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Issue: Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #7
Publication Date: July 2012
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Issues: #7 of 7 Issues (14 Printings)
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Variant: Regular Edition
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/18/2012
Volume: 7
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9780785150268
UPC/EAN: 978078515026857499
Price: $83.99 CAD
$74.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 55 (32 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Cory Sedlmeier (collection editor); Joe Simon (original editor)
Disclose Notes: Reprints Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 Series) #25-28.
Color reconstruction: Wesley Wong (interiors), Michael Kelleher & Kellustration (covers).
Art reconstruction: My Artists Co. Ltd. (interiors), Michael Kelleher & Kellustration (covers).
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Human Torch
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #28 published February 1942
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Avison
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vision
Character(s): Vision [Aarkus]; Lucifer Satan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustration from Vision story in Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 Series) #27 page 1.
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Credits / Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Pages: 2
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Marvel Mystery Comics #25

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Human Torch; Sub-Mariner
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #25 published November 1941
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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All Winners Makes History

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): All Winners Comics
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Whizzer [Robert Frank]
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #25 published November 1941
was All Winners Makes History [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated promotional ad with text and the cover for All Winners Comics #2 (Fall, 1941).
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The King Crime Syndicate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Human Torch and Toro
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Tom; Steve; King [Steve Brand]; Rocky
Synopsis: A numbers gangster decides to move into healthcare by kidnapping pharmacists and forcing them to create black market drugs. He shoots one of them at the hospital when he protests and he throws another into a vat of acid in his hideout chemical lab when the man refuses to produce drugs that are dangerous to people. Torch and Toro set off an explosion which kills the gangster.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #25 published November 1941
was The King Crime Syndicate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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The Little People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Everett
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sub-Mariner
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dorma; Betty Dean; Luther Robinson; Lynne Harris; Carma; Jarna; Joseph
Synopsis: Namor is called in to investigate strange happenings at the seashore, and he discovers a race of little people and a Queen Jarna from the planet Venus, who came to Earth in a rocket ship as a springboard to an invasion.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #25 published November 1941
was The Little People [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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A new better-than-ever excitement packed issue!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Avison
Inker(s): Al Gabriele
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): most typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America Comics
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #25 published November 1941
was A new better-than-ever excitement packed issue! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad, with cover reproduced, for Captain America Comics #8 November, 1941), and asking readers to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sid Greene (signed)
Inker(s): Sid Greene (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Patriot
Character(s): Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]; Mark Casey; Herr Huss; John Garrett
First Line: Patriot Downs Nazi!
Synopsis: Casey gets a hot tip that the Patriot has been shot by Huss and heads toward the Garrett home, when he is captured and walled-in alive to die.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #25 published November 1941
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Marvel Get-Together

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Terry Vance; Angel [Thomas Halloway]; Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]; Ka-Zar; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Vision [Aarkus]
Synopsis: The heroes get together for their monthly meeting to compare notes and to adopt a resolution that the heroes would do all in their power to preserve the sacred principles and ideals of American democracy, and to crush the fiendish efforts of the underworld for all time.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #25 published November 1941
was Marvel Get-Together [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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The Forest Fire Saboteur

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner [as Robert Oksner] (signed); ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Terry Vance, the School Boy Sleuth
Character(s): Terry Vance; Deadline Dawson; Bull Dawson
Synopsis: Terry meets and defeats a Nazi arsonist, who has been destroying forested areas owned by Bull Dawson.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #25 published November 1941
was The Forest Fire Saboteur [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Vengeance of Saba

