(September 1942)
Marvel,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-07-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Timely Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Timely Comics [small shield]
- Editing
- Funnies, Inc. [Lloyd Jacquett]
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. 3.
[no title indexed]
Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner
- Reprints
- Keywords
- amphibious assault boats; amphibious assaults; artillery; beaches; swastikas; United States Army; Wehrmacht; World War II
in 
Air Raid Terror
Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch; Toro; Von Belch (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Torch and Toro are aboard a Canadian train when it is attacked by Von Belch's planes. Torch discovers that the Nazis had stockpiled gas and aluminum in Canada even before war broke out for use in constructing munitions. Von Belch is defeated and turned over to authorities.
The Mystery of the Missing Cargo Ships
Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner; Von Gotch (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- After a number of supply ships mysteriously go missing at sea, Namor decides to investigate.
Indexer Notes
The final panel is a promo for Sub- Mariner Comics #8, but based on the story titles in the promo, it should be #6.
Tunnel To China
Jimmy Jupiter / comic story / 7 pages
- 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; Wump Jump (guest-star); Wump Jump's parents (introductions); The Black Dragons (villains, introductions)
Indexer Notes
Ed Robbins signature is located within a sign post on the splash page.
Satan Himself!
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Mickey Spillane (signed as Spillane)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Joe Cleerey
- Synopsis
- Joe, a prospector living alone in frontier Arizona, explores a very deep cave and finds someone, or something, living in there.
- Reprints
- in Primal Spillane: Early Stories 1941-1942 (Gryphon Books, 2004 series)
- Keywords
- Satan
Indexer Notes
Reprint note from Arthur Lortie, August 2008.
[The Great Astro]
The Patriot / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Patriot [Jeff Mace]; Astro (villain, introduction); Jack Casey; Mary Morgan
- Synopsis
- The Patriot, Jeff and Mary, go to interview Astro, a man who makes uncannily accurate predictions reagarding shipping disasters.
Indexer Notes
formerly credited to Al Fagaly
The final panel on page 6 is a promo for "Terry-Toons" magazine.
Garden of Death
The Vision / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Vision; Kamentin (villain, introduction, death); Kixor (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- An evil botanist feeds humans to his Venus Man Trap. Vision appears to stop the horror.
Indexer Notes
formerly credited to Syd Shores
Monkey Business
Terry Vance, the School Boy Sleuth / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Terry Vance; Dr Watson (monkey); Gertie (monkey, introduction, only appearance); Deadline Dawson; Felix Von Shlecht (villain, introduction, only appearance); an organ grinder (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- While trying to romance an organ grinders monkey, Dr Watson discovers spies sending secret messages.
Indexer Notes
Mention made of the Spillane Hotel.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner -
1.
[Tops!]
-
2.
Air Raid Terror
Human Torch -
3.
[Hi, Kids!...Listen!]
-
4.
The Mystery of the Missing Cargo Ships
Namor the Sub-Mariner -
5.
Tunnel To China
Jimmy Jupiter -
6.
Satan Himself!
-
7.
[The Great Astro]
The Patriot -
8.
Garden of Death
The Vision -
9.
Monkey Business
Terry Vance, the School Boy Sleuth -
10.
The Banquet of Blood
The Angel -
11.
[Thrills]
-
12.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Henry Andrews
- Bill Borre
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Keith Chandler
- Del Gruber
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Richard Thomson
- Tom Zsolt
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