(Winter 1941)

Marvel, 1941 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1942-01-12
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Timely Comics Inc.
Editing
Joe Simon ? (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Schomburg
Inks
Alex Schomburg
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Swung by mighty Sub-Mariner, the torpedo was a terrible weapon!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Angel [Thomas Halloway] (inset); Nazis
Reprints

Do You Want a Kick out of Reading? (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Characters
Human Torch; Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Indexer Notes

Promo for an unidentified issue of Marvel Mystery Comics.

Murders by Ghost Light (Table of Contents: 2)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Fagaly
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Gleaming Ghost [Dr. Howard] (villain, introduction); Ruth Prentiss (introduction)
Synopsis
Sub-Mariner comes across an island hospital where a doctor is haunting the patients, attempting to devalue the property, so that he can buy it for a song and then announce that the ghost sightings were just pranks.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)

Don't Delay Another Second! (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America

Indexer Notes

Promo for Cap's fan club.

The Horror That Walked (Table of Contents: 4)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Everett
Inks
Al Gabriele
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Horror [Dacio] (villain, introduction, death)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

story influenced by Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN

Fresh Meat for a Raider! (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
Mickey Spillane (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The ocean was slick as a lake, and the tiny time-rusted tramp steamer, plugging westward, was the only thing to be seen on the huge bowl of blue.
Reprints

[Statement of Ownership] (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Martin Goodman listed as managing editor; Abraham Goodman listed as business manager. Martin Goodman listed as owner of Timely Comics, Inc.

Appears on second page of text story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Pop's Woppers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Art Gates
Pencils
Art Gates
Inks
Art Gates
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Reprints

Death's Merry-Go-Round! (Table of Contents: 8)

The Angel / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Gustavson
Pencils
Paul Gustavson
Inks
Al Gabriele
Colors
?
Letters
Paul Gustavson

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Angel [Thomas Halloway]; Robert Goom (villain, introduction)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script and letters credit from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

[Tonsil Trouble] (Table of Contents: 9)

Dr. Dimwit / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Basil Wolverton
Pencils
Basil Wolverton
Inks
Basil Wolverton
Colors
?
Letters
Basil Wolverton

Genre
humor
Characters
Dr. Dimwit (introduction)
Reprints

Flaming to the Front! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch; Toro

Indexer Notes

Promo for Human Torch #6.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Swung by mighty Sub-Mariner, the torpedo was a terrible weapon!"]
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. Do You Want a Kick out of Reading?
  3. 2. Murders by Ghost Light
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  4. 3. Don't Delay Another Second!
    Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty
  5. 4. The Horror That Walked
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  6. 5. Fresh Meat for a Raider!
  7. 6. [Statement of Ownership]
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Pop's Woppers
  9. 8. Death's Merry-Go-Round!
    The Angel
  10. 9. [Tonsil Trouble]
    Dr. Dimwit
  11. 10. Flaming to the Front!
    Human Torch
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