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ben Thompson
Inker(s): Ben Thompson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Saba; Ali Hamud; Captain Olendorff
Synopsis: Ka-Zar and Saba escape the evil clutches of Ali Hamud and Captain Olendorff, who are attempting to use their jungle fortress as a secret air and supply base for the Nazis attacking the British in South Africa. Saba lights the fuse that destroys the base and everyone inside, but Ka-Zar is caught in the explosiion and seriously hurt or killed.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #25 published November 1941
was The Vengeance of Saba [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Book of Sorcery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (layout); Al Avison ?; Ernie Hart ?; Mike Sekowsky ?
Inker(s): Al Avison ?; Ernie Hart ?; Mike Sekowsky ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Vision
Character(s): Vision [Aarkus]; Professor Enric Zagnar
Synopsis: The Vision must face a mad professor who believes that the laws of nature are meant to be broken and that man must take the power into his own hands to control all the elements. Zagnar does, with horrific results!
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #25 published November 1941
was The Book of Sorcery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Python and the Prison Riot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alan Mandel
Inker(s): Alan Mandel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Angel
Character(s): Angel [Thomas Halloway]; Python
Synopsis: The Angel comes to see the Python pay for his crimes in the electric chair, but the wiley villain seizes the warden, and, with the help of the other inmates, attempts to break through lines of U.S. servicemen sent to quell the riot.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #25 published November 1941
was The Python and the Prison Riot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Hold your breath!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): USA Comics
Character(s): Captain Terror [Dan Kane]; Adolf Hitler
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #25 published November 1941
was Hold your breath! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad, with the cover, for USA Comics #2 (November, 1941).
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Marvel Mystery Comics #26

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sub-Mariner
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #26 published December 1941
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Smashing Through Again!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America Comics
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Black Talon [Pascal Horta]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #26 published December 1941
was Smashing Through Again! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated promotional ad, with cover, for Captain America Comics #9 (December, 1941).
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The Parrot Strikes Back!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch and Toro the Flaming Kid
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Mr. Mason; Jerry; Parrot; Herr Hesslous; Laurie
Synopsis: The Torch accompanies the Parrot on his prison train to California in order to help a chemist who wishes to examine an inactive volcano for sulfur deposits, which are used by the government to make gunpowder, which the U.S. is sorely lacking.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #26 published December 1941
was The Parrot Strikes Back [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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The Sub-Mariner Smashes a Nazi Uprising!

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): The Sub-Mariner
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Betty Dean; Lynne Harris; Luther Robinson; Jarna
Synopsis: After his encounter with the Lavarites, Namor heads for home, but runs into Queen Jarna, who had promised to return to Venus with her people. Not wanting to be killed, she leads Namor to a Nazi undersea city from which the Nazis plan to invade America. When Namor discovers the Queen planted the city for Hitler, he is furious and decides to settle accounts with her, once and for all.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #26 published December 1941
was The Sub-Mariner Smashes a Nazi Uprising! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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They're at it again!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Human Torch Comics
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]; Angel [Thomas Halloway]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #26 published December 1941
was They're at it again! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: In a short, one page illustrated promotional ad for the Fall, 1941 issue of the Human Torch, Torch kicks Namor out of the magazine, and Sub-Mariner vows to get back into the mag and get revenge on all the heroes featured therein.
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Seeds of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Avison ?; Charles Nicholas ?
Inker(s): Ernie Hart ?; George Klein ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Vision
Character(s): Vision [Aarkus]; Lem Brown; Professor Rudolph Norsen
Synopsis: Professor Norsen examines a fallen meteor and finds alien seeds, which he plants. However, the seeds bring forth strange, ever-growing monstrous plants that devour human life and destroy towns. The Vision assists the professor when a way is found to combat these creatures.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #26 published December 1941
was Seeds of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Truth

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Irving Werstein [as Werstein] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bill Carter; Mr. Fredericks; Ned Harris; Mr. Carter
Synopsis: Star Northside football half back cheats on a History exam so that he can be eligible to play against rival Eastern High the following Saturday. When game day arrives, Bill learns that his teacher KNEW he cheated, but what happens next is a surprise even to Bill.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #26 published December 1941
was The Truth [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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The Witch Doctor's Potion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ben Thompson
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Kirk Heinrick
Synopsis: Ka-Zar is taken unconscious to the cave of a native in witch doctor attire and is given a potion by him, which immediately revives Ka-Zar, giving him temporary strength he never had before. He then leaves for home when he accidentally discovers the palatial mansion of a feared and hated ivory hunter, and it turns into a battle royale.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #26 published December 1941
was The Witch Doctor's Potion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Mystery of the Gold Mine Skeleton

