(July 1943)
Marvel,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-05-23
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Timely Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Vince Fago ? (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 3.
[no title indexed]
Human Torch / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bondage; cobras; swastikas; torture; United States Army; Wehrmacht; World War II
in 
Message From a Corpse
Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Franz Papp (villain, introduction, death); Von Grizer (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- During a shootout with the FBI, a Nazi spy is killed and buried in a secret grave. Another Nazi spy kidnaps the FBI agent who shot him and tortures him to death attempting to learn the location of the grave. They are able to divert Torch and Toro long enough to bring the body back to their hideout where they inject it with a chemical which reveals a message on its back. Torch and Toro track them back to the hideout and make sure that the message containing details of an Allied shipping convoy does not get into enemy hands.
Phantom of the Air
Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Von Krop (villain, introduction)
Case of the Poison That Did Not Exist
Terry Vance, the School Boy Sleuth / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Carl Wertz (villain, introduction); a phony doctor (villain, introduction)
In the Valley of Time
Jimmy Jupiter / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Father Time (introduction); Once-Upon-A-Time (introduction); the Minute Men (introduction); Queen Time (introduction); Tick and Tock (introduction)
The Vision's Secret
The Vision / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Leme Tel (introduction); Mara (introduction); Totu (villain, introduction, death); Kito (villain, introduction, death); Juno (villain, introduction, death); The Vision (origin)
Indexer Notes
Unknown pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores. Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)
Sabotage at the Ferry Base
The Angel / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Double-Beard (villain, introduction)
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Human Torch -
1.
Message From a Corpse
Human Torch -
2.
Phantom of the Air
Namor the Sub-Mariner -
3.
Case of the Poison That Did Not Exist
Terry Vance, the School Boy Sleuth -
4.
Uncle Sam's Nephew
-
5.
In the Valley of Time
Jimmy Jupiter -
6.
The Vision's Secret
The Vision -
7.
Sabotage at the Ferry Base
The Angel
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Henry Andrews
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- Del Gruber
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Richard Thomson
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