(May 1941)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Timely Comics, Inc.
- Editing:
- Joe Simon
- Format:
- Color; Standard Golden Age US; saddle-stitched; Newsprint ; [mostly] monthly series
[no title indexed]
The Human Torch / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Alex Schomburg
- Inks:
- Alex Schomburg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toto; The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor] (inset); The Angel [Thomas Halloway]
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)
Indexer Notes
Cover also includes a miniature reproduction of the cover of Sub-Mariner Comics #1.
[no title indexed]
Captain America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- various
- Inks:
- various
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Hunchback [Goris Barloff]
- Synopsis:
- Illustrated promotional house ad for Captain America Comics #3.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)
Indexer Notes
Found on the inside front cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2011-1-10.
[The Hag]
The Human Torch / comic story / 15 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Carl Burgos (signed)
- Pencils:
- Carl Burgos (signed)
- Inks:
- Carl Burgos (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Police Chief Ryan; The Hag (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis:
- The Hag's gang uses a blackout to enter the stock exchange and fix the tickers to fake a second market crash so that she can buy up stock cheap. They use clothes treated with chemicals in their attempt to deal with the Torch and gas that makes Torch's and Toro's flames go out. Toro breaks his arm in the fall so Torch takes him to the hospital and the doctor tells him that Toro needs a 'flame transfusion'. After Toro's flame has been strengthened, the doctor tells Torch that Toro's flame will never be as strong as his. Torch and Toro corner the Hag, and when she tries to escape them with detonating gas, the explosion kills her.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Great Comic Book Heroes (Dial Press, 1965 series) #[nn] (1965)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)
Indexer Notes
Toro's flame power reduced somewhat by an injury.
["Gangway Mates!"]
The Sub-Mariner / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Alex Schomburg
- Inks:
- Alex Schomburg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Angel [Thomas Halloway] (inset)
- Synopsis:
- Illustrated promotional ad, featuring the cover, for Sub-Mariner Comics #1, on sale in March, 1942.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)
Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Craig Delich 2011-1-10.
[The Trojan Albatrosses]
The Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Pencils:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Inks:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Bill Everett
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Luther Robinson; Lynne Harris; Lt. Betty Dean; Tha-Korr; Bob James; The Legion of Loyalists; The Nazis [Josef; others] (villains)
- Synopsis:
- At the urging of Betty, Namor decides for all concerned: Betty, Bob, Lynne and Luther, to join together as a group and fight side-by-side against the Nazis.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)
Indexer Notes
Story line continued in Sub-Mariner #1.
[no title indexed]
Captain America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Adolf Hitler
- Synopsis:
- Illustrated promotional house ad, complete with cover, for Captain America Comics #2.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)
Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Craig Delich 2011-1-10.
Toro Tells All
Toro / text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Ray Gill (signed)
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Toro; Pops (owner of the circus Toro was once a part of)
- Synopsis:
- Toro relates a time soon after he met the Torch that two men came to Pop's Circus loking for a fire-eater, but soon discovered the men intended on using him to knock over a bank.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)
Indexer Notes
GA: Pops (from Human Torch #1); story takes place just after Human Torch #1
[War Against the Limbos]
Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Ben Thompson ?
- Pencils:
- Ben Thompson (signed)
- Inks:
- Ben Thompson (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- jungle
- Characters:
- Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Bogat; The Limbos (villains, introduction, lizard-men, some die)
- Synopsis:
- Ka-Zar and Bogat help fight off the Limbos while also saving a man and woman who have landed their aircraft due to an over-heated engine.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)
Indexer Notes
continued next issue; A ? placed after writer's name. Jerry Bails and the Who's Who never indicated that Thompson did anything but illustrate this feature.
[Mr. Grabbit and the Ghosts]
Terry Vance, the Schoolboy Sleuth / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Ray Gill (signed)
- Pencils:
- Bob Oksner (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Oksner (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective
- Characters:
- Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (a monkey); Phil; Bob; Mr. Grabbit (introduction); The Chief (villain, introduction); Slug (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Mr. Grabbit, mixed up with a gang of racketeers, is convinced by a "gang of ghosts" to break off his relationship with the gang and see to it that a lot next to Terry's school is sold to the city for use as a park.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)
Indexer Notes
The Masterworks edition lists the inker as unknown.
[The Hands of Doom]
Electro, the Marvel of the Age / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Dahlman ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Dahlman (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Dahlman (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Electro; Professor Zog; Sir John Chadwick (introduction); Ellen Chadwick (introduction, his daughter); Basil Drake (villain, introduction, death); Chandi (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis:
- Professor Zog responds to the request of an old Oxford school mate to use Electro to help save his life and the life of his daughter from a man who was once forbidden to marry his daughter.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)
Indexer Notes
Last golden age appearance. Next appearance in The Twelve #1. A ? was placed after writer's name. Jerry Bails and the Who's Who does not indicate Dahlman was anything but the artist on this feature.
[The Rescue of Professor Bauer]
The Vision / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Joe Simon
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Vision [Aarkus]; Professor Bauer (introduction); un-named commander of a concentration camp (villain, introduction); un-named executioner (villain, introduction); Schultz (villain); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis:
- The Vision rescues a professor from a Nazi executioner's blade.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)
Indexer Notes
The Masterworks edition also lists Al Avison and Al Gabriele as contributing art to this story.
[The Cat's Paw: Chapter 2]
Angel / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Paul Gustavson ?
- Pencils:
- Paul Gustavson (signed)
- Inks:
- Paul Gustavson (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Angel [Thomas Halloway]; J. P. Thomas (steel magnate, death); The Cat's Paw (villain); Pug Malone (villain, death)
- Synopsis:
- The Angel is trapped in the lair of the Cat's Paw, but one of the gang, whom the Angel once saved, helps him escape so that he can discover why the Cat's Paw is attempting to kill off our nation's leading industrialists.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)
Indexer Notes
continued next issue; A ? was placed before the writer's name. Jerry Bails and the Who specifically state that Gustavson only wrote very early humorous features and not his later work.
"Special offer to readers of Marvel Comics"
Captain America; the Human Torch / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; the Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
- Synopsis:
- Illustrated house ad encouraging readers, including those of the Human Torch, to join Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)
Indexer Notes
Found on the inside back cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2011-1-10.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[no title indexed]
Captain America -
2.
[The Hag]
The Human Torch -
3.
["Gangway Mates!"]
The Sub-Mariner -
4.
[The Trojan Albatrosses]
The Sub-Mariner -
5.
[no title indexed]
Captain America -
6.
Toro Tells All
Toro -
7.
[War Against the Limbos]
Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great -
8.
[Mr. Grabbit and the Ghosts]
Terry Vance, the Schoolboy Sleuth -
9.
[The Hands of Doom]
Electro, the Marvel of the Age -
10.
[The Rescue of Professor Bauer]
The Vision -
11.
[The Cat's Paw: Chapter 2]
Angel -
12.
"Special offer to readers of Marvel Comics"
Captain America; the Human Torch
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Patrick Lemaire
- Henry Andrews
- Per Sandell
- Bill Borre
- Craig Delich
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
- Craig Delich
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