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner (signed); ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Terry Vance the School Boy Sleuth
Character(s): Terry Vance; Deadline Dawson; Mr. Jordan; Roy Ramsey
Synopsis: Terry and Deadline head north to explore a haunted mine and get more than they bargained for.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #26 published December 1941
was The Mystery of the Gold Mine Skeleton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Patriot Smashes the Japanese Spy Ring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sid Greene
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Patriot
Character(s): Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]; Mark Casey; Mary; Lieutenant Curtis; Ginaldo; Suoka
Synopsis: The Patriot is on hand when a Filipino assassin attempts to kill Lt. Curtis to prevent him from testifying before the Naval Affairs Committee on what he has learned in the Orient.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #26 published December 1941
was The Patriot Smashes the Japanese Spy Ring [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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The Case of the Armless Tiger Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Angel
Character(s): Angel [Thomas Halloway]; Dill; Tiger Man [Hertz]
Synopsis: A former German worker, who had lost his arms in a machine in a factory he once worked at, is sent to America by the Nazis to destroy machines in America for the greater glory of the Reich.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #26 published December 1941
was The Case of the Armless Tiger Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The book you want!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Syd Shores ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mystic Comics
Character(s): Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Adolf Hitler
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #26 published December 1941
was The book you want! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional ad from the publisher for the 7th issue of Mystic Comics (December, 1941), which reproduces the cover.
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Coming Events --

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg; Al Gabriele
Inker(s): Harry Sahle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sub-Mariner Comics
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #26 published December 1941
was Coming events --- [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reprinted Page 10 from Part 1 of "The Mystery of the Disappearing Island", found in Sub-Mariner Comics #3 (Fall, 1941), with new Sub-Mariner art, promoting the story and encouraging readers to look soon for the issue on newsstands.
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Marvel Mystery Comics #27

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #27 published January 1942
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Yahoo!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill King [as King] (signed)
Inker(s): Bill King [as King] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Young Allies
Character(s): Young Allies [Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Toro [Thomas Raymong]; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #27 published January 1942
was Yahoo! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad (with character head views) for the latest issue of Young Allies Comics which features the Allies battling the Black Talon.
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The Flaming Arrow Murders

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): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Human Torch
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Marvin Raleigh; Saint [John Borden]; Nick Finelli
Synopsis: Torch and Toro must stop the criminal designs of The Saint, who, along with his gang, is out to steal the plans for a new super air tank that the Raleigh Corporation is building.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #27 published January 1942
was The Flaming Arrow Murders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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You are old enough to vote...---

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Mystery Comics
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #27 published January 1942
was You are old enough to vote...--- [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Marvel Mystery Comics contest. Readers are asked to write a letter telling the editors of Marvel Mystery Comics why they like or do not like the following characters in the book: Human Torch, Sub-Mariner, Vision, Terry Vance, Angel, Patriot and Ka-Zar, and to rate each of the characters,from 1-7, as to their own preference. Cash prizes were to be awarded when the contest ends on December 30, 1941 as follows: 1st Prize = $50; 2nd Prize = $25; 3rd Prize = $10; and Prizes for 4th thru 15th = $1 each.
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The Fox's Smuggling Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sub-Mariner
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; George; Fox [Jasper Whifflegrass]; Red Lars; Mike
Synopsis: Namor hears from a dock worker (aka "brush man"), who handles fur cargoes shipped in from Alaska, that no more shipments are being received and that the furs are somehow being smuggled in. Sub-Mariner investigates and discovers that the Fox is putting the stolen furs in torpedo-like metal tubes with motors and fires them into an underground river that leads to the United States.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #27 published January 1942
was The Fox's Smuggling Racket [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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A Business Meeting in Hell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Avison
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Vision
Character(s): Vision [Aarkus]; Lucifer Satan; Victor Risling
Synopsis: Satan demands that his sales manager quit falling down on the job and see to it that the only evil-free city in the United States, Arbor City, is turned into a hotbed of evil and misery. So he decides to send a special agent to Arbor City, in the guise of a local hero, to accomplish the deed.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #27 published January 1942
was A Business Meeting In Hell [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Quick Thinking, or, How Good a Detective Are You?

