Marvel Mystery Comics #9

(July 1940)

Good News! (Table of Contents)

Mystic Comics #3 & Daring Mystery Comics #5 / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Alex Schomburg

Inks:

Alex Schomburg

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; ad

Characters:

Blue Blaze [Spencer Keen]; The Falcon [Carl Burgess]; Blue Blaze [Spencer Keen] (inset); Hercules David (inset); Flexo (inset); Invisible Man [Dr. Gade] (inset); Dakor (inset); Dynamic Man [Curt Cowan]

Synopsis:

Promotional ads, with covers, for Mystic Comics #3 and Daring Mystery Comics #5.

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• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #3

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich 2008-11-15. Found on the inside front cover.

The Human Torch Vs. the Sub-Mariner: The Battle of the Comic Century! (Table of Contents)

Human Torch and Sub-Mariner / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Everett (signed); Carl Burgos (signed); John Compton (signed)

Pencils:

Bill Everett (signed); Carl Burgos (signed)

Inks:

Bill Everett (signed); Carl Burgos (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Everett

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Human Torch [Jim Hamond]; the Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; GS: Betty Dean; un-named Police Chief; Police Chemist Frasier

Synopsis:

Embittered when the Police Commissioner calls Torch afraid for not bringing in the Sub-Mariner as he promised, the Torch and Betty track down Namor and a battle royal begins that ends with the Fiery Fury being captured by Namor in an airless glass tube.

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• in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #8 (April 1967)
• in Marvel 65th Anniversary Special (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 ([September] 2004)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #3

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of Human Torch/Sub-Mariner battle which is concluded next issue. The last page asks readers to submit their ideas about a solution to the problem of Torch being in a translite tube while the Sub-Mariner can't leave the premises allowing someone to release him.

[The Mad Doctor of Carlburg] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Ray Gill ?

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Angel [Tom Hallaway]; un-named girl; Hans; un-named inn keeper; an un-named scientist (villain); a beast man (villain, death); a gorilla (villain, death)

Synopsis:

The Angel becomes involved in a situation in which towns people believe that a vampire is at work, when all along it is a mad scientist, who desires to transplant the brain of a young woman into a gorilla.

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• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #3

Indexer Notes

Writer revision from Paul Gustavson to Ray Gill ?. The Who's Who states that only Gill was a writer on the feature in 1940 and this story may be by him. Notes added by Craig Delich 2008-11-16.

[The Stagecoach Bandits] (Table of Contents)

The Masked Raider / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Anders

Inks:

Al Anders

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

The Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Lightning (the Raider's horse); Mexican Pete; Pecos Bill; un-named Sheriff; Shep Mason and his gang (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis:

The Raider involves himself in a case wherein gold shipments from a mining camp have been waylaid, then end up being turned into the local assay office for cash payment.

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• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #3

Indexer Notes

Writer revision from Al Anders to ?. The Who's Who lists NO writer for this strip. Notes added by Craig Delich 2008-11-16.

High Steel (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John H. Compton (signed)

Pencils:

Robert Hughes [as R. Hughes] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Hughes [as R. Hughes] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Juan Matilla; Jim Holland; Nat McCord; O'Reilly (villain)

Synopsis:

Nat McCord finds himself victim from an unlikely source during an unexpected payroll robbery.

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• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #3

Indexer Notes

Artist credits added by Craig Delich 2008-11-16.

[On the Planet Ligga] (Table of Contents)

Electro the Marvel of the Age / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Dahlman (signed)

Inks:

Steve Dahlman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Electro; Professor Zog; Jago and his Dragon-Men (villains, all die); Queen Nara of Ligra [Nara Gale] (introduction); Gor; Lion People of Ligra; Jago and his Dragon Men (villians, all die)

Synopsis:

Electro and the Professor are taken to the planel Ligra, where they are forced to engage in battle against Queen Nara.

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• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #3

Indexer Notes

Writer revision from Steve Dahlman to ?. The Who's Who lists no writer for this strip. Notes added by Craig Delich 2008-11-16.

[The Trouble At Stacey Cleaners] (Table of Contents)

Ferret, Mystery Detective / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stockbridge Winslow [as Winslow] (signed)

Pencils:

Irwin Hasen [as Hasen] (signed)

Inks:

Irwin Hasen [as Hasen)] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Ferret; Stacey; Hook (villain, introduction); Frankie (villain, introduction); Martin (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Ferret must act quickly against a gang of crooks who are waging a vicious campaign against Stacey Cleaners.

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• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #3

[The Rescue of Rita Grey] (Table of Contents)

Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ben Thompson (signed)

Inks:

Ben Thompson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Zar [a lion]; N'Jaga [a leopard]; Trajah [an elephant]; Chadak [a baboon]; Rita Grey (introduction); Mr. Grey (introduction, Rita's father)

Synopsis:

Ka-Zar helps a young girl make her way back to her father, having to evade attacks by a tribe of wild Wabis.

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• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #3

Indexer Notes

Page count changed from 10, per Barry Sandoval, June, 2008. Writer revision from Ben Thompson to ?. The Who's Who lists NO writer for this strip. Some notes added by Craig Delich 2008-11-16.

The Underworld (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Louis Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)

Inks:

Louis Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

This fact featurette features creatures that provide as much drama and adventures as do crooks in the real world, creatures such as the shrimp, long-legged crabs and the octopus.

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• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #3

Indexer Notes

Some information on this sequence from Barry Sandoval, June 2008; more info added by Craig Delich 2008-11-16.