Marvel Mystery Comics #34

(August 1942)

[Carl Burgos Meets the Human Torch] (Table of Contents)

Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Burgos

Pencils:

Carl Burgos

Inks:

Carl Burgos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Carl Burgos (introduction); Bill Everett (introduction); Martin Goodman (introduction); the Timely Comics staff (introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Goering (villain); Josef Goebbels (villain); assorted Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

Carl Burgos is stuck for a story with a deadline looming when suddenly Torch and Toro spring to life from his drawing board. They give him an idea for mocking Hitler and Martin Goodman approves it. Torch and Toro guard the comic books from Nazi attempts to destroy them on their way to England and as they are distributed from planes to German citizens. Enraged, Hitler orders anyone who laughs at the comics to be shot and demands Carl Burgos be assassinated. Carl plans another story conference with Torch, Toro and Sub-Mariner at a diner where a Nazi agent has replaced the soda jerker. Carl collapses after drinking the soda and is taken to the hospital. Torch and Toro apprehend the spy and Carl recovers since they should have known better than to try and poison a guy with a cast iron stomach.

[The Shark Subterfuge] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carl Pfeufer

Inks:

Carl Pfeufer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Grizzly Pete (villain, introduction, death); Mr. Klutz (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains)

The Beast of Cactus Canyon (Table of Contents)

Vision / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee?

Pencils:

Syd Shores

Inks:

Al Gabriele

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Beast of Cactus Canyon (villain, introduction, death); Myron (villain, introduction, death)

The Curse of Tutkenamen (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.

Exposed! The Jap Invaders (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:

A Japanese scientist (turned into a lizard, villain); his Ape-Men (villains, introductions, deaths)

Dr. Watson Makes Monkeys Out of the Japs (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:

Capt. Nokuru (villain, introduction, death); a Japanese admiral (villain, introduction, death)

In His Tunnel To China (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Jupiter / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Robbins

Pencils:

Ed Robbins

Inks:

Ed Robbins

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; fantasy

Characters:

Satan (villain); Werjil (villain, introduction); Matilda (villain, introduction); Temptation (villain, introduction); Will Power (a hero, introduction); Jimmy (introduction)

The Curse of Professor Torture (Table of Contents)

Angel / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Fagaly?

Inks:

Al Fagaly?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Prof. Torture (villain, introduction, death)