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Issue: Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner #3
Publication Date: December 2009
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Issues: #3 of 3 Issues (6 Printings)
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Variant: Regular Edition
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/09/2009
Volume: 3
Pages: 248
ISBN: 9780785133513
UPC/EAN: 978078513351355999
Price: $59.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 36 (18 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Reprints Sub-Mariner Comics (Marvel, 1941 Series) #9-12.

Special thanks given to: Brett Greene; Dr. Michael J. Vassallo; Hames Ware; and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Printed in China. Manufactured between August 26, 2009 and October 7, 2009 by King Yip (Dongguan) Printing and Packaging Factory Ltd., Dongguan, Guangdong, China. First printing.

Marvel Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Office of publication: 417 5th Avenue, New York, New York 10016.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
Dimensions: 7.25" x 10.5"
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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24 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #10 published January 1943 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #9 published January 1943 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #12 published January 1943 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #11 published January 1943 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #10 published January 1943 was The Den of Serpents [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #12 published January 1943 was Stunning Blow to Nippon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #11 published January 1943 was Ghosts Can't Kill [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #9 published January 1943 was Terror of the Floating Fortresses [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #12 published January 1943 was The Mystery of Sabotage City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #11 published January 1943 was Namor Meets the Mysterious Dr. Suki [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #9 published January 1943 was [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #10 published January 1943 was His Best Friend [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #12 published January 1943 was [untitled] [Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #9 published January 1943 was The Green Island Menace [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #10 published January 1943 was The Code of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #11 published January 1943 was Parting Shot [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #12 published January 1943 was The Battle of Kwangto! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #11 published January 1943 was The Case of the Beggar Prince [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #10 published January 1943 was Killer's Last Stand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #9 published January 1943 was The Baffling Business With the Bowlegged Bozo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #9 published January 1943 was The Day's Biggest Sale [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #12 published January 1943 was One for the Books [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #9 published January 1943 was The King of Castle Island [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSub-Mariner Comics #12 published January 1943 was The Charity Bazaar Murders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Sub-Mariner Comics Nos. 9-12

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Angel [Tom Hallaway] (inset)
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Welcome to the Golden Age of Marvel Comics!

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Marvel Masterworks Presents Golden Age Sub-Mariner Comics

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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Dean; Dr. Suki
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Copyright Page

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Marvel Masterworks Credits/Contents

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Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]
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Disclose Notes: Timely Comics, Inc. logo in background. Illustration of the Sub-Mariner holding a torpedo from a panel on page 11 of the In The Mystery of Sabotage City Sub-Mariner story in Sub-Mariner Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #12.

Contains complete listing of stories reprinted in this volume along with credits. Credits for the volume and the original stories.

The page also lists Al Gabriele and Allen Bellman as possible creators who may have had uncredited work in these stories.
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Introduction

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[untitled]

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Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Angel [Tom Hallaway] (inset); the Japanese (villains)
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Terror of the Floating Fortresses

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Captain Presner; Captain Tsaki (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: The Sub-Mariner investigates the sudden appearance of an iceberg in waters they normally do not exist in, and discovers it's man-made and a cover for Japanese destroyers to attack American shipping.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Human Torch; The Sub-Mariner
First Line: Zooming to greater thrills, mystery, action, patriotism
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The Green Island Menace

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Irish Republican Army; Von Klutz (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Sub-Mariner must stop the mysterious and destructive explosions occuring all over Ireland, accomplished by a dangerous Nazi leader and his men, who are leaving clues behind which pin-point the Irish Republican Army (I.R.A.) as the true culprits.
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The Baffling Business with the Bowlegged Bozo

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Genres: humorous, western
Character(s): Dr. Dimwit; Slouch Crouch (Dimwit's assistant); Augustus Bustus (introduction)
Synopsis: When Augustus Bustus enters the offices of Dr. Dimwit to see if the doctor can correct his bowl legs condition, he ends up with an entirely new problem which works out for the best.
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The Day's Biggest Sale

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Genres: adventure, crime
Character(s): Walt Jones; Mr. Jones; Bull Mulligan (villain); Squinty Lewis (villain); Trigger Davis (villain)
Synopsis: Bull Mulligan buys several new shirts and ties, hoping that they will cheer up the members of his gang, but has trouble opening the door to the hideout with his key because of the packages in his arms, leading to a deadly result.
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The King of Castle Island

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Hallaway]; un-named girl (to be made Queen for the King); the Gorilla-Man and his family (introduction); The King of Castle Island (villain, introduction, death); The Royal Family (villains, introduction, death)
Synopsis: When Tom Hallaway discovers a girl bleeding green blood, the Angel follows it up and discovers a group of people descended from an ancestor that had contracted a rare tropical malady resulting in green blood in all family members who followed.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Angel [Tom Halladay] (inset); the Japanese (villains)
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The Den of Serpents

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; John Harris (FBI agent, death); Dolvin (villain, introduction, death); Gargo (villain)
Synopsis: Sub-Mariner must battle Dovin and his River God cult followers, who are trying to force the American government into signing a treaty of perace with Germany, or else the worst flood in history of the Ohio River will occur!
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His Best Friend

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pop Andrew; Sheriff Pringle; Lem Rainer; Charlie Skinner; Skat (a shepherd dog); Cleve (villain)
Synopsis: Cleve had an idea for the perfect crime, but how did he know that his dog would leave a clue behind that would lead to an arrest: of the dog!
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The Code of Death

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Heinrich Himmler [sic Himler] (villain); Von Schmeer [as Seaman Aikly] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler sends one of his students (in his school for spies and saboteurs) to America for the purpose of alerting Fifth Columnists to change the wave length of every Nazi short-wave radio on the East Coast as the FBI is on their trail.
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Killer's Last Stand

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Hallaway]; Patrolman Cassidy; un-named prison Warden; Vince Heart (prison inmate, death); Joe Scarpone (villain, introduction, death); John Barlo (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: The murder of an inmate with important information for the warden leads the Angel into a life and death situation within the prison walls.
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Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Angel [Tom Hallaway] (inset)
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Ghosts Can't Kill

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Hirohito (villain); Yoko (villain, introduction, death), Admiral Joihll (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Sub-Mariner discovers the Japanese Naval forces using a cleverly disguised and phoney Japanese ship as an American boat to unsuspectingly join American convoys at sea in order to sustain damage to U.S. ships.
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Namor Meets the Mysterious Dr. Suki

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Guest Star: Betty Dean; Dr. Suki (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Successful Japanese attacks on key U.S. positions stir Sub-Mariner to action, and he discovers that Japanese agents are sneaking out of American concentration camps into specially built underground tunnels that lead to those key sites.
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Parting Shot

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pete; Hugh; Fritz (villain)
Synopsis: Two American seamen prevent a box containing American defense plans from falling into the hands of Nazi agents.
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The Case of the Beggar Prince

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Angel
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Hallaway]; Bernard Hix; Captain Felix Von Tont (villain, introduction, death); un-named U-Boat commander (introduction); Eric (villain); Adolf (villain); Otto (villain)
Synopsis: The Angel battles an enemy submarine and its crew who are atempting to steal important U.S. documents, not knowing that the Americans already have photostatic copies of them!
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Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; the Angel [Tom Hallaway]; the Nazis (villains)
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Stunning Blow to Nippon

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Diving Marvels [the Engels sisters]; Carl Wildmer (villain, introduction, death); the Japanese (villains, many deaths)
Synopsis: Namor challenges a champion swimmer to a contest and wins, unaware, until later, that the man also serves the enemy, who makes attacks on American shipping.
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In the Mystery of Sabotage City

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Japanese (villains)
Synopsis: Namor seeks to discover the secret location of a Japanese submarine base that has been responsible for destroying Allied merchant shipping, but is shocked to learn that a prehistoric monster is involved!
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
First Line: Urgent! Sentinels of Liberty!
Synopsis: Illustrated public service announcement in which Captain America asks kids to get involved in the waste paper drive, while Bucky displays four ways to save the paper for easy handling.
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The Battle of Kwangto!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Guest Star: Betty Dean; Captain Stark; Marshal Ito (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Soku (villain, introduction, death); the Japanese (villains)
Synopsis: Sub-Mariner speeds to China to assist Betty Dean in her quest to evacuate Chinese orphans from the missions in China.
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Disclose Notes: Unknown pencils and Klein inks per Michael J. Vassallo via atlas tales: https://www.atlastales.com/issue/3917
Previous indexer credited Al Gabrielle on pencils in the original index. Possible John Jordan inks per Craig Delich, 11 March 2010.

Masterworks credits page lists the penciller and inker as being unknown.
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One for the Books

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Hank Crawford (Deputy Sheriff); Dave Williams (Policeman); un-named German (villain, death)
Synopsis: City cop Dave Williams, tracking down a German killer in an old west ghost town, is taught a lesson or two by an old-time, un-trained Deputy Sheriff!
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The Charity Bazaar Murders

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Hallaway]; Mrs. Van Nest; Tom Malone (villain, introduction, death); Pete Malone (villain, introduction, death); Pat Malone (villain, introduction, Pete Malone's sister, death), Danny Malone (villain, introduction, Tom Malone's son, reforms)
Synopsis: The death of a notorious gangster Tom Malone deeply affects the remaining family members, who all swear revenge upon the person they deem responsible: The Angel!
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The Marvel Masterworks Library

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Marvel Masterworks

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Listing of other Masterworks titles and UPC barcode.
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Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Angel [Tom Hallaway]; Betty Dean; the Japanese; the Nazis
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Reproductions of the covers to Sub-Mariner Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #9-12.

Limited edition does not have the EAN code on the back cover.

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