Marvel Mystery Comics #24

(October 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

?; typeset (some)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; the Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]

Synopsis:

Illustrated promotional ad for the new issue of Captain America Comics featuring the Red Skull, plus illustrated ad for Cap's Sentinels of Liberty.

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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.

Meet the Parrot (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; Warden Thomaz; Bob (a guard); Tom (a guard); The Parrot(villain); Culflam (villain, death); Luther (villain)

Synopsis:

The Parrot escapes jail and sends a message to the Torch via, what else?, a parrot, that he's planning to attack the opera. Torch and Toro attend the opera that evening, when suddenly gas is pumped out from behind the curtain, knocking out the guests. Parrot's men move amongst them relieving the ladies of their jewelry. Torch enters the fray, but the Parrot knocks him out and places him in a guillotine. Toro saves him, and afterwards, Torch grabs the Parrot's feet while Toro binds his hands. Torch threatens him with the electric chair, but the Parrot says he isn't worried.

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lee King [as King] (signed); Jack Kirby (cover)

Inks:

Lee King [as King] (signed); Syd Shores (cover)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Toro; Whitewash Jones; Washington Vanderbilt Jefferson; "Knuckles" Percy Bartwell; Henry "Tubby" Tinkle; the Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Adolf Hitler

Synopsis:

Illustrated promotional ad [with cover] to the 1st issue of Young Allies Comics.

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Battles The Undersea Blitzkrieg (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:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor][as Amer]; Dorma; Princess Fen; Simma; Daka (villain); Lt. Geeresse (villain); Lonu-Ne (villain, Chancellor); the Seal People (villains); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

Namor decides to return to his kingdom to see how things are going, but discovers that he has been declared a traitor and ordered executed by Daka, who has overthrown Princess Fen and joined forces with the villainous Seal Men.

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Indexer Notes

Story in Tales to Astonish #70 bears marked similarities. The Masterworks edition credits an unknown artist working with Bill Everett on this story.

[Mystery In the Maine Woods] (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; "Bull" Dawson (Deadline's father, lumber mill owner); Jeff Cramer (villain)

Synopsis:

Terry and Deadline head north to investigate why Deadline's father isn't providing paper pulp to the newspaper on time, and discovers that a rival of Dawson is responsible.

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Who Robbed the Carter Bank?, or, How Good a Detective Are You? (Table of Contents)

Terry Vance / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Bob Oksner

Inks:

Bob Oksner

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (a monkey); Deadline Dawson; Hi Smithers (night watchman); Police Commissioner Henderson; Lieutenant Jackson; Charlie Biswell (Carter's private secretary); Jake Walters; Lemuel Carter (villain, bank President)

Synopsis:

Terry Vance takes the reader step by step, clue by clue, on a case involving a bank robbery and allows the reader to become their own sleuth and figure out the guilty party.

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

Indexer Notes

Art credits from the Masterworks edition.

[The German Peacemonger] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Ray Gill ?

Pencils:

Sid Greene

Inks:

Sid Greene

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]; Casey; Fritz (villain); Herr Huss (villain, Deputy to Hitler); John Garrett (villain; millionaire); Garrett's butler (villain)

Synopsis:

Hitler's Deputy flies unauthorized to New Jersey to arrange a treaty of peace between the British and Germany, and convinces the Patriot to take him to the estate of a millionaire friend of his.

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Indexer Notes

Story is continued next issue. This story is based somewhat loosely on the true story of Hitler's Deputy, Rudolf Hess, who, indeed, flew unauthorized to England in 1941, wanting to arrange a peace between England and Germany, and Hitler branded him a traitor.

[The Stronghold of Ali Hamud] (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]; Prince Ali Hamud (villain); Capt. Ollendorff (villain); un-named giant (villain, death)

Synopsis:

Ka-Zar lands at a camouflaged Nazi field and is welcomed by Prince Hamud as a Nazi agent, and he learns that the Prince is attempting to refuel Nazi planes en route to strike at Britain's southern African colonies.

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

Indexer Notes

Story is continued next issue. The full title of this strip is "Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great". The Masterworks edition credits Frank Frollo with the art [the Who's Who does NOT have Frollo doing any work for Timely/Marvel]. A ? has been placed behind the writer's name as the Who's Who states that Ben Thompson wrote none of the features he did for Timely.

[Grosso of the War-Dust World] (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]; Grosso (villain, death)

Synopsis:

The Vision must battle the evil Grosso, who is attempting to destroy America's national defense industries.

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

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition credits Al Avision and another unknown artist as doing the inks for the story.

[The Eye Thief] (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]; Mr. Blakely; Mr. Keene (artist); Dr. Hyde (villain)

Synopsis:

A great eye surgeon gets drunk one night, but has to perform delicate eye surgery. He bungles the job, and swears revenge by taking away people's eyesight, then ransoming the victims in order for sight to be restored.

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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 pencils and unknown artist with inks.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

Alex Schomburg (cover)

Inks:

Alex Schomburg (cover)

Letters:

?; typeset (some)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

Promotional house ad for Sub-Mariner Comics #2, including reproduction of the cover.

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

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside back cover.