Marvel Mystery Comics #22

(August 1941)

[Now on sale........] (Table of Contents)

USA Comics and All Winners Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Alex Schomburg (All Winners Comics); Jack Kirby (USA Comics)

Inks:

Alex Schomburg (All Winners Comics); Joe Simon (USA Comics)

Letters:

?; typeset (some)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Defender [Don Stevens]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; The Black Marvel [Daniel Lyons]

Synopsis:

Illustrated promotional ad for All Winners Comics #1 and USA Comics #1, both with covers.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #6 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2011)

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover.

[The Invasion of Alslavia] (Table of Contents)

Human Torch / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Pencils:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Inks:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Kapula (Alslavian Embassy personnel]; Sahlous [Alslavian Embassy personnel]; the Nazis [Eric, others un-named](villains, many die)

Synopsis:

The small European nation of Alslavia appeals to Torch and Toro for aid against the Nazis. On arrival, they encounter the Nazi invasion wall, a large armored wall mounted on tank treads. After destroying the wall the Torches head out to sea and they spot a Nazi sub, but when they investigate, they determine that there is no one aboard. Diving down below, they discover a terrifying Nazi undersea fortress lying in wait for the British and Alslavian cruisers sent out to sink the sub. Torch destroys the fortress and all aboard her perish.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #6 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2011)

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition lists inker credit as unknown.

[Namor's Flying Bantam Car] (Table of Contents)

The Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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]; Tony (junk yard owner); Herr Krauss (villain); Wilhelm (villain); Paul (villain)

Synopsis:

While passing through a small mid-western town, Namor muses over how to stop the subversive activities of the Nazis, and develops a special miniature field car, somewhat along the lines of one developed by the Army -- but with some novel twists -- that he uses to battle the Nazis.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #6 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2011)

[The Nazis' Death Gas] (Table of Contents)

Ka-Zar / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ben Thompson ?

Pencils:

Ben Thompson

Inks:

Ben Thompson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Ka-Zar [David Rand]; the Nazis (villains, some die); the Italians (villains)

Synopsis:

Ka-Zar battles the Nazis who are using a chemical spray to kill off the vegetation in the jungle, and who hope, along with the Italians, to establish a post in, and eventually control, Central Africa.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #6 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2011)

Indexer Notes

Story continued next issue. A ? has been placed after the writer credit. The Who's Who does not lists any writer credits for Thompson on features he did for Timely. The feature is titled "Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great".

The Strange Case of Captain America and the Hangman: Who Killed Doctor Vardoff (Table of Contents)

Captain America Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (cover); Jack Kirby; Joe Simon

Inks:

Jack Kirby ? (cover); Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?; typeset (some)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes; The Monocle; the Hangman [Dr. Nicolai Vardoff]

Synopsis:

Illustrated promotional ad for Captain America Comics #6, with two splash pages from stories in the issue, the cover and other art.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #6 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2011)

The Mystery of the Phantom Killer (Table of Contents)

Terry Vance / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ray Gill (signed)

Pencils:

Bob Oksner (signed)

Inks:

Bob Oksner (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (a monkey); Deadline Dawson; Clancy (a policeman); un-named circus employee (villain)

Synopsis:

Terry tackles the case of jewel robberies by a person known as the Phantom Robber, and discovers that the thefts occur in towns being visited by the circus.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #6 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2011)

["Tank Production Menaced!"] (Table of Contents)

The Patriot / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ray Gill

Pencils:

Art Gates

Inks:

Art Gates

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]; Casey; Smitty (villain)

Synopsis:

The Patriot battles a Nazi saboteur who has the intention of stalling production of a new, streamlined tank.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #6 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2011)

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition identifies the artist as Alan Mandel.

Dunkirk Incident (Table of Contents)

war / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Harry Ramsey ? [as R.] (signed)

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; the Nazis (villains, some die)

Synopsis:

Torch relates the story of how British soldiers at Dunkirk received help against the Nazis from "some unknown source!"

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #6 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2011)

Indexer Notes

Story Behind the Cover. The Masterworks edition identifies Harry Ramsey as penciler and inker.

[Khor, the Black Sorceror] (Table of Contents)

The Vision / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Vision [Aarkus]; Khor, the Black Sorcerer (villain)

Synopsis:

The Vision embarks on the task of saving the lives of the crew of the U.S.S. Olympus which vanished in Antarctica.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (December 1999)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #6 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2011)

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition identifies unknown writer for the story, Jack Kirby doing the title page, Al Avison doing the pencils and an unknown inker. The last half-page of the story is an illustrated promotional ad for Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty. Both Cap and Bucky are shown.

[The Revenge of Sphinx Henchel] (Table of Contents)

The Angel / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Gabriele (signed)

Inks:

Al Avison (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Judge Lind (death); Dr. Van Horn; un-named district attorney; "Sphinx" Henchel (villain, death); Nick (villain); Trigger (villain)

Synopsis:

The Angel investigates a bizarre case in which a grotesque, wild-eyed man crashes into an operating room and prevents the surgeons from saving the life of a judge.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #6 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2011)

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition identifies Chu Hing and an unknown as additional inkers.