Marvel Mystery Comics #17

(March 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Captain America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Fighting Side-by-Side (Table of Contents: 2)

Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Burgos (signed); Bill Everett (signed)

Pencils

Carl Burgos (signed); Bill Everett (signed)

Inks

Carl Burgos (signed); Bill Everett (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Ferguson (sourced)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; the Nazis (villains); the Japanese (villains)

Synopsis

Japanese and Nazi soldiers are building a tunnel from Siberia to Alaska, so Torch and Namor team-up to put them out of action.

Reprints

• in The Invaders (Marvel, 1975 series) #24 (January 1978) [minus 7 pages; abbreviated from 26 pages]
• in Golden Age of Marvel (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn] (October 1997)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)
• in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Pre-War Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Human Torch by Carl Burgos Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

This story continues from last issue and continues, in part, in the next issue.

[What's Your Story?] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

contest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Mor the Mighty] (Table of Contents: 4)

Electro / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Dahlman ?

Pencils

Steve Dahlman (signed)

Inks

Steve Dahlman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Electro; Professor Zog; Mor the Mighty (villain, death); Zabu (villain, death?)

Synopsis

In order to make himself the Emperor of the Universe, the evil Mor increases the size of his pet cat and sparrows to gigantic proportions in order to inflict death and destruction upon the world.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)

Thin Ice (Table of Contents: 5)

Terry Vance, the School Boy Sleuth / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Gill (signed)

Pencils

Bob Oksner (illustration)

Inks

Bob Oksner (illustration)

Letters

?; typeset

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (monkey); Deadline Dawson (cub reporter)

Synopsis

Terry uses his new gas powered model plane with skiis to save two children who have plunged through thin ice and are about to drown.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition lists the artist as unknown.

[War against a Werewolf] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Angel / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Gustavson ?; Ray Gill ?

Pencils

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Gustavson

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Angel [Thomas Halloway]; Bob Harrison; Dr. Roberts; Jean Roberts; Dr. Lin; Singa (villain, death)

Synopsis

The Angel is mystified when a good friend of his, Dr. Roberts, seems overly secretive, and soon discovers why: the doctor's assistant has become a werewolf.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

[Burk and the Bomber] (Table of Contents: 7)

Terry Vance, the School Boy Sleuth / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Gill (signed)

Pencils

Bob Oksner (signed)

Inks

Bob Oksner (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (monkey); Deadline Dawson; Burk (prisoner); Claude Kane (villain, factory guard, death); Killer D'Arcy (villain)

Synopsis

Terry and Dr. Watson track down the person responsible for the death of a policeman.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition lists the inker as unknown.

[Hoodlums, Inc.] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Vision / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon ?; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Vision [Aarkus]; Hank Steel; Vince Garone (villain, death)

Synopsis

So-called "legitimate" trucking company owner Vince Carone uses every dirty trick in the book to eliminate his competitors.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)
• in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition lists the strip only by Jack Kirby with unknown inker.

[The Legacy of John Rand] (Table of Contents: 9)

Ka-Zar the Great / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ben Thompson ?

Pencils

Ben Thompson (signed)

Inks

Ben Thompson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Trajah (elephant); Ali (native guide); Winston (explorer and friend of John Rand); Alec Wright (villain, John Rands's attorney, death)

Synopsis

Ka-Zar has to battle the attorney of his father, Alec Wright, who forged his name as part-owner of Rand's diamond mine.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Ka-Zar figure in splash swiped from cover of FLASH COMICS #8.

Human Torch pin-up (Table of Contents: 10)

Human Torch / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Alex Schomburg

Inks

Alex Schomburg

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 ([December] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Found on the back cover.