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Tom Moriarity; Eddie Thompson; Henry Gordon
Synopsis: Ed warned Old Tom that some notorious bank robbers and killers in Kenton were headed his way and to be on the alert. They arrived and held Tom prisoner, but he quickly turned the tables on the crooks.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #27 published January 1942
was Quick Thinking, or, How Good a Detective Are You? [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Voodini's Last Laugh from the Grave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner (signed) (layouts); ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Terry Vance, the School Boy Sleuth
Character(s): Terry Vance; Dr. Watson; Deadline Dawson; Professor Voodini
Synopsis: The relatives of the late Professor Voodini gather at his mansion to listen to the reading of the will, whose contents lead to several murders and the re-appearance of the evil professor.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #27 published January 1942
was Voodini's Last Laugh From the Grave [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Death to Spies!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sid Greene
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Patriot
Character(s): Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]; Mary; Guinaldo; Suoka
Synopsis: Suoka has appointed a Filipino bolo wielder to murder Lt. Curtis, but the Patriot interferes and prevents the crime, finally tracking down the Japanese secret agent behind the murder plot.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #27 published January 1942
was Death To Spies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Death Rings the Bell!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Angel
Character(s): Angel [Thomas Halloway]; Richard Brown; Abigail Brown; Sprague; Phantom of the Bell Tower
Synopsis: The Angel investigates weird deaths associated with the ringing of the carillon belonging to the late millionaire, Jonathan Brown.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #27 published January 1942
was Death Rings the Bell! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Fighting for the Free French

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ben Thompson (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great
Character(s): Ka-Zar [David Rand]
Synopsis: Arriving in French Equatorial Africa, Ka-Zar is captured by the Nazis and used as a decoy to sucker French ships into submarine range.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #27 published January 1942
was Fighting for the Free French [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Battle of the giants!

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Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Human Torch Comics
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #27 published January 1942
was Battle of the giants! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for Human Torch Comics #5b, art taken from cover of Marvel Mystery Comics #9.
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Marvel Mystery Comics #28

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #28 published February 1942
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Still on Top!

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Credits
Penciller(s): Al Avision
Inker(s): Al Avison
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America Comics
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #28 published February 1942
was Still on Top! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated house ad, with cover, promoting Captain America Comics #13 (February, 1942).
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The Poison Pill Suicides

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Inker(s): Carl Burgos (signed); Harry Sahle ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Torch and Toro the Flaming Kid
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Mr. Martin; Izan
Synopsis: Torch and Toro are invited to lead the Coney Island Mardi Gras pageant, but a henchman of a gunrunner named Izan succeeds in interrupting the event with a bomb before committing suicide with a poison pill rather than facing his boss's judgment to be drowned for failure. Izan captures Torch and Toro with gas and places them into glass coffin tubes which he plans to dump into the sea. Discovering a leak in the tube, the Torch flames on and superheats the glass so that it shatters when it hits the water. He frees Toro and they capture Izan.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #28 published February 1942
was The Poison Pill Suicides [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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The Flying Dutchman

