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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #86

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Publication Date: June 1948

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Issues: #86 of 91 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 02/06/1948

Volume: 1

Pages: 52

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)

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Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, 1948.

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Format

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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Content Items (8 total)

The Carnival of Crime!

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Genres: superhero

First Line: We've got to work fast, Toro---one of these masked people is a killer!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Unknown art per Michael J. Vassallo. Previous indexer credited Ken Bald.

Carnival of Crime

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Garko (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: A rich man named Garko drives away his stepson with his cruelty, and when Garko holds a festival on his birthday, the stepson, wearing a mask, returns to kill him and steal his jewels. Torch and Toro are too late to stop the murder but they prevent the theft.

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Pages: 12

Job Number: 2585

Case of the Disappearing Watchman

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

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Pages: 12

Job Number: SL-2680

Not-So-Perfect Alibi!

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Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Character(s): McCoy; Lydia (death); Lydia's un-named husband (villain)

Synopsis: A man who has murdered his wife makes one fatal error that lands him in jail.

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Pages: 1

Job Number: 2781

Notes: Writer credit per Bellman interview in Alter Ego #114 (December 2012). Art credits verified in same interview.

The Lightning Cult

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Genres: superhero

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Pages: 7

Notes: The is the last Marvel Mystery appearance of Bucky.

Too Late

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1.67

Job Number: SL-2558

Statement of Ownership

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: Appears on second page of text story.

Staged for Murder

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

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Pages: 8

Job Number: 2045

Notes: Unknown inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores.