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Issue: Mystic Comics #9
Publication Date: May 1942
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Issues: #9 of 10 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/02/1942
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: MYSTIC COMICS is published bi-monthly by Timely Comics, Inc., at 330 W. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. Vol. 2, No. 9, May, 1942 issue. Contents copyright 1942 by Timely Comics, Inc. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions appearing in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and that any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. Printed in the U. S. A.

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. 2. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 534765.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Destroyer
Character(s): Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Adolf Hitler; Hirohito
First Line: Free that girl!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mystic Comics

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Table of contents for the issue. Stan Lee is credited as Editor.
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Hitler Speaks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Destroyer
Character(s): Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Flora von Bangor [Florence von Banger]; Adolf Hitler
Synopsis: The Destroyer enrages Hitler by interrupting his speeches with broadcasts from Freedom Station, a clandestine radio service run by a German named Hans.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Credits per Ger Apeldoorn via atlastales.com. Splash page bears the words: "From the famous character created by STAN LEE". The first and last names of the Destroyer's lady friend have mysteriously changed slightly.
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The Gambling Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Witness
Character(s): The Witness
Synopsis: The Witness brings in a gambling ship that was cheating and blackmailing the players but staying too far out to sea to be in the police's jurisdiction.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Witness is not in costume in this issue - instead he wears a suit and a narrow black domino mask. There is a blurb for another Witness story in the next issue, but it never appeared.
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Poison, Incorporated

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Terror
Character(s): The Terror; The Old One (villain)
Synopsis: A criminal known as "The Old One" creates Poison, Inc., and commits murders for hire using poisons. The Terror hears of the these murders, and tracks down the Old One through his clients.
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Pages: 7
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Mortal Combat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Feature(s): Davey and the Demon
Character(s): Davey Drew; Demon; The Prince of Good (introduction)
Synopsis: Davey is saved from being dropped into a boiling cauldron by the sudden appearance of the Prince of Good, arch enemy of the Demon. The Prince rescues Davey and leaves the Demon buried in the rock, believing him destroyed. But after the Prince leaves, the Demon emerges and attacks New York, leading to a titanic battle between the Demon and the Prince atop the Empire State Building.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Continued from the cliffhanger end of the previous issue, and the last panel, while not a cliffhanger, teases the next issue's story.
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Manhunt!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.85
Disclose Notes: Text story (no illustrations).
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Timely Comics Line
First Line: Don't miss any of America's most thrilling comic magazines!
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Pages: 0.15
Disclose Notes: Small text ad for the following titles (in order, as they appear):
CAPTAIN AMERICA Comics
MARVEL Comics
HUMAN TORCH Quarterly
SUB-MARINER Quarterly
YOUNG ALLIES Comics
ALL WINNERS Quarterly
JOKER Comics
U.S.A. Comics
COMEDY Comics
TOUGH KID SQUAD Comics
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Longnails

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Marvel
Character(s): Black Marvel [Dan Lyons]
Synopsis: A young ex-con tries to go straight, but a former criminal associate frames him for murder so the Black Marvel much catch the real murderer and clear the young man's name.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The last panel claims there will be another Black Marvel story in the next issue but it never appeared.
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Throwback

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gary Gaunt
Character(s): Gary Gaunt (introduction; origin); Jean Carson (introduction)
Synopsis: Noted criminologist Gary Gaunt accidentally drinks an experimental mixture he'd made to turn rabbits into fighting animals after he receives a blow to the head. As a result, while a criminologist by day, he becomes a monstrous evil-doer at night.
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Pages: 6
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The Mystery of Red Valley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blazing Skull
Character(s): Blazing Skull [Mark Todd]
Synopsis: Mark Todd visits an old friend of his father's, but finds him denying they know each other and acting oddly. As the Blazing Skull, he discovers that a murdering robber has taken his friend's place in order to redirect the blame for his crimes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Mark Todd is back to being described as a District Attorney in this issue. A teaser in the last panel promises another Blazing Skull story in the next issue, but it never appeared.
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Horror Mansion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Challenger
Character(s): Challenger [Bill Waring]
Synopsis: The Challenger stops an insurance scam where those who bought large insurance policies were lured to a castle and scared to death with ghastly apparitions in order to appear to have died of natural causes.
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Pages: 8
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Remember Pearl Harbor!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): United States Savings Bonds and Stamps
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Seed Co.
First Line: Prizes for All!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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