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Issue: Marvel Mystery Comics #7
Publication Date: May 1940
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Issues: #7 of 91 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Publications
On Sale Date: 03/20/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Martin Goodman
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 449891.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; some typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; The Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (inset); Ka-Zar [David Rand] (inset); The Angel [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor] (inset); Electro (inset); Ferret (inset)
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as Marvel Mystery Comics #7 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Human Torch -- Policeman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Inker(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Carl Burgos ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): The Human Torch [Jim Hamond]; Johnson; un-named Police Captain; Roglo (villain); Red (villain, death)
Synopsis: The Torch joins the police department and is given a free hand to wage his campaign against the criminal Roglo and others like him.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as The Human Torch -- Policeman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Story continued next issue (1st hint of Torch / Sub-Mariner clash).
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Marked for Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson ?; Ray Gill ?
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson ?; Joe Simon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Angel, Master of Men
Character(s): The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Betty Martin; Henry Martin; Emma Martin (villain, introduction, death); Hank (villain)
Synopsis: The Angel and Betty are nearly killed by being run off a cliff but soon discover why: Betty's aunt is planning to kill her and her father for his money.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as Marked for Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The art of this issue is different than previous appearances, and Gustavson may not have inked this story. However, the Who's Who lists no other inker for the strip in 1940.

The Who's Who only lists Ray Gill as a writer in 1940 and this story may be by him.
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Rampage in New York

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Everett
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Prince Namor, The Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Tha-Korr; Fiorello LaGuardia; Betty Dean
First Line: Namor, you have been cheated and mistreated by the treacherous Americans
Synopsis: Because Namor has been cheated and mistreated by the Americans, he decides to use New York as his base while destroying the entire continent.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Great Comic Book Heroes #[nn] published January 1965
as Rampage in New York [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as Rampage in New York [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story continued next issue (2nd hint of Torch / Sub-Mariner clash).
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The Framing of the Masked Raider

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): William Allison
Inker(s): William Allison
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Masked Raider
Character(s): The Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Lightning (Raider's horse); Nat Parker; un-named federal marshal (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: After saving the lives of Nat Parker and his son from outlaws, the marshal accuses the Raider of the attack.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Blasting Bombers

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David C. Cooke (signed)
Penciller(s): Frank Thomas [as F. T.] (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Thomas [as F. T.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Lou Herbert; the Nussian airforce (villains, many die)
Synopsis: American flier Lou Herbert takes matters into his own hands when an enemy air force attacks Sinki.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as Blasting Bombers! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Felons and the Flood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Dahlman ?
Penciller(s): Steve Dahlman (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Dahlman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Electro the Marvel of the Age
Character(s): Electro; Professor Zog; Jim [one of the Operatives]; "Boss" Sarpo (villain, introduction); Sarpo's gang [Joe; Red] (villains, introduction for both)
Synopsis: Severe floodinonby the Ohio River endangers the life and property of many, so Professor Zog instructs two of his Operatives to take Electro to the scene to help out.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as The Felons and the Flood [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Kidnapped by the Duke

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Davis [as Stockbridge Winslow] (signed)
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen (signed)
Inker(s): Irwin Hasen (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Ferret, Mystery Detective
Character(s): Ferret; Nosey [a ferret]; Cynthia Bryant; The Duke (villain, introduction); Broderick (villain, introduction); Batty (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Ferret is taken prisoner, as candy heiress Cynthia Bryant had been, and is told to authorize payment of $50,000 ransom for his release.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as Kidnapped by the Duke [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Deadly Scheme of "Red" Skelton

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ben Thompson ?
Penciller(s): Ben Thompson (signed)
Inker(s): Ben Thompson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Professor Rice (introduction, death); Mara Rice (Professor's daughter); Zar (a lion); Trajah (an elephant); "Red" Skelton (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Ka-Zar notes the arrival of Professor Rice, a botanist who has come to the Belgian Congo to search for certain rare species of plant life. Unfortunately for the good Professor, his pilot is a thief and murderer, who not only intends to blackmail the Professor for $100,000, but also to marry his daughter.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Milestones: Black Panther, Storm & Ka-Zar #[nn] published January 2006
as [The Deadly Scheme of "Red" Skelton] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as The Deadly Scheme of "Red" Skelton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Character created by Bob Byrd.

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