(October 1942)

Marvel, 1939 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
Timely Comics, Inc.
Editing:
Vince Fago ?
Color:
Full Color
Dimensions:
Standard Golden Age U.S. (through about early 1944, narrower thereafter)
Paper Stock:
Newsprint
Binding:
Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format:
Monthly (through July 1944, variable thereafter)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Human Torch / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Alex Schomburg
Inks:
Alex Schomburg
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Human Torch
Keywords:
amphibious assault boats; amphibious assaults; invasion tunnels; New York; Statue of Liberty; United States Army Air Force

[The Blackout Blitz of J-97] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Harry Sahle
Inks:
Harry Sahle
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
J-97 (villain, introduction)

Tanks With Tusks (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:
Mabu (introduction); The Japanese (villains)

Boom Doggling (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-mystery
Characters:
Deadline Dawson (guest-star); Adolph (villain, introduction)

Woe Is Me! (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 World Beneath a World (Table of Contents)

Vision / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Gustav Schrotter?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Cyclops (villain, introduction, death); the sewer people (villains, introductions, deaths)

Indexer Notes

Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)


The Case of the Missing Molar (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

The Hunters of Heads (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:
Col. Zinzer (villain, introduction, death); the Japanese (villains)

Polly Wants a Murder (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:
Krauss (villain, introduction, death)

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Human Torch
  2. 1. [The Blackout Blitz of J-97]
    Human Torch
  3. 2. Tanks With Tusks
    Sub-Mariner
  4. 3. Boom Doggling
    Terry Vance
  5. 4. Woe Is Me!
  6. 5. The World Beneath a World
    Vision
  7. 6. The Case of the Missing Molar
    Jimmy Jupiter
  8. 7. The Hunters of Heads
    Patriot
  9. 8. Polly Wants a Murder
    Angel
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