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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #14
Publication Date: December 1940
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Issues: #14 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Publications
On Sale Date: 10/18/1940
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
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"Could the Sub-Mariner hold off the Nazi hordes till help arrived?" [sic]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; the Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (inset); The Angel [Tom Halloway] (inset); The Nazis
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
as Marvel Mystery Comics #14 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMystic Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 [unnamed variant] published October 2009
as Marvel Mystery Comics #14 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover also depicts the cover to The Human Torch #2 (#1).
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Hey Fellas! Look at This!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg; ? (small illustrations)
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg; ? (small illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]
Synopsis: Promotional, illustrated ad for The Human Torch #2 (#1), cover reproduced with art by Schomburg. There are illustations of Torch and Namor, art unknown (probably Burgos and Everett).
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: According to the small ad following the Torch story, Human Torch #2 (#1) was to go on sale September 25th.
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The Cult of Fire-Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Burgos ?
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos [as Burgos] (signed)
Inker(s): Carl Burgos [as Burgos] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Pete (policeman); Ronald (introduction, death); Kalif (villain, introduction); Cult of Fire-Men (villains, introduction, one dies); Culfra (villain, introduction); a fire-monster (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: The Torch has a real dilemma: he has to track down members of the Fire Cult who have committed a murder, but the man murdered was intending to destroy the world.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
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Pages: 12
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Blitzing the U-Boat Base

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): Prince Namor, The Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Dorma; un-named Nazi lieutenant (villain); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: After Namor successfully routs invading Nazi paratroopers on an island Dorma and he arrived on for a rest, his questioning of the Nazi lieutenant reveals that the Axis Powers have built a secret submarine base on a little-known island 20 miles from the coast of Florida. He and Dorma for that base to tackle the Nazi horde.
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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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The Synthetic Diamonds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson ?; Ray Gill ?
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Angel
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Professor Hanley (villain, introduction); Hanson (villain)
Synopsis: The Angel investigates a mine operator that has a lot of equipment for handling radium on his hands, equipment that is being used to create synthetic diamonds.
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Pages: 9
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Redskins Bite Cinders

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)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): Tommy Bryan; Steve Hanson; Barnes; Red; the Indians (villains)
Synopsis: A group of railroad men use old engine 751 to protect a town from invading Indians.
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Pages: 2
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The Werewolf Strikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Kirby
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Vision
Character(s): The Vision [Aarkus]; Dr. Martin Keller (introduction, death); un-named butler of Sanders; Llhupa (villain, introduction, a werewolf, death); Gordon Sanders [aka George Brown] (villain, introduction, a werewolf, death)
Synopsis: The Vision must battle two werewolves, one, in reality Gordon Sanders, a member of the ill-fated Medwick Expedition that discovered the lost Tibetan City of Demons, where he was bitten by such a werewolf.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Jack Kirby #[2] published January 1997
as The Werewolf! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
as The Werewolf Strikes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Simon and Kirby #[nn] published May 2009
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMystic Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 [unnamed variant] published October 2009
as The Werewolf Strikes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Kidnapping of Diana Dunn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner [as Robert Oksner] (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Oksner [as Robert Oksner] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The School Boy Sleuth Terry Vance
Character(s): Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (a monkey); Deadline Dawson (newspaperman); Diana Dunn (introduction); Chuck (villain, introduction); un-named members of Chuck's gang (villains, introduction)
First Line: Terry... my boy... we've got a peach of an assignment!
Synopsis: Deadline takes Terry along when he interviews actress Diana Dunn, but a staged "movie scene" turns out to be a real kidnapping.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
as The Kidnapping of Diana Dunn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagYoung Allies 70th Anniversary Special #1 [Standard Cover, Vintage Artwork] published August 2009
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Pages: 7
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Attack of the Subterraneans

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; The Onees (villains, introduction for all, all die); King of the Onees (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: The destruction of the Fairbanks Iron Works leads Electro into the bowels of the earth to confront the Onees, who take control of the robot and force Professor Zog to come to his rescue.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
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Pages: 8
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Escape from New York

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; the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: Ka-Zar succeeds in getting Zar out of the zoo he is imprisoned in and hides out on a British boat heading toward Africa. Unfortunately, the boat is torpedoed by an enemy submarine.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 [Regular Edition] published April 2009
as Escape from New York [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9

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