(January 1947)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- A Marvel Magazine [corner peeled back]
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Color; Standard Golden Age US; saddle-stitched; Newsprint ; [mostly] monthly series
Murder Melodies
Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jimmy Thompson
- Inks:
- Jimmy Thompson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- V: Sidney Otis (I)
- Synopsis:
- A music publisher sees his chance to knock off his partners and pin the blame onto a singer named Celment he also framed years ago for a theft when the singer's time is up and he's released from jail. The killer sends death threats along with records of Clement's songs giving clues as to where the murder will take place. He manages to stay one step ahead of Torch and Toro to pull off his murders, but once they escape from his death trap, he confesses all and clears Clement's name.
The Mad Hatter Mystery
Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Al Gabriele
- Inks:
- Carl Pfeufer?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- GS: Betty Dean; V: The Mad Hatter (I; Roy Clark), Alice Grant (I), Edna (I)
Flaming Death (Ch. 5)
Miss America / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ken Bald
- Inks:
- Ken Bald
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- V: Rex Herr
Indexer Notes
Part 5 of serial
Murder For a Laugh
Young Allies / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gustav Schrotter
- Inks:
- Gustav Schrotter
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- V: Joe Diller (I)
The Howling Mummy
Captain America / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Syd Shores
- Inks:
- Al Avison
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- GS: Bucky; V: The Howling Mummy (I; Quentin Ford)
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Murder Melodies
Human Torch -
2.
The Mad Hatter Mystery
Sub-Mariner -
3.
Flaming Death (Ch. 5)
Miss America -
4.
Death Rides the Slope
-
5.
Murder For a Laugh
Young Allies -
6.
The Howling Mummy
Captain America
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Henry Andrews
- Per Sandell
- Bill Borre
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
- Craig Delich
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