Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #1 [Regular Edition]

([January] 2008)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Alex Schomburg

Inks

Alex Schomburg

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Purple Mask [Dennis Burton]

Indexer Notes

Characters from the cover of Daring Mystery Comics #3 (Marvel, 1940 Series).

Credits / Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Letters

typeset

Introduction (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ronin Ro

Letters

typeset

[Daring Mystery Comics #1] (Table of Contents: 4)

Fiery Mask / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Alex Schomburg

Inks

Alex Schomburg

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fiery Mask [Jack Castle]

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)

Keywords

automobiles

The Fantastic Thriller of the Walking Corpses (Table of Contents: 5)

The Fiery Mask / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon

Pencils

Joe Simon

Inks

Joe Simon

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Simon

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fiery Mask [Jack Castle]; Captain Benson

Synopsis

Doctor Jack Castle begins investigating the disappearance of eight men and the appearance of living corpses, bent on serving a mad scientist whose avowed aim is conquering the world.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Soldier of Fortune, John Steele / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Larry Antonette (signed as Dean Carr)

Pencils

Larry Antonette (signed as Dean Carr)

Inks

Larry Antonette (signed as Dean Carr)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

While the allies are throwing back the enemy in a terrific battle...

Genre

war

Characters

John Steele (introduction); Marie

Synopsis

Steele helps a nurse, whose life he has just saved, through a series of perilous encounters with the Nazis, in order to get a vital message to the General.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Texas Kid, Robin Hood of the Range / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ben Thompson (signed)

Inks

Ben Thompson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Riding the ridge trail above Red Rim Canyon,...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Texas Kid; Humboldt; Wells; Luke; Comanche; Trent

Synopsis

The Kid goes after a gang of raiders that are burning the cabins and stealing the cattle of property owners whose mortgage is coming due.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)

[The Menace of Mr. Muro] (Table of Contents: 8)

Monako, Prince of Magic / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Larry Antonette (signed)

Inks

Larry Antonette (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Monako (introduction); Josie; Al; Mr. Muro; Tashu

Synopsis

Monako agrees to help Josette's brother Al, who has just perfected a new powerful explosive for the government, from falling into the hands of the evil Mr. Muro.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)

[The Thundering Terror of Gold Creek] (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Gill (signed)

Pencils

Al Anders (signed as Anders)

Inks

Al Anders (signed as Anders)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Wade Duncan; Mr. Hastings; Hank Walls; Spud Clark

Synopsis

A radio-controlled herd of wild, mad horses destroy the town of Gold Creek, sent on that mission by a gang of criminals from Chelsa City, who had been trying to buy out that town for some time.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)

[The Football Fixing Scheme] (Table of Contents: 10)

Flash Foster at Midwestern / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Wood (signed)

Pencils

Bob Wood (signed)

Inks

Bob Wood (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; sports

Characters

Flash Foster (introduction); Connie Hodges; Nick Bruno; Shorty; Pat

Synopsis

Nick Bruno kidnaps the girl of the star of the Midwestern College football team in order to win big money on that game and to prevent Midwestern from being invited to the Rose Bowl.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)

Case of Perrone (Table of Contents: 11)

Phantom of the Underworld / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Maurice Gutwirth (signed)

Inks

Maurice Gutwirth (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Phantom of the Underworld [Doc Denton] (introduction); Nurse Andrus; Inspector Flynn; Perrone

Synopsis

In order to get inside information on crime boss Perrone, Detective Denton takes over the offices of a local doctor so that he'll be in a position to treat Perrone.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)

Wartime Wonders (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harry Campbell ?

Pencils

Harry Campbell (signed)

Inks

Harry Campbell (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)

Indexer Notes

Interesting facts are illustrated, such as: some steel used in England's new battleships was scrapped from German ships sunk in WW1; none of the planes currently used in WW2 will be in existence after 20 days of war; the mystery of a new explosive made from wood and air; a pilot thrown from his plane actually fell back into it; and several others.

