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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #17
Publication Date: March 1941
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Issues: #17 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Publications
On Sale Date: 01/13/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (7 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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
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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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Title Page
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[untitled]

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 and the Sub-Mariner
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; the Nazis
First Line: Come on Torch!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as Marvel Mystery Comics #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover features an illustration of The Human Torch Comics #3 [#2].
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Tuk; The Red Skull
Synopsis: Illustrated house ad for Captain America Comics #1.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as [untitled] [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 #1 House Ad from Marvel Mystery Comics #17 [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.
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Fighting Side-by-Side

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Burgos (signed); Bill Everett (signed)
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos (signed); Bill Everett (signed)
Inker(s): Carl Burgos (signed); Bill Everett (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch and Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; the Nazis (villains); the Japanese (villains)
Synopsis: Japanese and Nazi soldiers are building a tunnel from Siberia to Alaska, so Torch and Namor team-up to put them out of action.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Invaders #24 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1978
as The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner Fighting Side-by-Side! [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus 7 pages; abbreviated from 26 pages
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age of Marvel #[nn] published October 1997
as The Human Torch and Sub-Mariner Fight Side-by-Side [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as Fighting Side-By-Side! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 26
Disclose Notes: This story continues from last issue and continues, in part, in the next issue.
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What's Your Story?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos (Torch); Bill Everett (Sub-Mariner)
Inker(s): Carl Burgos (Torch); Bill Everett (Sub-Mariner)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): contest
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as What's Your Story? [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This page introduces a new contest in which readers are shown a picture of Torch and Namor with blank thought balloons, and they are to fill them in [in less than 50 words] with what they think each character is thinking, and then mail the entry back to the editors at Timely Comics before March 1, 1941. The winner will receive a free trip to New York, accompanied by parent or guardian, to sight see, see their favorite cartoonists at work and learn how comic magazines are made.
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Mor the Mighty

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
Feature(s): Electro, the Marvel of the Age
Character(s): Electro; Professor Zog; Mor the Mighty (villain, death); Zabu (villain, death?)
Synopsis: In order to make himself the Emperor of the Universe, the evil Mor increases the size of his pet cat and sparrows to gigantic proportions in order to inflict death and destruction upon the world.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as Mor the Mighty [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Thin Ice

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner (illustration)
Inker(s): Bob Oksner (illustration)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset (most)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Terry Vance
Character(s): Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (monkey); Deadline Dawson (cub reporter)
Synopsis: Terry uses his new gas powered model plane with skiis to save two children who have plunged through thin ice and are about to drown.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as Thin Ice [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists the artist as unknown.
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War against a Werewolf

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 [Thomas Halloway]; Bob Harrison; Dr. Roberts; Jean Roberts; Dr. Lin; Singa (villain, death)
Synopsis: The Angel is mystified when a good friend of his, Dr. Roberts, seems overly secretive, and soon discovers why: the doctor's assistant has become a werewolf.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as War Against a Werewolf [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Burk and the Bomber

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, The School Boy Sleuth
Character(s): Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (monkey); Deadline Dawson; Burk (prisoner); Claude Kane (villain, factory guard, death); Killer D'Arcy (villain)
Synopsis: Terry and Dr. Watson track down the person responsible for the death of a policeman.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as Burk and the Bomber [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists the inker as unknown.
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Hoodlums, Inc.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon ?; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Vision
Character(s): The Vision [Aarkus]; Hank Steel; Vince Garone (villain, death)
Synopsis: So-called "legitimate" trucking company owner Vince Carone uses every dirty trick in the book to eliminate his competitors.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as Hoodlums, Inc. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists the strip only by Jack Kirby with unknown inker.
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The Legacy of John Rand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ben Thompson ?
Penciller(s): Ben Thompson (signed)
Inker(s): Ben Thompson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Ka-Zar the Great
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Trajah (elephant); Ali (native guide); Winston (explorer and friend of John Rand); Alec Wright (villain, John Rands's attorney, death)
Synopsis: Ka-Zar has to battle the attorney of his father, Alec Wright, who forged his name as part-owner of Rand's diamond mine.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as The Legacy of John Rand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Ka-Zar figure in splash swiped from cover of FLASH COMICS #8.
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Human Torch pin-up

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as Human Torch pin-up [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the back cover.

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