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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #29
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #29 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/16/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Funnies, Inc. [Lloyd Jacquett]
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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
First Line: Into the blade she sped as the Human Torch leaped --!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Moonlight Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Burgos
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Inker(s): Carl Burgos ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Human Torch and Toro
Character(s): Human Torch; Toro; The Javelin [Reginald Carter] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Javelin is a big game hunter who has contracted a rare disease which drives him to kill at certain times of the month. He uses carbon dioxide gas to put out Torch and Toro's flame and overpowers them. He makes it appear to police that they have killed a girl so the police chief attempts to arrest them but they resist arrest in order to track down the Javelin. When they apprehend him and turn him over to the cops, the police chief forgives them.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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The Item of the Mad Artist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Everett
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Everett
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sub-Mariner
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Stefan Natas [Anton Devere] (villain, introduction, death); Vicki Amherst; Dick Arbor
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Mine of Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vision
Character(s): The Vision; Legs Cachone (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Smythe; Joan Smythe
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: script formerly credited to Stan Lee. Story is not signed. Unknown art per atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores on pencils and inks.
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The Ship In the Desert

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mickey Spillane
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes: in Primal Spillane: Early Stories 1941-1942 (Gryphon Books, 2004 series)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Mystery of the Stinging Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Terry Vance
Character(s): Terry Vance; Deadline Dawson (guest-star); Senor Revuelta (villain, introduction); Diosa (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Unknown art per atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Bob Oksner on pencils and inks.
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The Land of Nowhere...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Robbins
Penciller(s): Ed Robbins (signed) [as Eddie Robbins]
Inker(s): Ed Robbins (signed) [as Eddie Robbins]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy
Feature(s): Jimmy Jupiter
Character(s): jimmy Jupiter; The Witches of Encore (villains, introductions, one death); Ruffy Rabbit (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Wolf-Man Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Angel
Character(s): The Angel; The Wolf-Man [Gonji] (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Unknown art per atlastales.com. Previous indexers credited Gus Schrotter and Al Fagaly.
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Death Stalks the Shipyard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Fagaly (signed)
Inker(s): Al Fagaly (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Patriot
Character(s): Patriot [Jeff Mace]; Grosse (villain, introduction, death); Mary; Casey
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #16 published September 1968
as Death Stalks the Shipyard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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