The Human Torch
#5[a]
(Summer 1941)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-06-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Timely Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Joe Simon (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3, p318.
Note that the "5" in "Volume 1, No. 5" is oddly vertically stretched.
[no title indexed]
Human Torch / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch; Toro; Sub-Mariner
- Reprints
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in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005), #1 ([November] 2005)
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![Cover Thumbnail for The Human Torch (Marvel, 1940 series) #5[a]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/22/w200/22876.jpg?5423247593517644876)
[Next Issue of Captain America Comics]
Captain America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America; Bucky; the Red Skull (villain)
Indexer Notes
This house ad is 1) a promo for Captain America Comics #5, which features an appearance by the Red Skull; and 2) provides a coupon for readers to mail in, along with ten cents, to join Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty.
Found on the inside front cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich (Jan. 2006).
The March of Death [Part 1]
Human Torch / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Carl Burgos
- Pencils
- Carl Burgos (layouts) (signed)
- Inks
- Harry Sahle; Funnies, Inc. shop artists
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Jake (death); Doctor Smart (introduction); Rocky
- Synopsis
- Doctor Smart plans a million dollar robbery and is so confident of success, he sends the police a note informing them. The Torch, Toro and the Police are waiting for him but he is ready for everything they try and races away with the money in a hearse. He is eventually forced off a bridge and into the river where he escapes. Not giving up on getting the money, he sends a diver down to recover it. The Torch and Toro start to chase the boat but run into a trap and get caught in the blast from a floating mine.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Artistic revisions by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). Inker credit formerly given to Carl Burgos.
[Big New Sub-Mariner No.2]
Namor the Sub-Mariner / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner; the Angel
Indexer Notes
House ad for Sub-Mariner Comics #2, plus a blurb for the brand new Mystic Comics.
Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich (Jan. 2006).
[The March of Death, Part 2]
Human Torch / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Carl Burgos (signed)
- Pencils
- Carl Burgos (layouts) (signed)
- Inks
- Harry Sahle; ? [Funnies, Inc. shop artists]
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Doctor Smart; Rocky
- Synopsis
- Recovering from the mine blast, the Torch and Toro continue the pursuit of Doctor Smart and the stolen million dollars. Smart continues to elude using various gimmicks.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inker revision by Craig Delich (Jan. 2006). Inker credit formerly given to Carl Burgos.
Marvel's Pinwheel of Stars!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle; superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch; Vision; Sub-Mariner; Ka-Zar; Terry Vance; the Angel
Indexer Notes
Promotional house ad for all the comic magazines published by Timely and some of the characters appearing in them.
Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich (Jan. 2006).
The Human Torch and Sub Mariner [sic] Battle the Nazi Super Shell of Death!
Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils
- Carl Burgos (signed)
- Inks
- Carl Burgos (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]
- Synopsis
- Torch, Toro and Sub-Mariner find the Nazi have built a huge gun, as high as a 50-story building. They proceed to destroy it and Nazi barges intent on invading Dover.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
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Indexer Notes
Spot illo credits by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).
Blitzkrieg of the Living Dead!
Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Angel [Thomas Halloway]; Carlos
- Synopsis
- A group of Nazombies attack the Caribbean Islands and the Sub-Mariner and Angel fight them off.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
There is a very good chance that this story was NOT written and illustrated by Everett. Other sources say Harry Sahle or Sam Burlockoff or another Funnies Inc. Shop person. Info by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin. Formerly credited to Bill Everett.
[Death Dirge of the Veiled Violinist]
The Patriot / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Ray Gill
- Pencils
- Sid Greene (signed)
- Inks
- Sid Greene (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Patriot [Jeff Mace]; Mary; Casey; Veiled Violinist
- Synopsis
- A man discovers a note that causes bones to disintegrate and he is sent to America by the Nazi to sabotage everything.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
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[The Young Allies Comics]
Young Allies / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Young Allies [Toro; Percy Bartwell; Tubby Tinkle; Vanderbilt Jefferson; Bucky Jones; Whitewash Jones]; the Red Skull [villain]
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
House ad for The Young Allies Comics #1.
Sequence added by Craig Delich (Jan. 2006).
The cover shown in this promo is not the cover that appeared in Young Allies #1. The figure of Stalin was removed, as Russia became the United States' ally between the time the promo appeared and the release of Young Allies #1. (Note from Fred Snyder via the GCD Errors List, 2013-02-03.)
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[no title indexed]
Human Torch -
1.
[Next Issue of Captain America Comics]
Captain America -
2.
The March of Death [Part 1]
Human Torch -
3.
[Big New Sub-Mariner No.2]
Namor the Sub-Mariner -
4.
[The March of Death, Part 2]
Human Torch -
5.
Marvel's Pinwheel of Stars!
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6.
The Human Torch and Sub Mariner [sic] Battle the Nazi Super Shell of Death!
Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner -
7.
Blitzkrieg of the Living Dead!
Namor the Sub-Mariner -
8.
[Death Dirge of the Veiled Violinist]
The Patriot -
9.
[The Young Allies Comics]
Young Allies
- Katie
- Hrayr Abazyan
- Henry Andrews
- Steve Dasinger
- Craig Delich
- Merlin Haas
- Rob Johnson
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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