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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #73
Publication Date: June 1946
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Issues: #73 of 91 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/15/1946
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Part 2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
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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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro
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Pages: 1
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Killer Boss of Westport

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Danny Grogan (villain, introduction, death); Jeff Gravis (villain, introduction); Nitro (villain, introduction)
First Line: Like a slave driver of old, Danny Grogan cracked the whip over Westport.
Synopsis: A gangster named Grogan is in cahoots with the local law running the town of Westport. When one of the members of the civic league is blown up in his house the remaining members contact Torch and Toro. Torch gets a call from one of Grogan's gang agrees to talk - for a price. They find the man dead when they arrive and narrowly miss being the victims of a time bomb. Torch finds a galley of the local newspaper and realizes the dead man must have been poisoned by the editor, since he is the only civic league member aware of Torch and Toro's plans. When confronted the newspaper editor confesses.
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Pages: 12
Job Number: R-179
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Politicians' Plunder

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Betty Dean (guest-star); Benson (villain, introduction); Raymonde (villain, introduction)
First Line: Looks like Center City is celebrating...
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Pages: 12
Job Number: R-176
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The Ghoul of the 13th Floor

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Ghoul [Joshua Crown] (villain, introduction)
First Line: This hotel looks run down -- but the place next door looks nice!
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Pages: 7
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Desert Bandit

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Letterer(s): typeset
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The Case of the Gagging Gangsters

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bandy Cole (introduction)
First Line: Is that you, Jeff?
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Pages: 7
Job Number: R-321
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The Missing Weapon

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dan (villain, introduction); Tom (villain, introduction)
First Line: He's innocent!
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Pages: 8
Job Number: R-276 ?

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