Marvel Mystery Comics #28

(February 1942)

The Poison Pill Suicides (Table of Contents)

Human Torch / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Burgos

Pencils:

Carl Burgos

Inks:

Carl Burgos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Izan (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

A gunrunner Izan has his henchmen commit suicide with poison pills if they fail otherwise he drowns them. He captures Torch and Toro with gas and places them into glass tubes which he plans to dump into the sea. Torch finds that he can flame with his finger so the capsule must have a small leak. He superheats the glass so that it shatters when it hits the water. He frees Toro and they capture Izan.

Indexer Notes

Takes place during Mardi Gras.

The Flying Dutchman (Table of Contents)

Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Everett

Pencils:

Bill Everett

Inks:

Bill Everett

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Everett

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Falcon (villain, introduction, death); Chuck "Slug" McCarthy (villain, introduction); Baby Dean McCarthy (Betty Dean's sister and Slug's wife) (introduction)

[The Soul Stealer] (Table of Contents)

Vision / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby; David Walters

Inks:

David Walters

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Dr. Igor Korbeau (villain, introduction, death); Guardian of the Spirit World (introduction)

The Sea of Grassy Death (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mickey Spillane

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Reprints:

• in Primal Spillane: Early Stories 1941-1942 (Gryphon Books, 2004 series)

Indexer Notes

Reprint note from Arthur Lortie, August 2008.

The Green-Faced Man (Table of Contents)

Patriot / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Fagaly

Inks:

Al Fagaly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Face (villain, introduction); Reibel

The Case of the Deadly Letters (Table of Contents)

Terry Vance / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ray Gill

Pencils:

Bob Oksner

Inks:

Bob Oksner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Deadline Dawson (guest); Gordon De Woode (villain, introduction)

Strange Adventures in the Land of Nowhere (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Jupiter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Robbins

Pencils:

Ed Robbins

Inks:

Ed Robbins

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; fantasy

Characters:

Jimmy Jupiter (introduction); inhabitants of the Land of Nowhere (introduction); The Wump Jump (villain, introduction) (a dragon)

The Horror of the Haunted Cathedral (Table of Contents)

Angel / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

General Henchel (villain, introduction, death twice); his army of zombies (villain, introduction, death twice)