Marvel Mystery Comics #44

(June 1943)

The Phantom Strikes (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:

Elinor Von Drei (villain, introduction); Abdul (villain, introduction); Naobi (a prophetess, introduction)

Synopsis:

An Arab murders a government agent for a Yashmak (the veil that women wear across their faces) and Torch and Toro track him back to Istanbul where they uncover a Nazi agent planning to pose as a prophetess with the Yashmak covering her face and convince the people to join with the Nazis.

The Niagara Falls Power Plot (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:

Dr. Grant (villain, introduction, death); Beni (villain, introduction, death)

The Circus Mystery (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:

Deadline Dawson (guest-star); Colosso (an ape, villain, introduction)

The Right Kind of Stuff (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

The Land of the Rubber People (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:

The Rubber People (introduction); Mayor Bounce (introduction)

The Gem That Blinded (Table of Contents)

Vision / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Syd Shores

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Seni Karlan (villain, introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

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

[The Kid Crime Wave] (Table of Contents)

Patriot / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Syd Shores

Inks:

Al Bellman?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Von Gukk (villain, introduction)

The Case of the Laughing Death (Table of Contents)

Angel / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Garn?

Pencils:

Gustav Schrotter

Inks:

Gustav Schrotter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Abel Doone (villain, introduction)