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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #28
Publication Date: February 1942
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Issues: #28 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/16/1941
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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, 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
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Stark terror was unleashed in the underground den of evil until the Human Torch blazed down!
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #7 [Regular Edition] published July 2012
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #7 [Regular Edition] published July 2012
as Marvel Mystery Comics #28 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Still on Top!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Each month more American readers are proclaiming Captain America the king of the comics!
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #7 [Regular Edition] published July 2012
as Still on Top! [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 #11 House Ad from Marvel Mystery Comics #28 [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 Poison Pill Suicides

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Martin (death); unnamed Police Commissioner; Izan (villain, introduction); five unnamed henchmen of Izan (villains, all die)
Synopsis: Torch and Toro are invited to lead the Coney Island Mardi Gras pageant, but a henchman of a gunrunner named Izan succeeds in interrupting the event with a bomb before committing suicide with a poison pill rather than facing his boss's judgment to be drowned for failure. Izan captures Torch and Toro with gas and places them into glass coffin tubes which he plans to dump into the sea. Discovering a leak in the tube, the Torch flames on and superheats the glass so that it shatters when it hits the water. He frees Toro and they capture Izan.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #7 [Regular Edition] published July 2012
as The Poison Pill Suicides [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Sahle credit per Michael J. Vassallo via the Masterworks.
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The Flying Dutchman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Larson (sailor); Rogers (naval diver); Baby Dean McCarthy (introduction, Betty Dean's sister and Slug's wife); The Falcon (villain, introduction, death); Chuck "Slug" McCarthy (villain, introduction, reforms); Oliver (villain)
Synopsis: Intrigued by four ship sinkings by a mysterious 18th-century ghost ship, Namor figures that the tremendous loss of gold shipments carried aboard those ships must be the work of a 20th-century pirate who has bolted the ghost ship to a submarine. Walking into a trap, Namor is rescued by the sister of Policewoman Betty Dean, who, along with her husband, are being coerced into helping the Falcon.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #7 [Regular Edition] published July 2012
as The Flying Dutchman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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The Surprise Success of the Century!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Nazis
First Line: A few months ago, Young Allies Comics hit the newsstands and were sold out in record-breaking time!
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #7 [Regular Edition] published July 2012
as The Surprise Success of the Century! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Guardian of the Spirit World (introduction); Dr. Zadig; Dr. Parker; Dr. Schlissel; unnamed police chief; Dr. Igor Korbeau (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: The human being, flesh and mind, would be a flimsy thing without that which holds it together... that mysterious force, his soul... which makes a man feel he's living to do some good!
Synopsis: The Vision comes to Earth to battle the "Mad Man of Science", Dr. Korbeau, who has discovered the secret of man's soul and how to remove it. Korbeau removes the souls of seven of his scientific competitors, but the Vision takes the scientists to the spirit world to reclaim their souls before a showdown with the evil doctor.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #7 [Regular Edition] published July 2012
as The Soul Stealer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists writer as unknown. Previous indexer credited Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Art credits per Michael J. Vassallo via the Masterworks. Previous indexer credited Jack Kirby and David Walters.
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The Sea of Grassy Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Jack; Slim; the Germans (villains)
First Line: Ull in your lines, Jack, and fast – the bottom just fell out of the barometer!
Synopsis: Two sailors run into a storm and find themselves marooned in the Sargasso Sea, facing yet a greater terror that would prove dangerous to Allied shipping.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #7 [Regular Edition] published July 2012
as The Sea of Grassy Death [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in Primal Spillane: Early Stories 1941-1942 (Gryphon Books, 2004 series)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: The second page has the Statement of Ownership, which lists Martin Goodman as Managing Editor and Abraham Goodman as Business Manager.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Statement of Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc., required by the act of Congress of August 24, 1912, of Marvel Mystery Comics, published monthly at Meriden, Conn., for October 1st, 1941.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #7 [Regular Edition] published July 2012
as Statement of Ownership [Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Appears on second page of text story.

Lists Martin Goodman as Managing Editor and Abraham Goodman as Business Manager.
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The Green-Faced Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Casey (Daily Bugle reporter); Green Face [Reibel] (villain, introduction); Fritz (villain)
Synopsis: The celebrated trial of the Green-Faced Man is interrupted when the prisoner's gang frees him with an attack of gas. However, the Patriot tracks him down to dispense well-earned justice.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #7 [Regular Edition] published July 2012
as The Green-Faced Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Case of the Deadly Letters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Detective Jenks; Aubrey de Woode (Hollywood director, death); unnamed butler of Aubrey de Woode; Gordon De Wolfe (villain, introduction, nephew of Aubrey de Woode)
Synopsis: Terry and Deadline suspect that Hollywood director Aubrey de Woode did not commit suicide, but was murdered, and they suspect the dead man's nephew, even though the police have ruled the young man out as a suspect.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #7 [Regular Edition] published July 2012
as The Case of the Deadly Letters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists Oksner as providing layouts while the finished penciler and inker are unknown.
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Strange Adventures in the Land of Nowhere

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy
Character(s): inhabitants of the Land of Nowhere [Elmer Tree; unnamed woman; unnamed talking trees] (introduction for all); The Wump-Jump (villain, introduction, a dragon)
Synopsis: Jimmy is taken up in an airplane but forgets to fasten his safety belt, and falls out of the plane, landing on a soft cloud. He discovers he is in the Land of Nowhere and the only way back to Earth is to locate the Mountain of Wunt.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #7 [Regular Edition] published July 2012
as Strange Adventures in the Land of Nowhere... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who lists Robbins as penciler only on this strip.
A Little Nemo inspired series which also owes to Alice in Wonderland, Land of Oz, etc.
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The Horror of the Haunted Cathedral

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): the Russians; Zombie Fuehrer [General Henchel] (villain, introduction, dies twice); zombie monk; army of zombies (villains, introduction for all, all die twice); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: General Henchel faces the prospect of suicide because of his blunder along the German-Russian Front, but instead he makes a hasty departure by submarine to America. Arriving in the swamps of Louisiana, he decides to hide out in a mysterious cathedral, supposedly haunted, and is killed when he plays an organ, but is brought back as a zombie (like other former inhabitants of the edifice), leading his Army of the Dead out to kill Americans. The Angel discovers a zombie Monk at the cathedral and learns from him how to deal with the dreadful Army.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #7 [Regular Edition] published July 2012
as The Horror of the Haunted Cathedral [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8

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