The Human Torch #3

(Winter 1940-1941)

Beware! Captain America Is Coming! (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Simon

Inks

Joe Simon

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America; Bucky; Adolph Hitler

Reprints

• in Golden Age Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)

Indexer Notes

Ad for Captain America Comics #1.
Inside front cover. All info & credits by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).

[Toro's Parents--Alive?, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 2)

Human Torch / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Burgos

Pencils

Carl Burgos (signed as Burgos) (layouts probably)

Inks

Harry Sahle (finished art probably)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Ludwig; K-9

Synopsis

The head of a spy ring decides on a plan to eliminate the Torch by using imposters to convince Toro his parents are still alive.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
• in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Human Torch by Carl Burgos Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

Revised artistic credits by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). Inker credit previously given to Carl Burgos.

[Marvel Mystery Comics #16] (Table of Contents: 3)

Human Torch / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Alex Schomburg

Inks

Alex Schomburg

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch; Vision (head-view); Angel (head-view); Sub-Mariner (head-view)

Indexer Notes

Ad for Marvel Comics #16.
Sequence added by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).

[Toro's Parents--Alive?, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 4)

Human Torch / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Burgos (signed)

Pencils

Carl Burgos (layouts probably) (signed)

Inks

Harry Sahle (finishes probably)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Herr Medals; Adolphe Hiccup; Benny Musclein

Synopsis

Toro leaves with the spy ring aboard a ship (which is smuggling gold) still thinking they are helping his parents. While in a foreign country, he is further duped into helping at a munitions plant. The Torch, following after them, does what he can to help undo the damage (along the way getting rid of the gold and sending a message to Namor on one of the bars). When Toro starts to suspect something is wrong, he he put into a rocket and fired at America as the start of an invasion. The Torch follows and slows it down allowing Toro to escape. Together, they defeat the rest of the rocket attack.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
• in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Human Torch by Carl Burgos Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

Revised artistic credits by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). Inker credit formerly given to Carl Burgos.
Herr Medals, Chancellor Hiccup, and Benny Musclein are caricatures of Hermann Goering, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini.

Hot and Wet (Table of Contents: 5)

Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Carl Burgos ?

Inks

Carl Burgos ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch; Sub-Mariner; Toro

Synopsis

The Human Torch and Sub-Mariner once again meet...but this time it is to argue which of their artists is the best: Burgos or Everett?

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
• in Decades: Marvel in the '40s - The Human Torch vs. the Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

Spot illo credits by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).

[Call for Volunteers] (Table of Contents: 6)

Sentinels of Liberty / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? [traced Jack Kirby figure of Captain America]

Inks

? [traced Jack Kirby figure of Captain America]

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America; Bucky (head-view)

Synopsis

Readers are told to look for the next issue of Captain America to learn how they can become one of Captain America's Sentinels.

Reprints

• in Golden Age Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)

Indexer Notes

All info by Craig Delich (Dec.2005).

[Namor to the Rescue] (Table of Contents: 7)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Everett (signed)

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Dean; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Emperor Tha-Korr; Dorma; Folma

Synopsis

Namor finds the message the Torch wrote in the previous story and goes looking for him. He meets up with Betty who informs him the Torch is off fighting a spy ring. Trying to board a suspicious German boat, Namor is captured, tied to a bomb and dropped from an plane. The Torch rescues Namor and informs him of the invasion. Namor gathers his planes and destroys the enemy navy. He is called back by the War Dept. who want to thank him only to discover there is another attacking fleet. Once again, Namor rallies his few remaining planes and stops the second fleet.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
• in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Pre-War Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

[Introducing the Most Sensational New Character in Comic Magazine-- the Black Marvel] (Table of Contents: 8)

Black Marvel / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Marvel; Super Slave (head-view); Moon Man (head-view); Sub-Earth Man (head-view); The Fin (head-view); The Terror (head-view); The Black Widow (head-view)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Info and credits by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).