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): The Sub-Mariner
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Mr. Larson; Rogers; Baby Dean McCarthy; Falkon; Slug [Chuck McCarthy]; Oliver
Synopsis: Intrigued by four ship sinkings by a mysterious 18th-century ghost ship, Namor figures that the tremendous loss of gold shipments carried aboard those ships must be the work of a 20th-century pirate who has bolted the ghost ship to a submarine. Walking into a trap, Namor is rescued by the sister of Policewoman Betty Dean, who, along with her husband, are being coerced into helping the Falcon.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #28 published February 1942
was The Flying Dutchman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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The Surprise Success of the Century!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Syd Shores
Inker(s): Syd Shores
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Young Allies Comics
Character(s): Young Allies [Bucky Barnes; Toro; Tubby Tinkle; Knuckles[Percy Bartwell]; Washington Vanderbilt Jefferson; Whitewash Jones]
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #28 published February 1942
was The Surprise Success of the Century! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated promotional ad, with cover, to The Young Allies Comics #2 (Winter, 1941), with on sale date listed as November 25, 1941.
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The Soul Stealer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Avison; Ernie Hart ?
Inker(s): Syd Shore ?; George Klein ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Vision
Character(s): Vision [Aarkus]; Guardian of the Spirit World; Dr. Zadig; Dr. Parker; Dr. Schlissel; Dr. Igor Korbeau
Synopsis: The Vision comes to Earth to battle the "Mad Man of Science", Dr. Korbeau, who has discovered the secret of man's soul and how to remove it. Korbeau removes the souls of seven of his scientific competitors, but the Vision takes the scientists to the spirit world to reclaim their souls before a showdown with the evil doctor.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #28 published February 1942
was The Soul Stealer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Sea of Grassy Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mickey Spillane (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Jack; Slim
Synopsis: Two sailors run into a storm and find themselves marooned in the Sargasso Sea, facing yet a greater terror that would prove dangerous to Allied shipping.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #28 published February 1942
was The Sea of Grassy Death [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1.67
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Statement of Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #28 published February 1942
was Statement of Ownership [Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership, which lists Martin Goodman as Managing Editor and Abraham Goodman as Business Manager.
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The Green-Faced Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Fagaly (signed)
Inker(s): Al Fagaly (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Patriot
Character(s): Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]; Casey; Mary Morgan; Green Face [Reibel]; Fritz
Synopsis: The celebrated trial of the Green-Faced Man is interrupted when the prisoner's gang frees him with an attack of gas. However, the Patriot tracks him down to dispense well-earned justice.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #28 published February 1942
was The Green-Faced Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Case of the Deadly Letters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner (signed) (layouts); ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Terry Vance the School Boy Sleuth
Character(s): Terry Vance; Dr. Watson; Deadline Dawson; Detective Jenks; Gordon De Wolfe
Synopsis: Terry and Deadline suspect that Hollywood director Aubrey de Woode did not commit suicide, but was murdered, and they suspect the dead man's nephew, even though the police have ruled the young man out as a suspect.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #28 published February 1942
was The Case of the Deadly Letters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Strange Adventures in the Land of Nowhere...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Robbins [as E. Robbins] (signed)
Penciller(s): Ed Robbins [as E. Robbins] (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Robbins [as E. Robbins] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy
Feature(s): Jimmy Jupiter
Character(s): Jimmy Jupiter (introduction); Elmer Tree; Ashley Tree; Wump-Jump
Synopsis: Jimmy is taken up in an airplane but forgets to fasten his safety belt, and falls out of the plane, landing on a soft cloud. He discovers he is in the Land of Nowhere and the only way back to Earth is to locate the Mountain of Wunt
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #28 published February 1942
was Strange Adventures in the Land of Nowhere [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Horror of the Haunted Cathedral

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Angel
Character(s): Angel [Thomas Halloway]; General Henchel
Synopsis: General Henchel faces the prospect of suicide because of his blunder along the German-Russian Front, but instead he makes a hasty departure by submarine to America. Arriving in the swamps of Louisiana, he decides to hide out in a mysterious cathedral, supposedly haunted, and is killed when he plays an organ, but is brought back as a zombie (like other former inhabitants of the edifice), leading his Army of the Dead out to kill Americans. The Angel discovers a zombie Monk at the cathedral and learns from him how to deal with the dreadful Army.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #28 published February 1942
was The Horror of the Haunted Cathedral [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Marvel Mystery Comics House Ads

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Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Marvel Mystery Comics #25 house ad from U.S.A. Comics #2, Marvel Mystery Comics #26 house ad from Captain America Comics #9, and Marvel Mystery Comics #27 house ad from Captain America Comics #10 and Daring Mystery #8.
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Marvel Mystery Comics #28 House Ad from Captain America Comics #11

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1

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