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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #33
Publication Date: July 1942
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Issues: #33 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Timely Comics [small shield]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/08/1942
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. 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner
First Line: Human Torch and Sub-Mariner hold off the Jap hordes in the New York terror air-raid!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Dynamite Saboteurs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Burgos [as Burgos] (signed)
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos [as Burgos] (signed)
Inker(s): Carl Burgos ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Human Torch
Character(s): Human Torch; Toro; Romo (villain, introduction); Von Brukk (villain, introduction, death); Professor Mikk (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Von Brukk, Nazi agent no.1, is using a gangster named Romo to steal dynamite in order to bomb munitions plants. Fleeing from Torch and Toro, Von Brukk attempts to hide in a wind tunnel when the contraption starts up and he is ground to hamburger by the fan blades.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Sub-Mariner Slugs the Sahara Scavengers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Pfeufer [from Funnies, Inc. [the Jacquet Shop]]
Inker(s): Carl Pfeufer ? [from Funnies, Inc. [the Jacquet Shop]]
Colorist(s): Funnies, Inc. [the Jacquet Shop]
Letterer(s): Funnies, Inc. [the Jacquet Shop]
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sub-Mariner
Character(s): Von Ratter (Villain, Introduction); Von Rommel (Introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: This story was produced by Funnies, Inc. [the Jacquet Shop] during the time of Bill Everett's transition of leaving the Sub-Mariner strip. As a result, artists like Carl Pfeufer emulated much of Everett's style (as per Jerry Bails, September 10, 2004).
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Jap Trap

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mickey Spillane
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 Giant Octopus Menace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Plastino ?; Syd Shores ? (see notes)
Inker(s): Al Plastino ?; Al Gabrielle ? (see notes)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vision
Character(s): The Vision; A mad scientist (villain, introduction, death); his giant octopi (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story originally credited to Stan Lee. Al Plastino art per Bob Hughes (13 December 2013). Credit from Jerry Bails' Who's Who and comparison of the art with other credited work. Syd Shores and Al Gabrielle art by original indexer, Veracity (1 June 2015), based on examination of the artwork within the issue, and atlastales.com. Veracity contends it is probably Plastino's work in the next issue's story, but not this one.
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Treachery Deals a Double-Cross

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Plastino ?
Inker(s): Al Plastino ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Patriot
Character(s): The Patriot [Jeff Mace]; The Japanese (villains, deaths)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Al Fagaly, but all his Patriot stories were signed. New credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who and comparison of the art with other credited work.
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The Case of the Bogus Stamp Salesman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner [as Oksner] (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Oksner [as Oksner] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Terry Vance
Character(s): Terry Vance; Deadline Dawson (guest-star); Torpey (owner of Torpey Stamp Co., villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Tunnel To China

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Robbins ?
Penciller(s): Ed Robbins ?
Inker(s): Ed Robbins ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy
Feature(s): Jimmy Jupiter
Character(s): The White Rabbit (from ALICE IN WONDERLAND, introduction); the Kings and Queens of the White and Black Kingdoms (introductions)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The House of the Living Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Blum ?
Inker(s): Alex Blum ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Angel
Character(s): The Angel; Dr. Merkel (villain, introduction, death); his legion of zombies (villains, introductions, deaths)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Al Fagaly. New credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who and comparison of the art with other credited work.

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