(October 1942)
Marvel,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-08-18
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Timely Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Funnies, Inc. [Lloyd Jacquett]
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
Human Torch / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch
- Reprints
- Keywords
- amphibious assault boats; amphibious assaults; invasion tunnels; New York; Statue of Liberty; United States Army Air Force
in 
[The Blackout Blitz of J-97]
Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch; Toro; J-97 (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- The Human Torch and Toro help stop an invading force of Nazis attempting to enter the city under cover of an electrical blackout.
Tanks With Tusks
Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner; Mabu (introduction); The Japanese (villains)
Boom Doggling
Terry Vance, the School Boy Sleuth / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Terry Vance; Deadline Dawson; Adolph (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Terry invents a new form of explosive, but it is stolen by a Nazi agent.
Woe Is Me!
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Mickey Spillane (signed as Mickey Spillane)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Jimmy Hoople
- Synopsis
- While hurrying to get to a war concert in which he is performing, horn player Jimmy Hoople's jeep accidentally crashes into the general's car.
- Reprints
- in Primal Spillane: Early Stories 1941-1942 (Gryphon Books, 2004 series)
Indexer Notes
Reprint note from Arthur Lortie, August 2008.
The World Beneath a World
The Vision / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Vision; The Cyclops (villain, introduction, death); the sewer people (villains, introductions, deaths)
- Synopsis
- A race of humans that live in the sewers beneah the city, rob and kill surface dwellers in order to survive.
Indexer Notes
Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006). pencils originally credited to Gus Schrotter but do not resemble his signed work on The Angel in other contemporary issues.
The Case of the Missing Molar! or "The Dentist's Dilemma"
Jimmy Jupiter / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Jimmy Jupiter; Dr. Yank (Painless Dentist)
- Synopsis
- Jimmy has a toothache and is told by his mother to go see the dentist.
The Hunters of Heads
The Patriot / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Patriot [Jeff Mace]; Mary Morgan; Jack Casey; Col. Zinzer (villain, introduction, death); the Japanese (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Patriot convinces the natives of New Guinea to help the allies against the Japanese.
Indexer Notes
Art originally credited to Al Fagaly, but Fagaly signed his stories. Al Plastino is listed in Jerry Bails' Who's Who as working on this feature at this time.
Polly Wants a Murder
The Angel / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Angel; Krauss (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- A blind man, and his pet parrot, are killing FBI agents. The Angel investigates.
Indexer Notes
Art originally credited to Al Fagaly. Fagaly is not credited with this strip in Jerry Bails' Who's Who, nor does this look like his signed work on recent Patriot stories. Alex Blum is in Bails and this work compares to his other work at this time.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Human Torch -
1.
[Don't Delay]
-
2.
[The Blackout Blitz of J-97]
Human Torch -
3.
Tanks With Tusks
Namor the Sub-Mariner -
4.
Boom Doggling
Terry Vance, the School Boy Sleuth -
5.
Woe Is Me!
-
6.
The World Beneath a World
The Vision -
7.
The Case of the Missing Molar! or "The Dentist's Dilemma"
Jimmy Jupiter -
8.
The Hunters of Heads
The Patriot -
9.
Polly Wants a Murder
The Angel
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- Katie
- Henry Andrews
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Keith Chandler
- Del Gruber
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Richard Thomson
- Tom Zsolt
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