Golden Age of Marvel #2

(1999)

Table of Contents (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Human Torch; Fiery Mask; Red Raven; The Vision; Captain America; Hurricane; Black Marvel; Sub-Mariner; The Fin; Citizen V

Indexer Notes

Table of contents, credits (for the features and the book), with head shots of the various characters excerpted from the features.

Marvel Comics and Me (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Mickey Spillane (signed)

Pencils:

Bill Everett ? (Sub-Mariner promo reprint in inset)

Inks:

Bill Everett ? (Sub-Mariner promo reprint in inset)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Mickey Spillane reminisces about writing for Timely by way of the Funnies, Inc. shop, and then moving into paperback novels after returning from World War II.

[Origin of the Human Torch] (Table of Contents)

The Human Torch / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Pencils:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Inks:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Carl Burgos

Editing:

Martin Goodman ? (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Human Torch (introduction and origin, an android); Prof. Phineas T. Horton (introduction); Mr. Harris (businessman); Tony Sardo (villain, introduction, death), Red (villain, introduction, death)

Reprints:

• from Marvel Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #1 (October 1939)

Indexer Notes

The Human Torch wears a blue uniform in this story. He doesn't adopt the Jim Hammond identity until issue #4.

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

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Simon (signed)

Inks:

Joe Simon (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Simon

Editing:

Martin Goodman ? (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Fiery Mask [Dr. Jack Castle] (introduction, origin); Captain Benson (introduction); Zombie Master (a mad doctor, villain, introduction, death); zombies (villains, introduction, death)

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Funnies, Inc. material. Often erroneously assumed to indicate the start of Simon's editorship, but he was only a writer-artist at Funnies, Inc. at this stage, and this was one of his earliest stories.

[The Origin of the Red Raven] (Table of Contents)

Red Raven / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Simon (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Red Raven (introduction, origin); Andreva (introduction); Zeelmo (villain, introduction, death); Ratoga (villain, introduction, death)

Reprints:

• from Red Raven Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (August 1940)

[Enter: The Vision] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Editing:

Joe Simon (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Vision [Aarkus] (introduction, origin) (see also issue #23); Dr. Enoch Mason (introduction); Shiela Mason (his daughter, introduction); Mose (Mason's butler); Markham (scientist); "Brains Borelli" (villain); Queenie (villain); Tony (villain, introduction); Bomber (villain, introduction)

Reprints:

• from Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #13 (November 1940)

Indexer Notes

Credits differ from those printed in this collection- see original issue index for details.

Case No. 1. Meet Captain America (Table of Contents)

Captain America / comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Al Liederman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Simon (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain America [Steve Rogers] (introduction, origin); Bucky [Bucky Barnes] (introduction); President Franklin D. Roosevelt; General Phillips (unnamed, introduction); J. Arthur Grover [J. Edgar Hoover]; Agent X-13 [Cynthia Glass] (unnamed, introduction); Professor Reinstein (introduction, dies); Heinz Kruger (unnamed, introduction, dies)

Reprints:

• from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941)

Indexer Notes

Credits differ from those printed in this collection- see original issue index for details.

Murder Ltd. (Table of Contents)

Hurricane / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Simon (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hurricane [Mike Cury] (introduction); Pluto (villain); Piggy Perroni (villain)

Reprints:

• from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941)

Indexer Notes

Credits differ from those printed in this collection- see original issue index for details.

Stories from the Dark Ages (Table of Contents)

Tuk Caveboy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Simon (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; historical

Characters:

Tuk (introduction, origin); Phaidor (introduction, dies in flashback); Rhaya (introduction, dies in flashback); Tanir (introduction, villain, dies); Goreks (villain, introduction, dies)

Reprints:

• from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941)

Keywords:

barbarian

Indexer Notes

Credits differ from those printed in this collection- see original issue index for details.

The Sub-Mariner Smashes a Nazi Uprising! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bill Everett (signed)

Pencils:

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks:

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Everett

Editing:

Joe Simon ? (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Dean; Lynne Harris; Luther Robinson; un-named U.S. Navy department commander; Queen Jarna (villain); the Nazis (villains, some die)

Reprints:

• from Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #26 (December 1941)

[Origin of the Whizzer] (Table of Contents)

Whizzer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Avison (signed)

Inks:

Al Gabriele (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Simon (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Whizzer [Bob Frank] (introduction, origin); Dr. Emil Frank [Bob's father] (introduction, death); Granno (villain, introduction)

Reprints:

• from USA Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

[The Fox's Smuggling Racket] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bill Everett (signed)

Pencils:

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks:

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Stan Lee ? (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; George (dock worker); The Fox [Jasper Whifflegears] (villain); "Red" Larson (villain, 2nd in command); Mike (villain)

Reprints:

• from Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #27 (January 1942)

Keywords:

Thunder Cave

Carnival of Fiends (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Pencils:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Inks:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Simon (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Inspector Riley; Villains: Matsu, Ku-Shi (I for both).

Reprints:

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (Summer 1941)

The Case of the Hollow Men (Table of Contents)

Captain America / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon (signed)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby; Al Avison

Inks:

Joe Simon; Al Gabriele; Syd Shores

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Simon (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sgt. Duffy; Villains: The Lord of Death and his zombies (I for all), Adolf Hitler.

Reprints:

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (Summer 1941)

Indexer Notes

Credits differ from those printed in this collection- see original issue index for details.

The Order of the Hood (Table of Contents)

Black Marvel / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Al Avison (signed)

Inks:

Al Gabriele (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Simon (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Black Marvel [Dan Lyobns]; Pat Casey; Mary Nash; V: The Hood (I, D), the Order of the Hood (I).

Reprints:

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (Summer 1941)

[Cult of the Shark-god] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Simon (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Vision [Aarkus]; the Zambiji people; Kai-Mak, the Shark-God (villain, death)

Reprints:

• from Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #23 (September 1941)

Indexer Notes

Credits differ from those printed in this collection- see original issue index for details.

[The Magic Cutlass] (Table of Contents)

The Fin / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Everett

Pencils:

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks:

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Stan Lee (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Fin [Peter Noble]; Nazis (villains)

Reprints:

• from Comedy Comics (Marvel, 1942 series) #9 (April 1942)

V Battalion (Table of Contents)

Citizen V / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?

Pencils:

Ben Thompson

Inks:

Ben Thompson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Stan Lee (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Citizen V; Nazis (villains)

Reprints:

• from Comedy Comics (Marvel, 1942 series) #9 (April 1942)

Sizzling with Thrills: 16 Exciting Classics That You Demanded!! (Table of Contents)

The Golden Age of Marvel Comics Vol. 2 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Sub-Mariner; Captain America; Human Torch; The Vision; The Fin; Red Raven

Indexer Notes

A "promo" in the old Timely style, but for this very book.
Back cover.