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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #22
Publication Date: August 1941
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Issues: #22 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/12/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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. 3.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; the Nazis
First Line: Death for Toro and the Allies...
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #6 [Regular Edition] published September 2011
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #6 [Regular Edition] published September 2011
as Marvel Mystery Comics #22 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Now on sale. The two New smashing comic magazine sensations

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, superhero
Feature(s): USA Comics and All Winners Comics
Character(s): The Defender [Don Stevens]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; The Black Marvel [Daniel Lyons]
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional ad for All Winners Comics #1 and USA Comics #1, both with covers.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #6 [Regular Edition] published September 2011
as Now on sale. The two New smashing comic magazine sensations [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.
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The Invasion of Alslavia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Kapula (Alslavian Embassy personnel]; Sahlous [Alslavian Embassy personnel]; the Nazis [Eric, others un-named](villains, many die)
Synopsis: The small European nation of Alslavia appeals to Torch and Toro for aid against the Nazis. On arrival, they encounter the Nazi invasion wall, a large armored wall mounted on tank treads. After destroying the wall, the Torches head out to sea where they spot a Nazi submarine. When they investigate, they determine that there is no one aboard. Diving down below, they discover a terrifying Nazi undersea fortress lying in wait for the British and Alslavian cruisers sent out to sink the sub. Torch destroys the fortress and all aboard her perish.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #6 [Regular Edition] published September 2011
as The Invasion of Alslavia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists inker credit as unknown.
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Namor's Flying Bantam Car

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Tony (junk yard owner); Herr Krauss (villain); Wilhelm (villain); Paul (villain)
Synopsis: While passing through a small mid-western town, Namor muses about how to stop the subversive activities of the Nazis and develops a special miniature field car, somewhat along the lines of one developed by the Army, but with some novel twists.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #6 [Regular Edition] published September 2011
as Namor's Flying Bantam Car [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Nazis' Death Gas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; the Nazis (villains, some die); the Italians (villains)
Synopsis: Ka-Zar battles the Nazis who are using a chemical spray to kill off the vegetation in the jungle, and who hope, along with the Italians, to establish a post in, and eventually control, Central Africa.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #6 [Regular Edition] published September 2011
as The Nazis' Death Gas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story continued next issue.

The feature is titled "Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great".
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The Strange Case of Captain America and the Hangman: Who Killed Doctor Vardoff

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; The Monocle; the Hangman [Dr. Nicolai Vardoff]
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional ad for Captain America Comics #6, with two splash pages from stories in the issue, the cover and other art.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #6 [Regular Edition] published September 2011
as The Strange Case of Captain America and the Hangman: Who Killed Doctor Vardoff [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 [Lee Weeks Cover] published January 2014
as Captain America Comics #6 House Ad from Marvel Mystery Comics #22 [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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The Mystery of the Phantom Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (a monkey); Deadline Dawson; Clancy (a policeman); un-named circus employee (villain)
Synopsis: Terry investigates jewel robberies by a person known as the Phantom Robber and discovers that the thefts occur in towns being visited by the circus.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #6 [Regular Edition] published September 2011
as The Mystery of the Phantom Killer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]; Casey; Smitty (villain)
First Line: You took your life in your own hands when you punched the clock at the Croxton Tank Factory. as the Patriot soon discovered...
Synopsis: The Patriot battles a Nazi saboteur who has the intention of stalling production of a new, streamlined tank.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #6 [Regular Edition] published September 2011
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition identifies the artist as Alan Mandel.
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Dunkirk Incident

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, war
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; the Nazis (villains, some die)
Synopsis: Torch relates the story of how British soldiers at Dunkirk received help against the Nazis from "some unknown source!"
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #6 [Regular Edition] published September 2011
as Dunkirk Incident [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Story Behind the Cover. The Masterworks edition identifies Harry Ramsey as penciler and inker.
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Khor, the Black Sorceror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Vision [Aarkus]; Khor, the Black Sorcerer (villain)
Synopsis: The Vision attempts to save the lives of the crew of the U.S.S. Olympus which vanished in Antarctica.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #1 published December 1999
as Khor, the Black Sorceror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #6 [Regular Edition] published September 2011
as Khor, the Black Sorceror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.5
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition identifies unknown writer, Jack Kirby doing the title page, Al Avison on pencils and an unknown inker. Art credits per Michael J. Vassallo. Previous indexer credited Kirby as sole penciller and Joe Simon on inks.
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Special Offer for readers of Marvel Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America; Bucky
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #6 [Regular Edition] published September 2011
as Special Offer for readers of Marvel Comics [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: An illustrated promotional ad for Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty.
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The Revenge of Sphinx Henchel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Judge Lind (death); Dr. Van Horn; unnamed district attorney; "Sphinx" Henchel (villain, death); Henchel's gang [Nick; Trigger] (villains)
Synopsis: The Angel investigates a bizarre case in which a grotesque, wild-eyed man crashes into an operating room and prevents the surgeons from saving the life of a judge.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #6 [Regular Edition] published September 2011
as The Revenge of Sphinx Henchel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition identifies Chu Hing and an unknown as additional inkers.

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