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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #4
Publication Date: February 1940
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Issues: #4 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: none
On Sale Date: 12/20/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: No indicia in this issue, nor in the other issue Timely published this month, Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #2 (February 1940).

On-sale date from the Marvel Database (https://marvel.fandom.com/).
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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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Nazis
First Line: Like lightning, the Sub-Mariner attacked
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #26 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2004
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2004
as Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 published January 2012
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 published January 2012
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Marvel Comics' Free $25.00 Prize Contest

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as The Editor] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Comics
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 published January 2012
as Marvel Comics' Free $25.00 Prize Contest [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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New York Hit by Green Flame

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inspector Reiss; Clancy (a policeman); Johnson; Maizie (introduction, undercover policewoman); Dr. Manyac (villain, introduction); The Green Flames (villains, introduction for all, some deaths)
Synopsis: Torch has to deal with the threat of Dr. Manyac, who plans to use the Green Flames as a tool to exact revenge if his demands are not met.
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #26 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2004
as New York Hit by Green Flame [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 [unnamed variant] published July 2009
as New York Hit by Green Flame [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 published January 2012
as New York Hit by Green Flame [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Torch assumes Jim Hammond identity, and still wears blue uniform.
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Butch the Giant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Butch (villain, introduction, death, a giant); Rickie (villain, death); Brink (villain, introduction); Weasel (villain, death)
Synopsis: The Angel ventures into the Devil's Playground, which harbors killers, murderers, and every other imaginable menace to civilization, in order to battle a giant who carries out the gruesome activities.
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #26 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2004
as Butch the Giant [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 published January 2012
as Butch the Giant [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Sub-Mariner Goes to War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Betty Dean; Tha-Korr; Council of Three (introduction, Atlantean rulers); The Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: Betty, concerned with what effect the Nazi submarine warfare has had on ocean-going travel and commerce, enlists the aid of the Sub-Mariner and his aerial subs to deal with the problem.
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #26 published ?
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #9 published June 1967
as The Sub-Mariner Goes To War [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2004
as The Sub-Mariner Goes to War [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 published January 2012
as The Sub-Mariner Goes to War [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story continued next issue.
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The Claim Jumpers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): The Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Zeb; Luke; Manuel; Ben; Buck and his gang (villains, some die)
Synopsis: A couple of prospectors discover a large gold deposit on their property but are threatened by local crooks looking for the location of that claim.
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #26 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2004
as The Claim Jumpers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 published January 2012
as The Claim Jumpers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Warning Enough

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Steve; Naylor; Jim Stinson; "Slip" Rodney (villain)
Synopsis: Steve picks up a hitchhiker along side a road, not knowing that he is a wanted killer.
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #26 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2004
as Warning Enough [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 published January 2012
as Warning Enough [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1.75
Disclose Notes: The statement of ownership is printed in the last column of the story.
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Statement of ownership, management, circulation, etc.

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Timely Publications (owner)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Statement of ownership of "Marvel Mystery Comics, published monthly, at Buffalo, New York, for October 1, 1939."
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2004
as Statement of ownership, management, circulation, etc. [Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 published January 2012
as Statement of ownership, management, circulation, etc. [Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: All addresses for Martin and Abraham Goodman as well as for Timely Publications given as 330 W. 42nd St., N. Y. C.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Electro (introduction, origin, a robot); Prof. Philo Zog (Electro's creator); the twelve Secret Operatives (introduction); Dick Gardner (secret operative #3); Little Joyce Lovely; Hymie "The Weasel" Pazetto (villain, introduction)
First Line: Prof. Philo Zog, mechanical wizard...
Synopsis: Professor Zog creates a marvelous robot, all-powerful and intelligent, as a means of helping humanity banish all crime and evil. Electro's first task is to rescue a kidnapped child actress.
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #26 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2004
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 published January 2012
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Quest for a Crime Boss

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Ferret (introduction); Lynn Froehm; Doc Wagner (villain, introduction); Knuckles Johnson (villain, death)
Synopsis: Our hero faces a challenge from the underworld, which hasn't taken a liking to his "crime doesn't pay" articles and is out robbing and killing people for jewelry.
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #26 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2004
as Quest for a Crime Boss [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 published January 2012
as Quest for a Crime Boss [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Fourth Episode [Return of the Oman]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Zar (a lion); Sha (lion mate of Zar); Chaka (ape leader); N'Jaga (a leopard); Trajah (an elephant); Paul De Kraft [aka Fat Face] (villain); Ed Kivlin (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: De Kraft returns to the Belgian Congo, where, years earlier, he had killed Ka-Zar's parents, and when Ka-Zar spots him, he swears revenge. De Kraft uses deadly tactics to deal with the natives, who want to desert him because they fear retribution from the "Jungle God."
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #26 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2004
as Fourth Episode [Return of the Oman] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 published January 2012
as Fourth Episode [Return of the Oman] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story continued in the next issue.

Bracketed story title found in the last panel of story in Marvel Mystery #3.
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Rush Coupon for Mammoth Catalog

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside back cover.
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Money and Big Prizes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the back cover.

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