[The Rotterdam Run] (Table of Contents: 13)

Barney Mullen, Sea Rover / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Charles Pearson (signed as Chas. Pearson)

Inks

Charles Pearson (signed as Chas. Pearson)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

Barney Mullen (introduction)

Synopsis

Barney takes on the dangerous assignment of transporting a shipment of gold filigree into the war zone of Rotterdam.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940)

Keywords

naval

[Daring Mystery Comics #2] (Table of Contents: 14)

The Phantom Bullet / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Alex Schomburg

Inks

Alex Schomburg

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Phantom Bullet [Allen Lewis]

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #2 (February 1940)

Daring Comics' Free $25 Prize Contest! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Voyage to Sunev] (Table of Contents: 16)

Zephyr Jones / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Cal Cagno (signed)

Pencils

Fred Schwartz (signed)

Inks

Fred Schwartz (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Zephyr Jones (introduction); Corky Grogan; King Bolo; Princess Tonka; General Roudo

Synopsis

Scientist and inventor, Dr. Morrison Jones, died before his rocketship could be completed so that he could realize his dream of making the first trip to the planet Mars. His son Zephyr, however, vows to live out his father's dream!

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #2 (February 1940)

[Origin of the Phantom Bullet] (Table of Contents: 17)

The Phantom Bullet, Scourge of the Underworld / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon (signed)

Pencils

Joe Simon (signed)

Inks

Joe Simon (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Simon

Genre

superhero

Characters

Phantom Bullet [Allen Lewis]; Benny; Rafael Case; Nelson Glaven; Gloria Francis; Alvarez Monez

Synopsis

Reporter Allen Lewis is baffled by the death of a wealthy man who cluitches a feather in his hand, but soon learns of a mysterious race of "bird-men" that seemed to be involved. Given the secret for a gun that shoots ice pellets by a soon-to-be murdered scientist, Lewis adopts a costumed identity to track down the bird-men at any cost.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #2 (February 1940)

King of the Jungle (Table of Contents: 18)

Trojak, the Tiger Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon (signed as Gregory Sykes)

Pencils

Joe Simon (signed as Gregory Sykes)

Inks

Joe Simon (signed as Gregory Sykes)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Simon

Genre

jungle

Characters

Trojak (origin); Edith Alton; Balu

Synopsis

Trojak, raised in the jungle by a native tribe after his father was killed by hostiles, is encouraged to find his own people and leave the jungle. However, he discovers that the ways of his people are not to his liking, and returns to the jungle to fight off hostile savages attempting to kill a girl who has be-friended him.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #2 (February 1940)

Six-Gun Dynamite (Table of Contents: 19)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Russell Bankson (signed)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Ozias Wilkins; Mattie Wilkins

Synopsis

Mattie insists that the silver mine Ozias is working is worthless, and insists she will leave him if he continues to work it.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #2 (February 1940)

[Introducing K-4] (Table of Contents: 20)

K-4 and his Sky Devils / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Alderman ?

Inks

Jack Alderman ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation

Characters

Sky Devils [Captain K-4; Lieutenant Rene D'Auvergne, Lieutenant Ronald Wolverstone-Clodd] (introduction); Major Von Lutz

Synopsis

Captain K-4 is assigned to assume the disguise of a Gestapo agent, infiltrate and help to destroy the ammunition depot located at the Nazi seaport of Kurtzberg.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #2 (February 1940)

Who In Reality Is Mr. "E"? (Table of Contents: 21)

Mr. E / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Cal Cagno (signed)

Pencils

Al Carreño

Inks

Al Carreño

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Mr. E [Victor Jay]; Betty Snead; J. P. Snead; Vampire

Synopsis

Mr. E, enemy of the underworld, sees the connection in the recent deaths of several "captains of industry", knowing all four were silent partners in the Snead Oil Company, but unaware at the same time that his old enemy, the Vampire, is behind it all.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #2 (February 1940)

[Enter the Laughing Mask] (Table of Contents: 22)

The Laughing Mask / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Will Harr (signed)

Pencils

Maurice Gutwirth (signed as M. Gutwirth)

Inks

Maurice Gutwirth (signed as M. Gutwirth)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Laughing Mask [Dennis Burton]; Lester Deeks

Synopsis

Dennis Burton becomes the next member of his family to beconme involved in law enforcement as District Attorney, bent on uncovering the plot behind the recent destruction of passenger trains.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #2 (February 1940)

[Daring Mystery Comics #3] (Table of Contents: 23)

The Purple Mask / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Alex Schomburg

Inks

Alex Schomburg

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Purple Mask [Dennis Burton]

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #3 (April 1940)

[The Escape of Red Corker] (Table of Contents: 24)

Dale of the F.B.I. / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Phil Sturm (signed)

Pencils

Gus Ricca ?

