Marvel Mystery Comics #27

(January 1942)

Yahoo! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

The Young Allies / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Flaming Arrow Murders (Table of Contents: 2)

Human Torch / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Pencils:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Inks:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Marvin Raleigh (owner of the Raleigh Tank Corporation); The Saint [John Borden] (villain, Raleigh's secretary); Nick Finelli (villain, death)

Synopsis:

Torch and Toro must stop the criminal designs of The Saint, who, along with his gang, is out to steal the plans for a new super air tank that the Raleigh Corporation is building.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #7 ([July] 2012)

[You are old enough to vote...---] (Table of Contents: 3)

Marvel Mystery Comics / activity / 1 page (report information)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Synopsis:

Marvel Mystery Comics contest. Readers are asked to write a letter telling the editors of Marvel Mystery Comics why they like or do not like the following characters in the book: Human Torch, Sub-Mariner, Vision, Terry Vance, Angel, Patriot and Ka-Zar, and to rate each of the characters,from 1-7, as to their own preference. Cash prizes were to be awarded when the contest ends on December 30, 1941 as follows: 1st Prize = $50; 2nd Prize = $25; 3rd Prize = $10; and Prizes for 4th thru 15th = $1 each.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #7 ([July] 2012)

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-8-5.

[The Fox's Smuggling Racket] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Bill Everett (signed)

Pencils:

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks:

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; George (dock worker); The Fox [Jasper Whifflegears] (villain); "Red" Larson (villain, 2nd in command); Mike (villain)

Synopsis:

Namor hears from a dock worker (aka "brush man"), who handles fur cargoes shipped in from Alaska, that no more shipments are being received and that the furs are somehow being smuggled in. Sub-Mariner investigates and discovers that The Fox is putting the stolen furs in torpedo-like metal tubes with motors and fires them into an underground river that leads to the United States.

Reprints:

• in Golden Age of Marvel (Marvel, 1997 series) #2 (1999)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #7 ([July] 2012)

Keywords:

Thunder Cave

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition lists writer and inker as unknown. The last panel mentions that Sub-Mariner Comics #3 went on sale about October 1, 1941.

[A Business Meeting In Hell] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script:

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby; David Walters

Inks:

David Walters

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Vision [Aarkus]; Lucifer Satan [Victor Tisling] (villain); Satan's un-named sales manager (villain)

Synopsis:

Satan demands that his sales manager quit falling down on the job and see to it that the only evil-free city in the United States, Arbor City, is turned into a hotbed of evil and misery. So he decides to send a special agent to Arbor City, in the guise of a local hero, to accomplish the deed.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #7 ([July] 2012)

Keywords:

Arbor City

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition lists writer as unknown, pencils by Al Avison, and inks by George Klein.

Quick Thinking, or, How Good a Detective Are You? (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Tom Moriarity; Eddie Thompson (mailman); un-named girl (death); Henry Gordon (bank guard); un-named gang of bank robbers (villains)

Synopsis:

Ed warned Old Tom that some notorious bank robbers and killers in Kenton were headed his way and to be on the alert. They arrived and held Tom prisoner, but he quickly turned the tables on the crooks.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #7 ([July] 2012)

Voodini's Last Laugh From the Grave (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 (a monkey); Deadline Dawson; Professor Voodini's un-named lawyer; six un-named relatives of Professor Voodini (two die); Professor Voodini (villain, death); Professor Voodini's un-named butler (villain)

Synopsis:

The relatives of the late Professor Voodini gather at his mansion to listen to the reading of the will, whose contents lead to several murders and the re-appearance of the evil professor.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #7 ([July] 2012)

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition lists pencil layout artist as Oksner, but finished penciler and inker as unknown.

Death To Spies! (Table of Contents: 8)

The Patriot / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

Ray Gill ?

Pencils:

Ray Houlihan

Inks:

Ray Houlihan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]; Mary; Guinaldo (villain, murderous Filipino); Suoka (villain, Japanese secret agent, death)

Synopsis:

Suoka has appointed a Filipino bolo wielder to murder Lt. Curtis, but the Patriot interferes and prevents the crime, finally tracking down the Japanese secret agent behind the murder plot.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #7 ([July] 2012)

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition lists the writer as unknown, pencils by Sid Greene and inker as unknown.

Death Rings the Bell! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script:

Paul Gustavson ?; Kermit Jaediker ?

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Paul Gustavson

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Richard Brown (death); Abigail Brown (Richard Brown's sister, death); unnamed butler to the late Jonathan Brown; unnamed servant girl to the late Jonathan Brown; Sprague (carillon player for the late Jonathan Brown); the Phantom of the Bell Tower (villain, brother of Abigail Brown)

Synopsis:

The Angel investigates weird deaths associated with the ringing of the carillon belonging to the late millionaire, Jonathan Brown.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #7 ([July] 2012)

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition lists the writer and artist(s) as unknown.

The writer may have been either Gustavson (who wrote the feature into 1942) or Jaediker (who also wrote the feature sometime in 1942), so both are added to script credit with ? after their names.

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

[Fighting for the Free French] (Table of Contents: 10)

Adventures of 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]; the Nazis (villains, all die)

Synopsis:

Arriving in French Equatorial Africa, Ka-Zar is captured by the Nazis and used as a decoy to sucker French ships into submarine range.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #7 ([July] 2012)

Indexer Notes

Last appearance. The Masterworks edition lists the writer and inker as unknown. Writer ? added by Craig Delich 2012-8-5. The Who's Who indicates that Thompson was an artist only.

Battle of the giants! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Human Torch Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)