Marvel Mystery Comics #29

(March 1942)

The Moonlight Murders (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Carl Burgos (signed as CARL BURGOS)

Pencils

Carl Burgos (signed as CARL BURGOS)

Inks

Carl Burgos ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch; Toro; 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.

Reprints

• in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Human Torch by Carl Burgos Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

The Item of the Mad Artist (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Everett

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Stefan Natas [Anton Devere] (villain, introduction, death); Vicki Amherst; Dick Arbor

Synopsis

Namor saves a woman floating in the sea at least 2 miles from the nearest land. He investigates an island party she attended just prior to her going missing.

Reprints

• in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Pre-War Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

The Mine of Terror (Table of Contents: 3)

The Vision / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Vision; Legs Cachone (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Smythe; Joan Smythe

Synopsis

This time the Vision comes to the aid of a doctor and his daughter who have been lured to the Amazon to cure diseased natives, but in actuality it's a ruse to have him heal a mobster in hiding.

Indexer Notes

script formerly credited to Stan Lee. Story is not signed. Unknown art per atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores on pencils and inks.

The Ship In the Desert (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Mickey Spillane (signed as Mickey Spillane)

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

David Cotter; Pop

Synopsis

David Cotter arrives in Wheeler, Arizona to search for fossils, but what he finds is even more suprising.

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: 5)

Terry Vance, the School Boy Sleuth / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Gill

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Terry Vance; Deadline Dawson (guest-star); Senor Revuelta (villain, introduction); Diosa (introduction)

Synopsis

Terry and Deadline, on assignment in the Caribbean, try to determine why people quickly die from Yellow Fever after being introduced to Diosa, a local dancer.

Indexer Notes

Unknown art per atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Bob Oksner on pencils and inks.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Eddie Robbins (signed as Eddie Robbins)

Pencils

Eddie Robbins (signed as Eddie Robbins)

Inks

Eddie Robbins (signed as Eddie Robbins)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Falling from an airplane, Jimmy landed on a fantastic cloud where he met a dragon and talking trees!

Genre

children; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Jimmy Jupiter; Mr. Bee (a bee, introduction); The Witches of Encore (villains, introductions, one death); Ruffy Rabbit (introduction)

Synopsis

Jimmy is whisked back to the land of Nowhere by a Bee and is kidnapped by a trio of witches.

Keywords

Witch

The Wolf-Man Terror (Table of Contents: 7)

The Angel / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Synopsis

The Angel is suspicious when he reads a news article about a Native American being killed by a "wolf that walks like a man". He decides to head out west and investigate.

Indexer Notes

Unknown art per atlastales.com. Previous indexers credited Gus Schrotter and Al Fagaly.

Death Stalks the Shipyard (Table of Contents: 8)

The Patriot / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Fagaly (signed as Al Fagaly)

Inks

Al Fagaly (signed as Al Fagaly)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Patriot [Jeff Mace]; Grosse (villain, introduction, death); Mary; Casey

Synopsis

Grosse (a union leader) convinces workers at a shipyard that they are being exploited by the owners and therefore stop work. The workers are convinced by the Patriot that Grosse is not working in their best interests.

Reprints

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