Inks

Gus Ricca ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Characters

Dale; George Dean; Helen Dean; Red Corker; Joe Burns

Synopsis

Red Corker escapes from prison and reunites with his old gang, having planned dozens of jobs while housed in jail. Ace investigator, Dale, is dispatched from Washington D.C. to Dream Island in San Francisco to try and rescue Helen Dean, daughter of oil magnate George Dean, who has been kidnapped by Corker.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #3 (April 1940)

The Miracle City (Table of Contents: 25)

Breeze Barton / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Binder

Inks

E. C. Stoner

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Breeze Barton (introduction, origin); Ann Barclay; Zanoba; Mubahn

Synopsis

While on a scouting expedition in 1945 in South Africa, Breeze discovers a Japanese Army marching toward British territory, but is shot down. Making his way to Miracle City, a young girl escorts him to a scientist named Zanoba, who is later captured by the Demon People, and Breeze heads out for the rescue.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #3 (April 1940)

[Mystery of the Swabert Mansion] (Table of Contents: 26)

The Purple Mask / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Will Harr (signed)

Pencils

Maurice Gutwirth (signed)

Inks

Maurice Gutwirth (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Purple Mask [Dennis Burton]; Commissioner Herrick; Frederick Swabert; Cassidy; Renard; Mr. Bellos

Synopsis

The Purple Mask investigates an attempt to force Frederick Swabert to reveal the hiding place of his father's fortune or risk being killed for refusing to do so.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #3 (April 1940)

Indexer Notes

Laughing Mask name changed to Purple Mask.

[The East Side Murders] (Table of Contents: 27)

The Phantom Reporter / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Erisman (signed as ROE)

Pencils

Sam Cooper (signed)

Inks

Sam Cooper (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Phantom Reporter [Dick Jones] (introduction); Max

Synopsis

Cub reporter Jones is assigned a case in which seven families on the east side of town have been wantonly beaten, resulting in three deaths. He soon discovers, as the Phantom Reporter, that the Park Commissioner, Police Chief and the publisher of several newspapers were behind it all... each having vested interest in the property on the east side, and hoping that the crime wave would get people to vacate their property so they could pick it up cheaply!

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #3 (April 1940)

Powdersmoke Showdown (Table of Contents: 28)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

James Olsen (signed)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Bick Deems; Hardwinter Smith; Widow Ames; Sam Hala

Synopsis

Bick and Sam, once the best of friends, get into a shooting match over a widow woman.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #3 (April 1940)

[The Devil Beast and the Nazis] (Table of Contents: 29)

Trojak, the Tiger Man / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon (signed)

Pencils

Joe Simon (signed)

Inks

Joe Simon (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Simon

Genre

jungle

Characters

Trojak; Balu; Edith Alton

Synopsis

The native villagers tell Trojak of a strange beast that sneaks into their village every morning and takes one their tribal members away. After dealing with that menace, he then has to rescue Edith from the Nazis.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #3 (April 1940)

[The Origin of Marvex the Super-Robot] (Table of Contents: 30)

Marvex the Super-Robot / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Hal Sharp ?

Inks

Hal Sharp

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Marvex (introduction, origin); Clara Crandall; Bolo; Von Crabb

Synopsis

Weird creatures of the 5th Dimension create a super robot in order to send him to Earth to capture human beings to become slaves in that dimension. But Marvex retaliates against his masters, and, by means of an explosion, is blown out of the 5th Dimension to Earth.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #3 (April 1940)

[Ali Hassan and His Desert Pirates] (Table of Contents: 31)

Captain Strong of the Foreign Legion / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Fisk ?

Inks

Harry Fisk ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Captain Bob Strong (introduction); Major Renald; Lieutenant Dupuy; Ali Hassan

Synopsis

Bob Strong, a member of the French Foreign Legion, is ordered to stop the plundering of caravans by the evil Ali Hassan.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #3 (April 1940)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

The Medicine Man / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Beck ?

