Marvel Mystery Comics #23

(September 1941)

[Big New Sub-Mariner No. 2] (Table of Contents)

Sub-Mariner Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Alex Schomburg

Inks:

Alex Schomburg

Letters:

?; typeset (some)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero; ad

Characters:

The Sub-Mariner [Prtince Namor]; the Angel [Tom Halloway]

Synopsis:

Illustrated promotional house ad for Sub-Mariner Comics #2, with cover shown, and for the new issue of Mystic Comics.

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

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover.

Highway of Mystery (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:

The Human Torch [Jim Hammond] Toro; Mr. Topper; The Leader [N-4]; Sigmund (villain); Rudolph (villain)

Synopsis:

N-4, a Nazi saboteur, has infiltrated the Topper Tank factory as an executive secretary. She has her men build a hideout above a superhighway so that she can drop a ramp to capture experimental models of a new tank during transit. She is finally unmasked by the Torch and Toro.

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

The Case of the Vanishing Convicts! (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]; Prof. Dorn; Ramon Valerez (villain, death); Black John (villain, death); Mona Lake (villain)

Synopsis:

Namor has to overcome a mad scientist who is trying to create a race of evil Sub-Mariners to war against America!

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?; typeset (some)

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Joseph C. Yuhas (photo)

Synopsis:

The top half of this page has the Torch and Namor congratulating Joseph C. Yuhas of Duryea, Pennsylvania, the winner of a contest begun issues before. Includes his prize winning letter. The lower half of the page is an illustrtated promotional ad for the new issue of Captain America Comics featuring the "Red Skull and His Whistling Death" story, plus a plug for Cap's Sentinels of Liberty, asking readers to join.

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

[Swastika Over Europe] (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]; Mary; Casey; Mr. Opperman (death); Howard (villain, stage director)

Synopsis:

The Patriot puts an end to the murderous activity of a self-confessed Bundsman, who wanted to end a play that was anti-Nazi.

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

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition credits Alan Mandel with the art.

The Vision Speaks (Table of Contents)

The Vision / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

? [as WEB] (signed)

Inks:

? [as WEB] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

The Vision [Aarkus](origin); The Law-Giver (President of the World of Smoke); Markham Ericsohn (scientist)

Synopsis:

At the urging of a scientist, the Law-Giver assigns a volunteer Policeman to come to the Earth to fight all evil.

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

Indexer Notes

Takes place before Marvel Mystery #13.

[Cult of the Shark-god] (Table of Contents)

The Vision / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Vision [Aarkus]; the Zambiji people; Kai-Mak, the Shark-God (villain, death)

Synopsis:

The Vision comes to Earth to investigate the sacrificing of humans to the mysterious Kai-Mak, the Shark-God.

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• in Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2004 series) #2 ([March] 2006)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #6 ([September] 2011)

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition credits Jack Kirby alone for story and pencils, but also credits an unknown inker assisting Joe Simon.

[Neutralizing the Nazis] (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]; Trajah (an elephant]; the Nazis (villains, all die)

Synopsis:

Ka-Zar ends his battle with the Nazis, who are attempting to establish an air base in the African jungle.

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

Indexer Notes

The title of this strip is "Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great". A ? has been placed by the writer. The Who's Who indicates that Thompson never wrote any of the features he illustrated for Timely.

The Mystery of the Green Diamond (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

Characters:

Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (a monkey); Deadline Dawson; Mayor Brown; Mrs. Brown (Mayor's wife); un-named Chief of Police; Mayor's butler (villain)

Synopsis:

Terry and Deadline are invited to a swanky party thrown by the Mayor, then must investigate the disappearance of the green diamond necklace worn by the Mayor's wife.

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

[Death On Inferno Isle] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Avison

Inks:

Al Gabriele

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Diane Mason; George Hill (Diane's fiance); Von Reiman (villain, dies); the Nazis (villains, all die)

Synopsis:

The Angel is at Inferno Isle and discovers that the Temple of Fire located there is masking a secret Nazi base

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

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition credits Alan Mandel with the art.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

Alex Scomburg

Inks:

Alex Schomburg

Colors:

?

Letters:

?; typeset (some)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero; ad

Characters:

The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; the Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; the Nazis

Synopsis:

Illustrated promotional house ad, with the cover, to Human Torch Clmics #5 [a], spotlighting the story "The March of Death!"

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

Indexer Notes

Found on the back cover.