(Fall 1943)
Marvel,
1943 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-09-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Daring Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Vince Fago (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 3.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
in [no title indexed]
Captain America; Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alex Schomburg (signed)
- Inks
- Alex Schomburg (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Nazis
- Reprints
- Keywords
- castle
The Case of the Mystery of the Human Bats
Captain America / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky Barnes; The Vulture (villain, introduction, death); his Batmen (villains, introductions, deaths)
- Synopsis
- The Vulture and his Batmen capture various important figures of the war effort until Cap and Bucky are taken to their aerie and overpower the Vulture. With their leader defeated, and the serum that gives them flight collected by Cap, the Batmen and Vulture will die within a few hours. Cap and Bucky inject the hostages with the serum, along with themselves, and they fly down from the aerie.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Possible Klein inks per Michael J. Vassallo and Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Allan Bellman.
Corner the Clutching Claw
Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; The Claw (villain, introduction, death); Herr Hundt (villain); Stuart Lawson (an FBI agent, introduction)
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
[The Van Reeves Necklace Case]
One Page Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Reprints
[The Jumping Jeep]
Jeep Jones / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Jeep Jones
- Reprints
The Sub That Went to the Races
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (guest-star)
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
true war story
[Blood Money]
The Black Widow / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Stan Drake (signed)
- Inks
- Stan Drake (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- More sure than death itself...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Widow [Claire Voyant]; Satan; Ogor (villain, introduction, death)
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Last golden age appearance. Next appearance in Marvels (Marvel, 1994 series) #1
Battles the Bloody Baron
Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Herr Baron (villain, introduction, death); Betty (newspaper reporter); Kurt; Hans
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Captain America; Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner -
1.
The Case of the Mystery of the Human Bats
Captain America -
2.
Corner the Clutching Claw
Human Torch -
3.
[The Van Reeves Necklace Case]
One Page Mystery -
4.
[The Jumping Jeep]
Jeep Jones -
5.
The Sub That Went to the Races
-
6.
[Blood Money]
The Black Widow -
7.
Battles the Bloody Baron
Namor the Sub-Mariner
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Henry Andrews
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Juan Gonzalez
- Mark Gordon
- Del Gruber
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Q
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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