Inks

Otto Eppers ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's a sure cure for what ails you!

Genre

humor

Characters

Dr. Hokom

Synopsis

The traveling medicine man is selling his "Palsy Walsy" tonic with no success.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #3 (April 1940)

[Daring Mystery Comics #4] (Table of Contents: 33)

Don Gorman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Alex Schomburg

Inks

Alex Schomburg

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Characters

Don Gorman

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #4 (May 1940)

[Busting a Banker] (Table of Contents: 34)

The Purple Mask / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Maurice Gutwirth (signed as M. Gutwirth)

Inks

Maurice Gutwirth (signed as M. Gutwirth)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Purple Mask [Dennis Burton]; Whalen

Synopsis

A daring bank robbery leads the Purple Mask after the gang responsible and he discovers that the bank's President is involved with the crime.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #4 (May 1940)

[The Zeppelin Attack] (Table of Contents: 35)

K-4 and His Sky Devils / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation

Characters

Sky Devils [Captain K-4; Lieutenant Ronald Wolverstone; Lieutenant Rene D'Auvergne]

Synopsis

K-4 and his assistants are assigned the job of tracking down an enemy zeppelin that is being used to drop mines by parachute over vital installations.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #4 (May 1940)

[On the Trail of Muro] (Table of Contents: 36)

Monako Prince of Magic / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Larry Antonette (signed)

Inks

Larry Antonette (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Monako; Josie; Mr. Muro; Tashu

Synopsis

Monako must go up against his old enemy, Muro, who is attempting to gain control of the Pacific and west coastal areas of the Americas, specifically the Panama Canal.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #4 (May 1940)

[Mars Attacks] (Table of Contents: 37)

Whirlwind Carter of the Interplanetary Secret Service / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Fletcher Hanks

Pencils

Fletcher Hanks

Inks

Fletcher Hanks

Colors

?

Letters

Fletcher Hanks

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Whirlwind Carter (introduction); Brenda Hale

Synopsis

Carter rescues an Earth girl, Brenda Hale, who is agent of the Space Army, Women's Division, 7th Regiment and whose ship has been grounded by the Martians, and he learns that Mars intends on invading the Earth to make it one of her colonies.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #4 (May 1940)

[The Spike Green Case] (Table of Contents: 38)

Marvex the Super Robot / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Hal Sharp

Inks

Hal Sharp

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Marvex; Jim Hansen; Clara Grandall; Spike Green

Synopsis

Marvex looks into the troubling case of a man sitting on death row awaiting execution for a crime in which witnesses in his favor disappeared mysteriously before the trial.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #4 (May 1940)

[The Missing Airliner Fleet] (Table of Contents: 39)

G-Man Don Gorman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gus Ricca ?

Inks

Gus Ricca ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation

Characters

Don Gorman; Betty Nestor; Anson Dictor; Chestor Orsen

Synopsis

Foreign agents attempt to steal the secret super-charged engine invented by test pilot Don Gorman, an invention allowing airplanes to achieve speeds over 1000 mph!

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #4 (May 1940)

The World of Savages (Table of Contents: 40)

Breeze Barton / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Binder (signed as Binder)

Inks

Jack Binder (signed as Binder)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Breeze Barton; Ann Barclay; Frenchy

Synopsis

Breeze has made good his escape from Miracle City with Ann and enter into the civilized world, where they are informed by Frenchy that civilization as they knew it had been destroyed by the War of 1945.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #4 (May 1940)

Outlaw-Buster (Table of Contents: 41)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Rex Evans (signed)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Sheriff Holcolm; Cougar Karns; Morgan

Synopsis

Sheriff Holcolm intends on cleaning out the criminal activities in Ambush Canyon.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #4 (May 1940)

[The Secret Soldier] (Table of Contents: 42)

Trojak the Tiger Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon

Pencils

Joe Simon

Inks

Joe Simon

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Trojak; Balu; Edith Alton; Jerry Alton

Synopsis

Edith's brother, a member of the Nazi forces, convinces Edith to keep Trojak out of their invasion attempts, not knowing it's all a plan to capture Trojak.

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #4 (May 1940)