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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #40
Publication Date: February 1943
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Issues: #40 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/23/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, 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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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch
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Pages: 1
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Flaming Terror

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): A Japanese spy ring (villains, introductions)
Synopsis: The Japanese build an airfield beneath the sands of the Mojave desert in order to launch air strikes against San Francisco with planes that disperse a napalm-like substance. Torch and Toro track them down when the army fails to locate them.
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Pages: 12
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The Morale Murder Menace

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Betty Dean (guest-star); Herr Brunder (villain, introduction, death); Hans (villain, introduction); Hermann (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 12
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The Case of the Eager Diplomat

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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Deadline Dawson (guest-star); Oleg (villain, introduction); The Princess of Borsnia (introduction)
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Pages: 7
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Mastermind

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Monster of Negley Hall

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Morgan (introduction)
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Pages: 7
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The Shining Castle of Ra

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy
Character(s): Jimmy Jupiter; Knobby the Marionette; Ra
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The story continues next issue.
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Tapping the Code

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Drums Toggins (villain; introduction); Eric (villain; introduction); and a Nazi spy ring (villain; introduction)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Unknown pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores.
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The Mystery of the Missing Stars

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel; Hash-Head [Steve Strong] (villain; introduction); Dream-Girl (villain; introduction); Jelly-Face (villain; introduction)
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Pages: 10

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