(June 1949)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- ?
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- Marvel Comic [round logo]
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Color; Standard Golden Age US; saddle-stitched; Newsprint ; [mostly] monthly series
[no title indexed]
Human Torch / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Cover reprints page 5 of Human Torch story. This gives:
Pencils:
1. Original indexer stated: Alex Schomburg
2. Page 5 of Human Torch story is pencilled by: Mike Sekowsky
3. West Stephan stated: Not Schomburg (GCD error list, 2005-10-05)
Inks:
1. Original indexer stated: Alex Schomburg
2. Page 5 of Human Torch story is inked by: unknown
3. West Stephan stated: Not Schomburg (GCD error list, 2005-10-05)
The Birth of the Torch
Human Torch / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- O: Human Torch (retold in detail); GS: Albert Horton (D; Human Torch's creator; renamed Phineas T. Horton in ?); V: Tony Sardo, Al (Red in MARVEL COMICS #1)both from MARVEL COMICS #1
- Synopsis:
- The Torch returns to his creator's home ten years after he last saw him only to learn the man has passed away. He recalls his early days when Dr. Horton was bedridden by a gangster's bullet because two thugs wanted to use him as an arson agent in a protection scheme.
Indexer Notes
Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)
The Choice
Witness / comic story / 3 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- I: John Whittier; Verna Stoddard
Indexer Notes
Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)
The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up
Captain America / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Carl Burgos
- Inks:
- Al Gabriele
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- GS: Golden Girl; V: John Harrington (I)
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Birth of the Torch
Human Torch -
2.
The Choice
Witness -
3.
The New Whaler
-
4.
The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up
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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