Captain Rawlins (policeman); Reiss (villain, introduction); Mr. Morton (villain, introduction, subway builder)
Synopsis: A subway builder loses both of his sons to cave-ins while constructing the tunnels, causing him to lose his mind and seek revenge, wanting to wreck trains so they wouldn't disturb his sons' graves within the tunnels' walls. But he is confined by those whom he hires to help him accomplish the task and the Torch must stop them.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
as Terror in the Subway [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Smashing the Island Invasion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Everett
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Dorma; Princess Fen; Toro (an Atlantean tailor, introduction); The Nazis (villains, some die)
Synopsis: Namor and Dorma, outfitted in new suits designed to ward off poison gasses, and on their way to Europe to aide in the war efforts, stop off at an island for rest. But they find themselves not only under arrest but under attack from the Nazis as well.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
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Pages: 10
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Enter: The Vision

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby; Joe Simon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Kirby
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Vision
Character(s): The Vision [Aarkus] (introduction, origin) (see also issue #23); Dr. Enoch Mason (introduction); Shiela Mason (his daughter, introduction); Mose (Mason's butler); Markham (scientist); "Brains Borelli" (villain); Queenie (villain); Tony (villain, introduction); Bomber (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: A professor, believing that ghosts and spirits actually inhabit worlds and universes that co-exist with our universe, is set upon by "Brains" Borelli's men during an experiment to prove his theory. The result is a being called Aarkus, Destoyer of Evil, drawn to the laboratory, who helps save the professor and his daughter from harm.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #1 published October 2004
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age of Marvel #2 published January 1999
as Enter: The Vision [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
as Enter: The Vision [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Case of the Counterfeit Paintings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Oksner (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Terry Vance
Character(s): Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (a monkey); Deadline Dawson (newspaperman); un-named boss (villain); Slim (villain)
Synopsis: Terry's discovery of fresh paint on a supposedly vintage oil painting sparks his interest. The investigation nearly costs him his life.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
as Case of the Counterfeit Paintings [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Mystery of the Moon Robots

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Dahlman ?
Penciller(s): Steve Dahlman (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Dahlman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Electro, the Marvel of the Age
Character(s): Electro; Professor Philo Zog; Dr. Simon Crane (introduction); Betty Crane (his daughter, introduction); Gnorr, Emperor of the Moon (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: The professor and the Cranes leave Earth for the Moon, but when they send out Electro to investigate the environment, he is attacked and captured by moon robots. Zog and the Cranes land and initiate their own attack on the moon people and save the day.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
as Mystery of the Moon Robots [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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The Murder of Happy Norton

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson ?; Ray Gill ?
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Angel
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Happy Nolan (introduction, death); The Savoy Gang [Limpy Savoy (death); Rocco; Bumpy; Punchy; Harry] (villain. introduction for all)
Synopsis: The death of a former member of the Savoy mob who had chosen to go straight angers the Angel, and he swears to hunt down the men responsible for this death.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
as The Murder of Happy Norton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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In the New York Jungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ben Thompson ?
Penciller(s): Ben Thompson
Inker(s): Ben Thompson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Zar (a lion); Ruth Wilson; Dr. Wilson
Synopsis: Now in America, Ka-Zar is taken in by the police. He escapes through the efforts of the Wilsons and is put into their custody. But Ka-Zar feels he must free Zar as well from behind bars in the zoo, and so he makes his way there to free him.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
as In the New York Jungle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Hey Fellas! Look at This!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Human Torch; Toro; Sub-Mariner
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
as Hey Fellas! Look at This! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional, illustrated ad for The Human Torch (Marvel, 1939 Series) #2, cover reproduced with art by Schomburg from back cover.

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