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Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Human Torch

Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]

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Pages: 1

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Penciller(s): Al Avison

Inker(s): George Klein

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Vision

Character(s): Vision [Aarkus]; Lucifer Satan

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Notes: Illustration from Vision story in Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 Series) #27 page 1.

Credits / Contents

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Introduction

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Writer(s): Roy Thomas

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Pages: 3

Marvel Mystery Comics #25

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg

Inker(s): Alex Schomburg

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Human Torch; Sub-Mariner

Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]

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All Winners Makes History

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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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Notes: Illustrated promotional ad with text and the cover for All Winners Comics #2 (Fall, 1941).

The King Crime Syndicate

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Writer(s): Carl Burgos (signed)

Penciller(s): Carl Burgos (signed)

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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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Pages: 15

The Little People

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Writer(s): Bill Everett (signed)

Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)

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Letterer(s): Bill Everett

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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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Pages: 12

A new better-than-ever excitement packed issue!

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Penciller(s): Al Avison

Inker(s): Al Gabriele

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Captain America Comics

Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]

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Pages: 1

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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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Sid Greene (signed)

Inker(s): Sid Greene (signed)

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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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Pages: 5

Marvel Get-Together

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Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)

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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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The Forest Fire Saboteur

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Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)

Penciller(s): Bob Oksner [as Robert Oksner] (signed); ?

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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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Pages: 7

The Vengeance of Saba

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ben Thompson

Inker(s): Ben Thompson

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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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The Book of Sorcery

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (layout); Al Avison ?; Ernie Hart ?; Mike Sekowsky ?

Inker(s): Al Avison ?; Ernie Hart ?; Mike Sekowsky ?

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Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson

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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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Pages: 7

The Python and the Prison Riot

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alan Mandel

Inker(s): Alan Mandel

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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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Pages: 9

Hold your breath!

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): USA Comics

Character(s): Captain Terror [Dan Kane]; Adolf Hitler

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Pages: 1

Notes: Illustrated ad, with the cover, for USA Comics #2 (November, 1941).

Marvel Mystery Comics #26

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg

Inker(s): Alex Schomburg

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Sub-Mariner

Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]

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Pages: 1

Smashing Through Again!

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Penciller(s): Jack Kirby

Inker(s): Jack Kirby ?

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Captain America Comics

Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Black Talon [Pascal Horta]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Illustrated promotional ad, with cover, for Captain America Comics #9 (December, 1941).

The Parrot Strikes Back!

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Writer(s): Carl Burgos (signed)

Penciller(s): Carl Burgos (signed)

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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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The Sub-Mariner Smashes a Nazi Uprising!

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Writer(s): Bill Everett (signed)

Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)

Inker(s): Bill Everett (signed)

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Letterer(s): Bill Everett

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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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Pages: 12

They're at it again!

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Writer(s): ?

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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]

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Pages: 1

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.

Seeds of Doom

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Al Avison ?; Charles Nicholas ?

Inker(s): Ernie Hart ?; George Klein ?

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Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson

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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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Pages: 7

The Truth

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Writer(s): Irving Werstein [as Werstein] (signed)

Letterer(s): typeset

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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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The Witch Doctor's Potion

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ben Thompson

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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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The Mystery of the Gold Mine Skeleton

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Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)

Penciller(s): Bob Oksner (signed); ?

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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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Pages: 7

The Patriot Smashes the Japanese Spy Ring

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Sid Greene

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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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The Case of the Armless Tiger Man

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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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Pages: 9

The book you want!

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Penciller(s): Jack Kirby

Inker(s): Syd Shores ?

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Mystic Comics

Character(s): Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Adolf Hitler

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Pages: 1

Notes: Promotional ad from the publisher for the 7th issue of Mystic Comics (December, 1941), which reproduces the cover.

Coming Events --

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg; Al Gabriele

Inker(s): Harry Sahle

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Sub-Mariner Comics

Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]

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Pages: 1

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.

Marvel Mystery Comics #27

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg

Inker(s): Alex Schomburg

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Human Torch

Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]

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Pages: 1

Yahoo!

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bill King [as King] (signed)

Inker(s): Bill King [as King] (signed)

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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]]

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Notes: Illustrated ad (with character head views) for the latest issue of Young Allies Comics which features the Allies battling the Black Talon.

The Flaming Arrow Murders

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Writer(s): Carl Burgos (signed)

Penciller(s): Carl Burgos (signed)

Inker(s): Carl Burgos (signed)

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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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Pages: 15

You are old enough to vote...---

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Feature(s): Marvel Mystery Comics

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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.

The Fox's Smuggling Racket

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)

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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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A Business Meeting in Hell

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Al Avison

Inker(s): George Klein

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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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Quick Thinking, or, How Good a Detective Are You?

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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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Voodini's Last Laugh from the Grave!

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Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)

Penciller(s): Bob Oksner (signed) (layouts); ?

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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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Death to Spies!

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Sid Greene

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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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Death Rings the Bell!

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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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Fighting for the Free French

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Penciller(s): Ben Thompson (signed)

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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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Battle of the giants!

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Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg

Inker(s): Alex Schomburg

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Human Torch Comics

Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Illustrated ad for Human Torch Comics #5b, art taken from cover of Marvel Mystery Comics #9.

Marvel Mystery Comics #28

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg

Inker(s): Alex Schomburg

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Human Torch

Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]

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Still on Top!

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Penciller(s): Al Avision

Inker(s): Al Avison

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Captain America Comics

Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]

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Notes: Illustrated house ad, with cover, promoting Captain America Comics #13 (February, 1942).

The Poison Pill Suicides

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Writer(s): Carl Burgos (signed)

Penciller(s): Carl Burgos (signed)

Inker(s): Carl Burgos (signed); Harry Sahle ?

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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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The Flying Dutchman

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Writer(s): Bill Everett (signed)

Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)

Inker(s): Bill Everett (signed)

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Letterer(s): Bill Everett

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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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The Surprise Success of the Century!

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Penciller(s): Syd Shores

Inker(s): Syd Shores

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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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Notes: Illustrated promotional ad, with cover, to The Young Allies Comics #2 (Winter, 1941), with on sale date listed as November 25, 1941.

The Soul Stealer

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Penciller(s): Al Avison; Ernie Hart ?

Inker(s): Syd Shore ?; George Klein ?

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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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The Sea of Grassy Death

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Writer(s): Mickey Spillane (signed)

Letterer(s): typeset

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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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Statement of Ownership

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Notes: Statement of Ownership, which lists Martin Goodman as Managing Editor and Abraham Goodman as Business Manager.

The Green-Faced Man

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Penciller(s): Al Fagaly (signed)

Inker(s): Al Fagaly (signed)

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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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The Case of the Deadly Letters

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Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)

Penciller(s): Bob Oksner (signed) (layouts); ?

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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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Strange Adventures in the Land of Nowhere...

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Writer(s): Ed Robbins [as E. Robbins] (signed)

Penciller(s): Ed Robbins [as E. Robbins] (signed)

Inker(s): Ed Robbins [as E. Robbins] (signed)

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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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The Horror of the Haunted Cathedral

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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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Marvel Mystery Comics House Ads

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Genres: superhero

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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.

Marvel Mystery Comics #28 House Ad from Captain America Comics #11

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Genres: superhero

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