(Fall 1942)

Marvel, 1941 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
Editing:
Stan Lee
Format:
Standard U. S. Golden Age; Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Human Torch; Captain America; Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Hideki Tojo
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

All Winners (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Vision [Aarkus]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Synopsis:
Table of contents with illustrations of the heroes whose stories appear inside the issue.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Found on inside front cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 2008-7-24.


Hot Stamp Mob (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Uncle Sam (cameo); Minute Man (cameo); Big Eyes (villain); Joe Thomas (villain)
Synopsis:
A lucky break on getting the address of one Joseph Thomas off a utility bill leads the Torch and Toro directly into a den counterfeiters of U.S. Savings Stamps!
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Splash page gives feature as "The Minute Man and the Human Torch".


Like a Comet! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (cover art), Lee King [as King] (signed, new art)
Inks:
? (cover art), Lee King [as King] (signed, new art)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor; funny animals
Characters:
Lolly; Snappy; Ding a Ling; Rusty; Toughy Tomcat
Synopsis:
Promotional illustrated ad, including the cover, for Krazy Komics #2.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 2008-7-24.


The Stone-Man Slayer (Table of Contents)

The Destroyer / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Villains: Professor Schultz (villain, introduction, death) Lubitch (villain, introduction, death); un-named Nazi Commandant (villain); Stone Man (villain)
Synopsis:
A Nazi sculptor and scientist create a new weapon against the Allies for Hitler: a giant man made of stone!
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Marvel at the World's Greatest Heroes in the Most Exciting Adventures You've Ever Read! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:
Lee King [as Lee] (signed)
Inks:
Lee King [as Lee] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; the Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Jimmy Jupiter; the Vision [Aarkus]; the Angel [Tom Halloway]; Terry Vance
Synopsis:
Illustrated ad for Marvel Comics.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Sequence and all infomation added by Craig Delich 2008-7-24.


The Woim Toins (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Mickey Spillane (signed)
Pencils:
? (spot illustration)
Inks:
? (spot illustration)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Oswald Perkins; Mr. Styles; "The Boss" [Christopher Fitzgerald Wampus] (villain); Willy Wickerschnikle (villain)
Synopsis:
When "The Boss" sells Willy a bunch of worthless gold stock in the Gleeful Gopher Mine, both are estatic.....that is until "The Boss" believes the stock is really worth something and attempts to buy it back.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)
  • in Primal Spillane: Early Stories 1941-1942 (Gryphon Books, 2004 series)

Indexer Notes

Sequence information by Greg Theakston (April 1, 2006). Reprint note for Primal Spillane from Arthur Lortie, August, 2008.


The Mock Mikado Strikes (Table of Contents)

Captain America / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Avison
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Baron Jujitso [villain, introduction, death], Mock Mikado (villain)
Synopsis:
In the 19th Century, the Japanese Emperor's wife has two sons.....something that could lead to a civil war between the two later down the road. However, one, the Mock Mikado, decides to conquer the U.S. before his brother does [who is the leader of Japan], then conquer his brother's throne as well!
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Tops! in Thrills! Mystery! Action! Comedy! Patriotism! (Table of Contents)

Captain America Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Lee King (signed)
Inks:
Lee King (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Synopsis:
Illustrated ad for Captain America Comics, as well as a plug to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marcvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 2008-7-24.


["Here comes a new nemisis [sic] of evil..."] (Table of Contents)

The Black Avenger / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Eddie Robbins [as Robin] (signed)
Pencils:
Eddie Robbins [as Robin] (signed)
Inks:
Eddie Robbins [as Robin] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Black Avenger [Jerry Carstairs] (introduction); Kurt Weidner (villain, death)
Synopsis:
Jerry is asked by the FBI to take the place of a member of a Nazi spy ring who looks just like him!
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Writer, pencil, and ink credit update by Greg Theakston (2006-4-1). Writer/artist revision by Craig Delich on 2008-7-24 from Robin King? to Eddie Robbins (the Who's Who verifies Robbins as doing this strip).


Presenting -- Horror in Hollywood! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Schomburg ? (cover); Lee King; Biro
Inks:
Alex Schomburg ? (cover); Lee King; Biro
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Toro; Tubby Tinkle; Percy Bartwell; Washington Vanderbilt Jefferson; Whitewash Jones; The Owl (villain)
Synopsis:
Illustrated ad, with cover reprinted, for Young Allies Comics #6.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Sequence and all information added by Craig Delich 2008-7-24.


Spies Use Their Heads (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Bill Everett ?
Pencils:
Bill Everett
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; J.J. Harris; John Feather-in-Hat; Gojo (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
Namor, after finding a man scalped, tracks down a nefarious Japanese gang whose leader is tracking down and killing American spies in Japan, who are returning to the States with vital Japanese info hidden on parts of their bodies!
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

From the Screen to You! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:
? (cover), Lee King [as Lee] (signed)
Inks:
? (cover), Lee King [as Lee] (signed)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Synopsis:
Illustrated ad for Terry Toons Comics #1 (cover displayed as well as new art).
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside back cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 2008-7-24.


Man in the Moon (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Mickey Spillane (signed)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Reprinted:
  • in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Bonanza, 1971 series) #nn
  • in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) #nn
  • in "Primal Spillane: The Early Stories, 1941-1942", (edited by Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Myers, Jr., Gryphon Books, 2003).

Indexer Notes

Order of this sequence is not known. Its existence and reprint information are from the book "Primal Spillane: The Early Stories, 1941-1942", (edited by Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Myers, Jr., Gryphon Books, 2003), provided by Arthur Lortie, 2006-6-29. It does not appear in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics #2.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. All Winners
  2. 2. Hot Stamp Mob
    Human Torch
  3. 3. Like a Comet!
    Krazy Komics
  4. 4. The Stone-Man Slayer
    The Destroyer
  5. 5. Marvel at the World's Greatest Heroes in the Most Exciting Adventures You've Ever Read!
    Marvel Comics
  6. 6. The Woim Toins
  7. 7. The Mock Mikado Strikes
    Captain America
  8. 8. Tops! in Thrills! Mystery! Action! Comedy! Patriotism!
    Captain America Comics
  9. 9. ["Here comes a new nemisis [sic] of evil..."]
    The Black Avenger
  10. 10. Presenting -- Horror in Hollywood!
    Young Allies
  11. 11. Spies Use Their Heads
    Sub-Mariner
  12. 12. From the Screen to You!
  13. 13. Man in the Moon
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Craig Delich
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Lou Mougin
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lou Mougin
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Craig Delich