Marvel Mystery Comics #29

(March 1942)

The Moonlight Murders (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:

The Javelin [Reginald Carter] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

The Javelin is a big game hunter who has contracted a rare disease which drives him to kill at certain times of the month. He uses carbon dioxide gas to put out Torch and Toro's flame and overpowers them. He makes it appear to police that they have killed a girl so the police chief attempts to arrest them but they resist arrest in order to track down the Javelin. When they apprehend him and turn him over to the cops, the police chief forgives them.

The Item of the Mad Artist (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bill Everett

Pencils:

Bill Everett

Inks:

Bill Everett

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Stefan Natas [Anton Devere] (villain, introduction, death)

The Mine of Terror (Table of Contents)

Vision / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee?

Pencils:

Syd Shores

Inks:

Syd Shores

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legs Cachone (villain, introduction, death)

The Ship In the Desert (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 Mystery of the Stinging Death (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-star); Senor Revuelta (villain, introduction); Diosa (introduction)

[The Witches of Encore] (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:

The Witches of Encore (villains, introductions, one death); Ruffy Rabbit (introduction)

The Wolf-Man Terror (Table of Contents)

Angel / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Fagaly?

Inks:

Al Fagaly?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Wolf-Man [Gonji] (villain, introduction, death)

Death Stalks the Shipyard (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:

Grosse (villain, introduction, death)

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #16 (September 1968)