(December 1941)
Marvel,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-09-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Timely Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Joe Simon (editor)
Issue Notes
MYSTIC COMICS is published bi-monthly by Timely Comics, Inc. at Meriden, Conn. Application for second class entry is pending at the post office at Meriden, Conn., under Act of March 3, 1879. Contents copyright 1941 by Timely Comics, Inc., 330 W. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. Single copies 10¢; yearly subscription 60¢ in the U. S. A. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions appearing in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and that any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. Printed in the U. S. A.
December, 1941 issue.
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. 4.
December, 1941 issue.
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. 4.
[no title indexed]
Destroyer / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As the deadly monsters from Hitler's trunk of terror were freed, the Destroyer plunged down!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Adolf Hitler
- Reprints
-
in Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) (December 2011) - in Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War (Fantagraphics, 2017 series) (2017)
- in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Possible Simon inks per atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores.
[no title indexed]
Marvel Mystery Comics #26 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As New and Exciting as Today's News!
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Issue referred to just as "Marvel Comics No. 26" in the large headline (no "Mystery").
The Machine of Death
Destroyer / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Destroyer [Keen Marlowe]; Florence von Banger; Adolf Hitler
- Synopsis
- After finding food for a starving German couple, Keen and Florence stumble across a scientist trying out his new death machine. Keen sabotages it, but that gets Florence and him sent to a concentration camp. He escapes, becomes the Destroyer, and shuts down the machine and its creator once and for all.
Indexer Notes
The Destroyer's last name is Marlowe in this issue, but was Marlow when he was introduced in #6.
The League of Blood
The Witness, Judge, Juror and Avenger of Evil / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Witness (introduction); Sid Stern (football player, introduction, cameo, death); Mr. Rollins (trucking company owner, introduction); Natas (villain, introduction); The League of Blood (villains, introduction for all, some die); Nick, the Gambler (villain, introduction, cameo, death)
- Synopsis
- The evil Natas directs his League of Blood to commit murders for hire, but a mysterious man known as the Witness sees them and hunts them down, killing them in retaliation and tracing the orders back to Natas.
- Keywords
- Rollins Trucking Company
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo.
Script credits suggested by the Who's Who.
[Lewis & Sykes]
Black Widow / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils
- Stan Drake (signed)
- Inks
- Stan Drake (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Widow [Claire Voyant]; Satan
- Synopsis
- Satan sends the Black Widow to claim the souls of Lewis and Sykes, America weapons manufacturers who are selling their weapons to the Axis as well as the Allies.
Heritage of Destruction
Destroyer / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Destroyer [Keen Marlowe]
- Synopsis
- While the Destroyer hides out with a man he has rescued from Nazis, he tells the man of when he had to knowingly walk into a trap to prevent innocent German civilians from being executed.
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustrations.
[A Fight to the Death]
The Challenger / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Klein (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Sekowsky (signed as Michael Sekowsky)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Challenger [Bill Waring]
- Synopsis
- The Challenger faces a large ape-like man who has changed his career from boxing to crime in hand-to-hand combat.
Indexer Notes
Ger Apeldoorn notes at atlastales.com that Sekowsky usually penciled but the art does not look like his. Klein's signature comes first.
[Looters]
The Terror / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Terror
- Synopsis
- The Terror hunts down a gang of looters who have decided to hit only small businesses that are less likely to have the sort of security and defenses that banks have.
[The Dweller in the Haunted Cave]
Davey and the Demon / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Davey Drew (introduction; origin); Demon (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Young orphan Davey Drew inadvertently frees the Demon, embodiment of mankind's evil, from his prison in a cave. The Demon swears to destroy humanity, but in return for freeing him he swears not to harm Davey and gives him a cloak that will protect him. Horrified, Davey brings the military to stop the Demon, but succeeds only in driving him off temporarily.
[The Grinner]
The Black Marvel / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al Gabriele (signed)
- Inks
- Al Gabriele (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Marvel [Dan Lyons]
- Synopsis
- Dr. Weems drinks a concoction that he thinks might be a cure for pneumonia, but it instead transforms him into a Mr. Hyde-like monster who becomes known as The Grinner by the local criminals. The Black Marvel must stop him as he tries by intimidation and murder to gain control of prize oil-producing land.
[Museum Robberies]
Blazing Skull / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blazing Skull [Mark Todd]
- Synopsis
- Mark Todd (in this story said to be a district attorney) hears of mysterious thefts at an art museum that happen without anyone breaking in to the building. He decides to tackle the case as the Blazing Skull, and realizes that the thief has been hiding out in the museum disguised as a statue during the day.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["As the deadly monsters from Hitler's trunk of terror were freed, the Destroyer plunged down!"]
Destroyer -
1.
["As New and Exciting as Today's News!"]
Marvel Mystery Comics #26 -
2.
The Machine of Death
Destroyer -
3.
The League of Blood
The Witness, Judge, Juror and Avenger of Evil -
4.
[Lewis & Sykes]
Black Widow -
5.
Heritage of Destruction
Destroyer -
6.
[A Fight to the Death]
The Challenger -
7.
[Looters]
The Terror -
8.
Ghost-Brought Justice
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9.
[The Dweller in the Haunted Cave]
Davey and the Demon -
10.
[The Grinner]
The Black Marvel -
11.
[Museum Robberies]
Blazing Skull -
12.
["Smashing Through Again!"]
Captain America Comics #9 -
13.
Coming Events
Sub-Mariner Comics #3
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- Ray Bottorff Jr
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- Keith Chandler
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
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- Stanley Krute
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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