(Fall 1941)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- quarterly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Timely Comics, Inc.
- Editing:
- Joe Simon
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age U.S; Later Standard Silver Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; was On-Going Series
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Thunderbolts: Distant Rumblings (Marvel, 1997 series) #-1 (July 1997)
["60 Thrilling Pages of the Human Torch Fighting the Sub-Mariner in a Life and Death Struggle"]
Human Torch / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Alex Schomburg
- Inks:
- Alex Schomburg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Human Torch; the Sub-Mariner.
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You! Brought Back Daring Comics and Made it Better Than Ever!
Daring Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?; some typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Citizen V...; Rudy the Robot; The Li'l Prof; the Blue Diamond; the Silver Scorpion; The Fin; Captain Daring; the Thunderer.
- Synopsis:
- Illustrated ad for Daring Mystery Comics, which introduced Citizen V...
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Indexer Notes
Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 1-24-08; found on the inside front cover.
The Human Torch Battles the Sub-Mariner As the World Faces Destruction
Human Torch / comic story / 60 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Carl Burgos; Bill Everett; Jack D'Arcy; Hank Chapman
- Pencils:
- Carl Burgos; Bill Everett; Mike Roy; Harry Sahle; George Kapitan
- Inks:
- Carl Burgos; Bill Everett; Mike Roy; Harry Sahle; George Kapitan
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Human Torch; Toro; GS: V: Sub-Mariner; Ka-Zar; Patriot; Angel; Princess Fen; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; V: Rathia (I); Adolf Hitler; Josef Stalin; Benito Mussolini.
- Synopsis:
- The Sub-Mariner gets his imperial kingdom to join in on the war against the Axis Powers, raging on above their heads....that is, until Rathia convinces him that he was meant to become the new Napoleon and conquer the world with her at his side!!!
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Indexer Notes
Story was presented in 3 parts; synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-24-08.
none
Tubby an' Tack / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Ray Houlihan (signed)
- Pencils:
- Ray Houlihan (signed)
- Inks:
- Ray Houlihan (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ray Houlihan?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Tubby; Tack.
- Synopsis:
- Tack is denied membership in a club because he is too small.
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Indexer Notes
Sequence and all info provided by Craig Delich 1-24-08.
Murder in the Underground
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Jay (signed)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime
- Characters:
- Inspector Horatio Crown; the Cockney; V: Bennett [a Nazi].
- Synopsis:
- A broken button in the hand of a dead man in a subway leads Inspector Crown to the naval yards where he confronts a so-called British sailor, who, in reality, is an agent of the Gestapo seeking a new code book the dead man smuggled out of Germany.
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Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-24-08.
Unsolved Mysteries
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Characters:
- Peter Baason
- Synopsis:
- Three unsolved mysterious are illustrated and written about, to include: world's greatest criminal, Peter Baason; a ghost convicted of murder; and the atrange return of the R.E. 8.
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Indexer Notes
Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 1-24-08.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
You! Brought Back Daring Comics and Made it Better Than Ever!
Daring Comics -
2.
The Human Torch Battles the Sub-Mariner As the World Faces Destruction
Human Torch -
3.
none
Tubby an' Tack -
4.
Murder in the Underground
-
5.
Unsolved Mysteries
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Patrick Lemaire
- Henry Andrews
- Jim Van Dore
- Tony R. Rose
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
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