Marvel Mystery Comics #45

(July 1943)

Message From a Corpse (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:

Franz Papp (villain, introduction, death); Von Grizer (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

During a shootout with the FBI, a Nazi spy is killed and buried in a secret grave. Another Nazi spy kidnaps the FBI agent who shot him and tortures him to death attempting to learn the location of the grave. They are able to divert Torch and Toro long enough to bring the body back to their hideout where they inject it with a chemical which reveals a message on its back. Torch and Toro track them back to the hideout and make sure that the message containing details of an Allied shipping convoy does not get into enemy hands.

Phantom of the Air (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:

Von Krop (villain, introduction)

Case of the Poison That Did Not Exist (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:

Carl Wertz (villain, introduction); a phony doctor (villain, introduction)

Uncle Sam's Nephew (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

In the Valley of Time (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gus Hetman

Pencils:

Gus Hetman

Inks:

Gus Hetman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; fantasy

Characters:

Father Time (introduction); Once-Upon-A-Time (introduction); the Minute Men (introduction); Queen Time (introduction); Tick and Tock (introduction)

The Vision's Secret (Table of Contents)

Vision / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Syd Shores

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Leme Tel (introduction); Mara (introduction); Totu (villain, introduction, death); Kito (villain, introduction, death); Juno (villain, introduction, death); The Vision (origin)

Indexer Notes

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

Sabotage at the Ferry Base (Table of Contents)

Angel / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Garn?

Pencils:

Gustav Schrotter

Inks:

Gustav Schrotter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Double-Beard (villain, introduction)