(Spring 1942)
Marvel,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-04-13
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Timely Comics Inc.
- Brand
- Timely Comics [buy bonds and stamps shield]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
[no title indexed]
Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Namor the Sub-Mariner; The Angel (inset); Japanese military
- Reprints
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in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 ([August 15] 2007) [quarter size], #2 ([August 15] 2007)
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- Keywords
- planes; ships; World War II
[Marvel at the world's greatest heroes in the most exciting adventures you've ever read!]
Marvel Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed as Lee)
- Pencils
- Bill King (signed as King)
- Inks
- Bill King (signed as King)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; the Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; The Vision [Aarkus]; Jimmy Jupiter; The Angel; The Patriot; Terry Vance
Indexer Notes
Promotional ad for Marvel Comics and its features.
Found on the inside front cover.
Lee and King signed this piece and are, most likely, two separate people. Bill King did such house ads from 1941-43 and Stan Lee wrote such ads during the same years. Added by Craig Delich 2013-7-5.
The Sub-Mariner Raps the Japs in the Pacific!
Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; GS: Folma, Harla; Jadda; Japanese (villains)
- Synopsis
- Prince Namor invents a 3-man submarine with which to wage war against the Japanese: heavily armed, having eight 6" high velocity torpedoes, depth charges, machine guns and a flame thrower, and faster than any torpedo boar ever built.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 ([August 15] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-4-08.
Remember Pearl Harbor!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Minute man
- Synopsis
- PSA promoting the purchase of U.S. war bonds and stamps.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 ([August 15] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 3-4-08.
The Sub-Mariner Smashes an Uprising at Manila
Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; General Douglas MacArthur; Barney Devens (Introduction); Gi-Gi (Introduction); the Japanese (Villains)
- Synopsis
- Sub-Mariner saves a survivor of a craft that sunk in Manila Bay and learns that his sister is a spy for the United States and is in danger of being captured by enemy forces in Manila.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 ([August 15] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-4-08.
Tight Spot
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Mickey Spillane (signed)
- Pencils
- ? (title of story)
- Inks
- ? (title of story)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Robert Sutter; Captain Seeley
- Synopsis
- Bobby Sutter is making his first training flight and disaster occurs, forcing him to land an airplane....a task he's never done before!
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 ([August 15] 2007)
- in Primal Spillane: Early Stories 1941-1942 (Gryphon Books, 2004 series)
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Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich, 4 March 2008.
Reprint note for Primal Spillane from Arthur Lortie, August 2008.
Don't Delay Another Second!
Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America
- Synopsis
- Promotional ad by Cap encouraging readers to join his Sentinels of Liberty.
Indexer Notes
Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 3-4-08.
The House of Evil Dreams
The Angel / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Angel; Hutsu (villain, introduction); Morpheus [The Sandman] (statue); Dorothy Ray
- Synopsis
- The Angel works hand-in-hand with a lovely U.S. counter-intelligence agent to battle a sleepwalking cult!
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 ([August 15] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-4-08.
[no title indexed]
Pop's Woppers / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pop
- Synopsis
- Pop successfully and by accident captures a group of criminals who escaped while being transferred to prison.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 ([August 15] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-4-08.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Namor the Sub-Mariner -
1.
[Marvel at the world's greatest heroes in the most exciting adventures you've ever read!]
Marvel Comics -
2.
The Sub-Mariner Raps the Japs in the Pacific!
Namor the Sub-Mariner -
3.
Remember Pearl Harbor!
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4.
The Sub-Mariner Smashes an Uprising at Manila
Namor the Sub-Mariner -
5.
Tight Spot
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6.
Don't Delay Another Second!
Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty -
7.
The House of Evil Dreams
The Angel -
8.
[no title indexed]
Pop's Woppers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Henry Andrews
- Bill Borre
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Jan Roar Hansen
- James Ludwig
- Donald Dale Milne
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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