Marvel Mystery Comics #30

(April 1942)

March of the Metal Mobsters (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Carl Burgos

Pencils

Carl Burgos (signed as CARL BURGOS)

Inks

Carl Burgos ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch; Toro; [The Metal Mobsters [Stephen Cole; others]] (villains, introduction); Mary Orchid (introduction); Leslie Garden (introduction)

Synopsis

A woman is worried when her fiance disappears so she asks Torch and Toro for help. She tells him that he has developed a plastic metal that may have made him a target for abductors. Torch and Toro encounter men clad in suits made of the stuff and have difficulty subduing them. The woman's fiance turns out to be in one of the suits, but Torch suspects he has been coerced into his actions when he sees welts upon his back. The true villain reveals himself and takes the woman as a hostage to escape. Toro sneaks around behind him and captures him.

Reprints

• in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Human Torch by Carl Burgos Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Reprisal Revenge (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Bill Everett

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Everett

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Princess Fen; Nazis (villains)

Synopsis

Sub-Mariner almost liberates France.

Reprints

• in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Pre-War Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

[The Crank] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

? (see notes)

Pencils

Syd Shores (signed as Syd Shores)

Inks

George Klein ? (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Vision; The Crank [Powers] (introduction, villain, death); Powers' secretary (introduction, death)

Synopsis

Vision gets involved when The Crank threatens to destroy Finance City.

Indexer Notes

Story previously credited to Stan Lee. Story is not signed. Possible Klein inks per Nick Caputo, July 2018. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores.

Lumps of Death (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Mickey Spillane (signed as Spillane)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Jack Billing’s; George

Synopsis

Jack Billing tries to foil a plot to place explosive coal into train engines.

Reprints

• in Primal Spillane: Early Stories 1941-1942 (Gryphon Books, 2004 series)

Indexer Notes

Reprint note from Arthur Lortie, August 2008.

The Mystery of the Flying Corpses (Table of Contents: 5)

The Patriot / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Fagaly (signed as Al Fagaly)

Inks

Al Fagaly ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Patriot [Jeff Mace]; Dr. Strasser (villain, introduction, death); Mary; Casey

Synopsis

The Patriot tries to solve the riddle of people dying, expanding and floating away after getting blood transfusions.

The Mystery of the Pharaoh's Eye (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Ray Gill

Pencils

? (see notes)

Inks

? (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Terry Vance; Deadline Dawson; Finog (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Terry tries to work out how a heavily guarded ruby in a museum could be swapped with a fake.

Indexer Notes

Unknown art per atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Bob Oksner.

[The Fairy Dance] (Table of Contents: 7)

Jimmy Jupiter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Eddie Robbins (signed as Robin)

Pencils

Eddie Robbins (signed as Robin)

Inks

Eddie Robbins (signed as Robin)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

children; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Jimmy Jupiter; The Wump-Jump; Ruffy Rabbit; the Little People (introduction); the Gnomes (villains, introduction)

Synopsis

Jimmy rides a moonbeam back to Nowhere and witnesses a fairy dance. But things take a turn for the worse when Gnomes attack.

Keywords

Dragon; Fairy; Gnome

The House of Slaughter (Table of Contents: 8)

The Angel / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (see notes)

Inks

? (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Angel; Riesel (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

The Angel goes after a man who has kidnapped a woman from the street. He discovers a horror like no other.

Keywords

Vampire

Indexer Notes

Unknown art per atlastales.com. Previous indexers credited Gus Schrotter and Paul Gustavson.