Young Men #24
(December 1953)

Marvel, 1950 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Interstate Publishing Corp.
Brand
Atlas [black & white]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

The Human Torch Returns (Table of Contents)

Human Torch / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carl Burgos
Inks
Carl Burgos
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look! He's back from the dead! It's the Human Torch!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Jack Monroe; Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Burgos art credit per Atlas Tales (http://www.atlastales.com/sI/4807), accessed 29 March 2010 and Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes Volume One.

Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.

The Return of... the Human Torch (Table of Contents: 1)

Human Torch / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Hank Chapman
Pencils
Russ Heath; Carl Burgos (Torch figure on splash page)
Inks
Russ Heath; Carl Burgos (Torch figure on splash page)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
D-336
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Human Torch... evil's greatest enemy is back!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Mary Wilson; Chief Wilson
Reprints
Keywords
Korea; Nevada; Yucca Flat

Indexer Notes

The Torch's last appearance was in Marvel Mystery Comics #92 (June 1949).

Chapman credit from Martin O'Hearn.

A Traitor among Us (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Burgos ? (illustration)
Inks
Carl Burgos ? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
9001
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The echoing blast of six-pounder cannon, and the screaming wail of cannonballs that crashed through the thickly wooded area, were the first sign of trouble.
Genre
adventure
Characters
Capt. Steel; Johnny One-Eye
Reprints
Keywords
Judas Bell

Back from the Dead! (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain America / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Don Rico
Pencils
John Romita; Mort Lawrence (page 1, panel 1)
Inks
John Romita; Mort Lawrence ? (page 1, panel 1)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
D-337
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gangsters tremble! Spies hide in fear! Out of a glorious past comes the greatest crime-fighter of them all... the enemy of crooks and dictators... foe of injustice and friend of the downtrodden!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes] (reintroduction); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (reintroduction); Red Skull [Johann Shmidt] (origin retold); Professor Reinstein
Reprints
Keywords
Lee School; New York

Indexer Notes

Lawrence credit per Atlas Tales (http://www.atlastales.com/sI/4807), accessed 29 March 2010.

Captain America last appeared in Captain America's Weird Tales #74. In retroactive continuity these characters became Captain America IV and Bucky III.

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Everett ?
Pencils
Bill Everett (signed)
Inks
Bill Everett (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Everett

Job Number
D-343
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Out of the future, out of the fourth dimension where time and space are one, come strange and frightening phenomena!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Betty Dean; Fen; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Cathy; Venusian robots
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Previous Sub-Mariner appearance was in Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #92 (June 1949)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Human Torch Returns
    Human Torch
  2. 1. The Return of... the Human Torch
    Human Torch
  3. 2. A Traitor among Us
  4. 3. Back from the Dead!
    Captain America
  5. 4. ["Out of the future, out of the fourth dimension where time and space are one, come strange and frightening phenomena!!"]
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Mark Bowen
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Del Gruber
  • Steve Jenner
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Darrel McCann
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Mark Q
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore