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Issue: The Human Torch #32
Publication Date: September 1948
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Issues: #32 of 38 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Cornell Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 06/14/1948
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (6 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, 1948, 3rd Series, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 195.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (#2-35); then standard Silver Age US (#36-38)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sun Girl [Mary Mitchell]
First Line: Torch! I'm not being held prisoner in there!
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In Content Item: FlagThe Human Torch #32 published October 1948
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Unknown pencils and Rule inks per Nick Caputo, December 2018. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores on pencils and inks.
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Double-Cross in Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Huiman Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sun Girl [Mary Mitchell]
First Line: Who is Robert Dammer?
Synopsis: A man sent to jail for murder on the testimony of a gangster escapes and hunts the gangster down. The gangster's boss decides that both of them ought to be eliminated, and shoots the hood, but Torch and Sun Girl save the fall guy. The hood lives long enough to confess the frameup to Torch and the man is cleared of the murder rap.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: 3036
Disclose Notes: Writer's credit from Woolfolk's paybook.
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The Burning of Rome!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, superhero
Feature(s): Facts on Fire! A Human Torch Special Feature
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Nero
First Line: One of the greatest fires in history took place during the reign of Emperor Nero...
Synopsis: The Human Torch narrates the story about Nero's burning of Rome.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: 3379
Disclose Notes: Fully listed as: Facts on Fire! A Human Torch Special Feature! "The Burning of Rome!"

Pencil and ink credits from ‎Michael J. Vassallo‎ at the Timely-Atlas-Comics Facebook page, via copies of the original tear sheet saved by the artist, Sy Grudko and kept by his daughter, Diane (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157742153054778&set=pcb.2178150085777562&type=3&ifg=1, retrieved 6 August 2018).

Per Sy Grudko, in an interview conducted with Michael J. Vassallo‎ 1988, this story was presented to him as a try-out for his art. The try-out was successful and the art was used for the story
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The Roulette of Destiny!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Namora; Spade Brown (villain, introduction)
First Line: The "Gypsy Nest" is cozy, elegant, and as we shall soon see...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: 2974
Disclose Notes: Nick Caputo detects Everett's hand on some pages, perhaps inking.
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The Bigger They Are

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
First Line: Henry Anderson, the new owner of Anderson's Variety 5 & 10¢ Store, was sandpapering the new floor he had just installed.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: SL-2999
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Bodyguard for Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
First Line: Murder brought me to the office of Twig Mallory, fight promoter!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: 3340
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The Jazz Murders!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sun Girl [Mary Mitchell]
First Line: Torch, what are you doing?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: 3020
Disclose Notes: Possible Alascia inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores.

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