Marvel Mystery Comics #85

(February 1948)

Murders From the Past (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky ?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Turtle (introduction, villain)

Synopsis:

Cleopatra Vance, a member of the Famous Names Club, asks the Torch for help because she thinks that Nathan Hale is going to be hanged. Torch and Toro head over to the address that she provides and they find a body. Leaving the scene is a hired criminal known as the Turtle. After Lincoln is shot by the Turtle, Cleopatra tells Torch that Julius Caesar must be the killer since she and he are the only two members left, and the last surviving member is beneficiary of investments the club has made. After Toro is slugged, and Nathan Hale's body disappears, Torch suspects Hale of attempting to throw off suspicion and apprehends both him and the Turtle when the latter tries to assassinate Caesar.

Indexer Notes

Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)

Blackbeard, Scourge of the Seas (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Everett

Inks:

Bill Everett

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Namora (guest); Betty Dean (guest); Blackbeard (introduction, villain)

Final Reckoning (Ch. 10) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ken Bald

Inks:

Ken Bald

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Rex Harr (villain); Miss America

Indexer Notes

Chapter 10 of serial; Miss America's next appearance in GIANT-SIZE AVENGERS #1

Once a Soldier (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

The Dummy Is No Dummy (Table of Contents)

Blonde Phantom / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Syd Shores

Inks:

Ken Bald

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero