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Issue: The Human Torch #9
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #9 of 38 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/25/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee ?
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. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (#2-35); then standard Silver Age US (#36-38)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro
First Line: Only the fiery Torch stood between the Nazis and Suez!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #3 [Regular Edition] published July 2010
as The Human Torch #9 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee [as Lee] (signed)
Penciller(s): Bill King [as King] (signed)
Inker(s): Bill King [as King] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Winners Comics
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Adolf Hitler; Benito Mussolini; Hideki Tojo
First Line: The Best Yet!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #3 [Regular Edition] published July 2010
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated promotional house ad [with cover] for All-Winners Comics #6.

Found on the inside front cover.

Lee and King signed this piece and are, most likely, two separate people. Bill King did such house ads from 1941-43 and Stan Lee wrote such ads during the same years.
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The Hooded Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mickey Spillane ?
Penciller(s): Harry Sahle
Inker(s): Jack Alderman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Human Torch
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Mr. Ross; The Hooded Gang (villains); Dodd (villain, real estate man)
Synopsis: The Torch and Toro prevent a man from being lynched by a slumlord. The man's plans for urban renewal would have prevented the slumlord's building and land from being condemned and sold to the railroad.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #3 [Regular Edition] published July 2010
as The Hooded Gang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists Al Fagaly as penciler and Edd Asch as inker.
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sub-Mariner Comics
First Line: It's Here!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #3 [Regular Edition] published July 2010
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional house ad for Sub-Mariner Comics #7, providing story titles and short synopses.
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The Ghost of Reuben Hartnett

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mickey Spillane ?
Penciller(s): Al Gabriele
Inker(s): Carl Pfeufer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Dean; Jaggs; Miss Amanda; John Howard (death); Mr. Smythe (villain)
Synopsis: Namor and Betty arrive at the home of the late Reuben Hartnett in time for the reading of the will, a will which states that there is a locked box hidden away with the man's fortune and whoever finds it owns the treasure.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #3 [Regular Edition] published July 2010
as The Ghost of Reuben Hartnett [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists Carl Pfeufer as penciler and John Jordan as inker.
Betty Dean is called Batty Deane in story.
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
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The Invalid

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Pvt. Irving Werstein (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Tom Grant; Jack Everett; Manfred Richter (villain, Nazi spy-ring leader, death)
Synopsis: A Nazi spy infiltrates the Everett Aircraft Plant, hoping to kill one of the young men trained to be a pilot and destroy the plant at the same time.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #3 [Regular Edition] published July 2010
as The Invalid [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Mystery Comics
First Line: 7 Big Reasons.....
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #3 [Regular Edition] published July 2010
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional house ad for the latest issue of Marvel Mystery Comics, listing the top seven features found within its pages.
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Queer Case of Johnny Clostro

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mickey Spillane ?
Penciller(s): Harry Sahle
Inker(s): Al Gabriele ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Human Torch
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Inspector Neilan; Dr. Reese (death); Mr. Garrett (villain, bank Director); Mr. Webb (villain, bank President, death); Joey Clostro (villain, death)
Synopsis: The Torch and Toro must battle a nefarious, cold-blooded killer who has one major weakness: he suffers from claustrophobia!
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #3 [Regular Edition] published July 2010
as Queer Case of Johnny Clostro [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists the penciler as Al Fagaly and the inker as unknown.
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Gates (signed)
Penciller(s): Art Gates (signed)
Inker(s): Art Gates (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Art Gates ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, humorous
Feature(s): Swoopy the Fearless
Character(s): Swoopy; Windy; Alexander E. Pavlovsky
First Line: Swoopy and Windy have been appointed to carry Air Mail...
Synopsis: Swoopy and Windy have been appointed to carry mail for the government of Moronia.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #3 [Regular Edition] published July 2010
as "Swoopy and Windy have been appointed to carry Air Mail..." [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee [as Lee] (signed)
Penciller(s): Bill King [as King] (signed)
Inker(s): Bill King [as King] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Young Allies Comics
Character(s): Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Toro; Whitewash Jones; Jefferson Worthy Sandervilt; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]; The Owl (villain)
First Line: Presenting -- Horror in Hollywood
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch #3 [Regular Edition] published July 2010
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated promotional house ad [with the cover] for Young Allies Comics #5.

Found on the inside back cover.

Lee and King signed this piece and are, most likely, two separate people. Bill King did such house ads from 1941-43 and Stan Lee wrote such ads during the same years.

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