(March 1946)
Marvel,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1946-01-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the copyright registration found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Part 2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
[no title indexed]
Human Torch / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
The Case of the Frightened Felon
Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Walt Neilson (Rankin's nephew, introduction); Rankin (villain, introduction, death)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- An uncle steals money from a vault and frames his nephew for the crime, then murders the prosecutor involved in the case because the man's conscience began to bother him. The Torch believes the young man innocent because he had taken a slug in the shoulder escaping jail and there should have been plenty of blood in the room if he had committed the murder and there was only the victim's blood. The uncle blackjacks Torch and Toro and locks them in a freezer but they escape. Torch and Toro then pursue the uncle's car and he loses control of it and dies in the crash.
A Madman's Rampage
Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- R-166
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Blackbeard (villain)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
The Sing Song Slayings
Miss America / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- R-147
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Miss America [Madeline Joyce]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
Forgotten Trail
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A stooped figure was picking away at the stone and dirt in the wall of a tunnel, muttering ugly phrases to himself:
Through the Camera's Eye!
The Patriot / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Patriot [Jeff Mace]; Birdie Hart (photographer, introduction); Dusty Regan (villain, introduction)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Keywords
- Daily Chronicle
Indexer Notes
Bellman's name is on a sign on page 3, panel 4. Possible Alascia inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Bellman.
The Adventure of the Blue Goose
The Angel / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Angel [Thomas Halloway]; Gloria Wild (villain, introduction); Kroll (villain, introduction)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Human Torch -
1.
The Case of the Frightened Felon
Human Torch -
2.
A Madman's Rampage
Namor the Sub-Mariner -
3.
The Sing Song Slayings
Miss America -
4.
Forgotten Trail
-
5.
Through the Camera's Eye!
The Patriot -
6.
The Adventure of the Blue Goose
The Angel
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Henry Andrews
- Bill Borre
- Mark Bowen
- Nick Caputo
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Darrel McCann
- Banks S. Robinson
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
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