(December 1944)

Marvel, 1939 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1944-10-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel 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, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 4, p421.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Human Torch / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Schomburg
Inks
Alex Schomburg
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro
Reprints
Keywords
artillery; Japanese Imperial Army; Japanese Imperial Navy ensign; stereotyping of Japanese; swords; World War II
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Death Spins the Wheel (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Allen Simon ?
Inks
Allen Bellman ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Chief Brainer (villain, introduction, death); Joe (villain, introduction, death); their gang (villains, introductions, deaths)
Synopsis
Torch and Toro take on a crooked police chief after gangsters running a gambling joint murder a man who threatened to spread the word that the games were fixed. The police chief is in cahoots with the criminals, so Torch and Toro burn down the gambling dens and then pursue the police chief until he loses control of the car and plunges off a cliff. The D.A. thanks Torch and Toro for their part in uprooting evil.

Human Bombs of Horror (Table of Contents: 2)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Allen Simon
Inks
Allen Simon ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Betty Dean (now a blonde, guest-star); Von Heiler (villain, introduction, death); his spy ring (villains, introductions, deaths)

Murder, Inc. (Table of Contents: 3)

Miss America / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Charles Nicholas ?
Inks
Al Avison ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Brant Lee (villain, introduction)

The Key (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

What Price Freedom? (Table of Contents: 5)

The Patriot / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vince Alascia ?
Inks
Vince Alascia ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Herr Kranz (villain, introduction)

[Murder In the Frieght Yards] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Angel / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Gabriele ?
Inks
Allen Bellman ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mr. Taintor (villain, introduction)
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Human Torch
  2. 1. Death Spins the Wheel
    Human Torch
  3. 2. Human Bombs of Horror
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  4. 3. Murder, Inc.
    Miss America
  5. 4. The Key
  6. 5. What Price Freedom?
    The Patriot
  7. 6. [Murder In the Frieght Yards]
    The Angel
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