Marvel Mystery Comics #63

(April 1945)

Killers, Incorporated (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Lawrence?

Inks:

Mort Lawrence?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Carter Blackstone (villain, introduction); the Three Aces (villain, introduction); Anne Gibson (introduction); "Steel" McCarthy (introduction); Harry McCarthy (his son, introduction); Ed McCarthy (his son, introduction); Bill McCarthy (his son, introduction)

Synopsis:

Torch and Toro are working at a steel mill melting slag when they notice a fight break out among the men. They convince the men to avoid needless fighting and go back to work. Later, they clock out at the end of the shift and see a woman harassed by three men on the street. After they give her a hand she tells them that her step-father owns a rival mill and is planning sabotage. The step-father sends three goons to blackjack Torch, Toro and his daughter and dispose of their bodies in a pond. The water revives Torch and he realizes if he takes the time to dive for them, his friends will drown, so he uses his flame to evaporate the pond and save Toro and the girl. They return to their place of employment and help fight off the would-be wreckers.

Vanishing Killers (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Allen Simon

Inks:

Mort Lawrence?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Betty Dean (guest-star); Smoke Durgan (villain, introduction); a Warden Hawes impersonator (villain, introduction)

The Black Flag of Doom (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Charles Nicholas

Inks:

Charles Nicholas

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blackbeard (villain, introduction, death); his air pirates (villains, introductions, deaths)

Personal Assignment (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

The Master of Death (Table of Contents)

Patriot / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Bellman

Inks:

Vince Alascia

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Dr. Hades (villain, introduction, death); Lucifites (villains, introductions)

The Horror of the Catwoman (Table of Contents)

Angel / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jimmy Thompson

Inks:

Jimmy Thompson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Catwoman (villain, introduction death)