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Issue: Daring Mystery Comics #5
Publication Date: June 1940
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Issues: #5 of 8 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Publications
On Sale Date: 04/11/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Martin Goodman
Disclose Notes: DARING MYSTERY COMICS published monthly by Timely Publications, Meriden, Conn. Application for second class matter pending at the Post Office at Meriden, Conn., under act of March 3, 1879. Entire contents copyright 1940 by Timely Publications, 330 W. 42nd St., N. Y., N. Y. Vol. 1, No. 5, June, 1940. Yearly subscription $1.00. Printed in U. S. A.

For advertising write Marvel Group, 330 W. 42nd St., N. Y. C.

Credits from or confirmed by the Masterworks reprint unless otherwise noted.

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 452158.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Falcon
Character(s): The Falcon [Carl Burgess]
First Line: Could the Falcon save this girl from the death machine?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as Daring Mystery Comics #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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G-Man Outfit

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Cromwell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.
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The Jelly of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Kapitan (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Sahle (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Sahle (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fiery Mask
Character(s): The Fiery Mask [Jack Castle]; Dork (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: The Fiery Mask saves the world from a flesh-eating ooze unleashed by a mad scientist.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as The Jelly of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Devil-Flower

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arnold Hicks
Inker(s): Arnold Hicks
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Trojak, the Tiger Man
Character(s): Trojak; Balu (the tiger); Edith Alton; Jerry Alton; The Gembas (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: Trojak, Edith and Balu seek out the life juice of the devil-flower to save Jerry's life.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as The Devil-Flower [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Last appearance, although a different character called "Tigerman" appears in the next issue. The splash panel blurb claims this new "Tigerman" also has a tiger called Balu, but no tiger appears in the story.
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Strike Against the Nazis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Binder ?
Inker(s): ? (see notes)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): K-4 and his Sky Devils
Character(s): K-4; Sky Devils [René D'Auvergne; Ronald Wolverstone-Clodd]
Synopsis: When the Sky Devils get captured on a photographing mission, they soon escape and are rescued from their pursuers by K-4.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as Strike Against the Nazis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.
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The Origin of Monako

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Larry Antonette (signed)
Inker(s): Larry Antonette ? [as Larry Antonette] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, occult
Feature(s): Monako, Prince of Magic
Character(s): Monako (origin in flashback); Monako's parents (flashback, introduction, death); an Indian magician (flashback, introduction, death); Lady Anne (introduction); Lady Olga (introduction); Mike (villain, introduction); Mike's partner (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Monako tells his origin to Ladies Anne and Olga and later rescues Lady Anne from some thieves who stole her jewelry and tried to kill her.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as The Origin of Monako [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Battle of the Robots

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Hal Sharp
Inker(s): Hal Sharp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Marvex
Character(s): Marvex; Clara Crandall; Dr. Narr (villain, introduction, death); Brad Lewis (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as Battle of the Robots [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Last golden age appearance. There is a teaser panel for a Marvex story in the next issue but the story did not appear. Next appearance in All Select Comics 70th Anniversary Special (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.
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Planet of Black-Light

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fletcher Hanks [as C. C. Starr] (signed)
Penciller(s): Fletcher Hanks [as C. C. Starr] (signed)
Inker(s): Fletcher Hanks [as C. C. Starr] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Fletcher Hanks
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Whirlwind Carter
Character(s): Whirlwind Carter; Brenda Hale; The Black-Light Men (villains, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Whirlwind Carter fights off an invasion from the planet of black light.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagYou Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! #[nn] published June 2009
as Planet of Black-Light [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as Planet of Black-Light [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Last appearance. A teaser at the bottom of the last panel promises another episode "next month" but it never appeared.
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The Death Clutch

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): T. K. Hawley (signed)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bob Johnson; Sergeant Elliot; Jack Mardel's uncle (death); Jack Mardel (villain)
Synopsis: Jack Mardel has a large inheritance coming to him from his elderly uncle, but he decides not to let nature takes its natural course before he gets it!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as The Death Clutch [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Rebuilding the World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Binder ?
Inker(s): E. C. Stoner ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Breeze Barton
Character(s): Breeze Barton; Ann Barclay; Frenchy; Sabarr (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Breeze and Ann start rebuilding civilization with Frenchy, but a savage tribe quickly attacks them.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as Rebuilding the World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Last appearance. A teaser promises another installment in the next issue but there was no such story.
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Introducing Little Hercules

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bud Sagendorf [as SAG] (signed)
Penciller(s): Bud Sagendorf [as SAG] (signed)
Inker(s): Bud Sagendorf [as SAG] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Little Hercules
Character(s): Little Hercules (introduction, origin); Two spies (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: Hercules is made a doctor of all sciences at age 12 and decides to take his newly invented explosive to his government while evading two foreign agents who are trying to steal it from him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as Introducing Little Hercules [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Meet the Falcon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Maurice Gutwirth
Inker(s): Maurice Gutwirth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Falcon
Character(s): The Falcon [Carl Burgess] (introduction); Dr. Sunga (villain, introduction, death); Turvy (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Sunga's gang (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: Dr. Sunga is killing people by sending them wands of death, but the Falcon must discover the true mechanism behind the murders so that charges will stand up in court.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2010
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: In his introduction to the Masterworks, Will Murray observes that close examination of the splash panel reveals that a different logo was originally in place, that used more letters. Murray goes on to assert that the Falcon is a reworked version of the Purple Mask. While he does not comment on the costuming, it is worth noting that the Falcon's outfit in this story is different than on the cover and in his other two appearances, and indeed appears to be a re-colored version of the Purple Mask's outfit, with a chest logo added along with wings over his ears. The Falcon's general setup and civilian employment are identical to that of the Purple Mask.
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Here's the Kind of Men I Build!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Roman
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ? (cartoon); typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter
First Line: This Beautiful Desk for Only $1.00
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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