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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #19
Publication Date: May 1941
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Issues: #19 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/13/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.
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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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[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
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor] (inset); The Angel [Thomas Halloway]
First Line: It meant violent death for Toro unless the Torch...
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as Marvel Mystery Comics #19 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover also includes a miniature reproduction of the cover of Sub-Mariner Comics #1.
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Now! The Most Sensational Comic Book Ever Published!

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]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Hunchback [Goris Barloff]
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional house ad for Captain America Comics #3.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as Now! The Most Sensational Comic Book Ever Published! [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 #3 House Ad from Marvel Mystery Comics #19 [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.
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The Hag

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): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Police Chief Ryan; The Hag (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: As the Torch and Toro wing their way toward police headquarters, New York's great electrical dynamos are put out of commission, and the great metropolis rests in a blanket of black!
Synopsis: The Hag's gang uses a blackout to enter the stock exchange to fake a second market crash so that she can buy up stock cheap. They use clothes treated with chemicals to deal with the Torch and a gas that makes Torch's and Toro's flames go out. Toro breaks his arm in the fall so Torch takes him to the hospital and the doctor tells him that Toro needs a "flame transfusion." After Toro's flame has been strengthened, the doctor tells Torch that Toro's flame will never be as strong as his. Torch and Toro corner the Hag, and when she tries to escape them with detonating gas, the explosion kills her.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Great Comic Book Heroes #[nn] published January 1965
as The Hag [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as The Hag [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Toro's flame power reduced somewhat by an injury.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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 Angel [Thomas Halloway] (inset)
First Line: Gangway Mates!
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional ad, featuring the cover, for Sub-Mariner Comics #1, on sale in March, 1942.
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)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Trojan Albatrosses

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]; Luther Robinson; Lynne Harris; Lt. Betty Dean; Tha-Korr; Bob James; The Legion of Loyalists; The Nazis [Josef; others] (villains)
Synopsis: At the urging of Betty, Namor decides for all concerned -- Betty, Bob, Lynne, and Luther -- to join together as a group and fight side-by-side against the Nazis.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as The Trojan Albatrosses [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Story line continued in Sub-Mariner #1.
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Watch for the big new 2nd issue of Captain America Comics.

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Adolf Hitler
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional house ad, complete with cover, for Captain America Comics #2.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as Watch for the big new 2nd issue of Captain America Comics. [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 Marvel Mystery Comics #19 [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Toro Tells All

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Toro
Character(s): Toro; Pops (owner of the circus Toro was once a part of)
Synopsis: Toro relates the story of the time, soon after he met the Torch, that two men came to Pop's Circus looking for a fire-eater. Toro soon discovered the men intended to use him to knock over a bank.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as Toro Tells All [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: story takes place just after Human Torch #1
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War against the Limbos

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): Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Bogat; The Limbos (villains, introduction, lizard-men, some die)
Synopsis: Ka-Zar and Bogat help fight off the Limbos while also saving a man and woman who have landed their aircraft due to an over-heated engine.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as War Against the Limbos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Continued next issue.
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Mr. Grabbit and the Ghosts

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 Schoolboy Sleuth
Character(s): Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (a monkey); Phil; Bob; Mr. Grabbit (introduction); The Chief (villain, introduction); Slug (villain)
Synopsis: Mr. Grabbit, mixed up with a gang of racketeers, is convinced by a "gang of ghosts" to break off his relationship with the racketeers and see to it that a lot next to Terry's school is sold to the city for use as a park.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as Mr. Grabbit and the Ghosts [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists the inker as unknown.
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The Hands of Doom

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: superhero
Feature(s): Electro, the Marvel of the Age
Character(s): Electro; Professor Zog; Sir John Chadwick (introduction); Ellen Chadwick (introduction, his daughter); Basil Drake (villain, introduction, death); Chandi (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Professor Zog responds to the request of an old Oxford school mate to use Electro to help save his life and the life of his daughter from a man who was once forbidden to marry her.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as The Hands of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Last golden age appearance. Next appearance in The Twelve #1.
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The Rescue of Professor Bauer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; Joe Simon ?
Inker(s): Joe Simon ?; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Vision
Character(s): The Vision [Aarkus]; Professor Bauer (introduction); un-named commander of a concentration camp (villain, introduction); un-named executioner (villain, introduction); Schultz (villain); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: The Vision rescues a professor from a Nazi executioner's blade.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as The Rescue of Professor Bauer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Nick Caputo suspects Simon and others were involved in the art.
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The Cat's Paw, Chapter 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
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]; J. P. Thomas (steel magnate, death); The Cat's Paw (villain); Pug Malone (villain, death)
Synopsis: The Angel is trapped in the lair of the Cat's Paw, but one of the gang, whom the Angel once saved, helps him escape so that he can discover why the Cat's Paw is attempting to kill off our nation's leading industrialists.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as The Cat's Paw, Chapter 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Continued next issue.

Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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"Special offer to readers of Marvel Comics"

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America; the Human Torch
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; the Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
Synopsis: Illustrated house ad encouraging readers, including those of the Human Torch, to join Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5 [Regular Edition] published December 2010
as Special offer to readers of Marvel Comics [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside back cover.

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