(Fall 1941)

Marvel, 1940 Series
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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:

["60 Thrilling Pages of the Human Torch Fighting the Sub-Mariner in a Life and Death Struggle"] (Table of Contents)

Human Torch / cover / 1 page (report information)

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! (Table of Contents)

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

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 (Table of Contents)

Human Torch / comic story / 60 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents)

Tubby an' Tack / filler / 1 page (report information)

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 (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

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. 1. You! Brought Back Daring Comics and Made it Better Than Ever!
    Daring Comics
  2. 2. The Human Torch Battles the Sub-Mariner As the World Faces Destruction
    Human Torch
  3. 3. none
    Tubby an' Tack
  4. 4. Murder in the Underground
  5. 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