(October 1948)
Marvel,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1948-06-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 2, Periodicals, 1948.
[no title indexed]
Blonde Phantom; Human Torch; Sun Girl; Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We certainly deserve this period of relaxtion after everything that happens to us inside this magazine!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blonde Phantom; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sun Girl; Sub-Mariner
- Keywords
- automatic pistols; swimming pools
Indexer Notes
Possible Alascia inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Don Rico.
The Lethal Lollipops
Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- 3328
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sun Girl (guest-star)
- Synopsis
- A surgeon smuggles diamonds into the country inside lollipops which get left in a cab. A little girl eats one of the lollipops and needs surgery to have the diamond removed. The surgeon was toying with the idea of a life of crime since he had lost his faith in his medical skills, but after Torch demands he save the life of the little girl, his faith is restored in himself and he abandons all criminal intent.
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Mystery Comics (Bell Features, 1948 series) #87 ([circa November 1948])
-
Indexer Notes
Klein inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ken Bald.
Black Oil of Doom
Sub-Mariner / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- 3355
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Namora (guest-star); Bryan Porter (villain, introduction)
- Reprints
- in Marvel Mystery Comics (Bell Features, 1948 series) #87 ([circa November 1948])
-
Indexer Notes
Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)
Writer credit determined from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
Roll Out the Barrel
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- SL-3203
- Reprints
- in Marvel Mystery Comics (Bell Features, 1948 series) #87 ([circa November 1948])
-
Doomed--One Town
Sun Girl / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- 3455
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- B. Grimes (introduction); Sherry Grimes (introduction); Jenkins (introduction)
Indexer Notes
Possible Nicholas pencils and Klein inks per Nick Caputo. previous indexer credited Syd Shores on pencils and inks.
The Wound No Man Could See
Captain America / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- 3447
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Golden Girl (guest-star); Col. Ross (Golden Girl's father?, introduction); Chuck M. Berry (introduction); Jerry Malcolm (introduction); Penny Collyer (introduction)
The Clown Who Couldn't Laugh
Blonde Phantom / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- 3452
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jeepo (introduction); Jerry (introduction); Chuck (villain, introduction); another crook (villain, introduction)
- Reprints
- in Marvel Mystery Comics (Bell Features, 1948 series) #87 ([circa November 1948])
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["We certainly deserve this period of relaxtion after everything that happens to us inside this magazine!"]
Blonde Phantom; Human Torch; Sun Girl; Sub-Mariner -
1.
The Lethal Lollipops
Human Torch -
2.
Black Oil of Doom
Sub-Mariner -
3.
Roll Out the Barrel
-
4.
Doomed--One Town
Sun Girl -
5.
The Wound No Man Could See
Captain America -
6.
The Clown Who Couldn't Laugh
Blonde Phantom
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Henry Andrews
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Jay Flash
- Del Gruber
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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