(Spring 1944)

Marvel, 1943 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1944-04-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Daring 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, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain America; Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Schomburg
Inks
Alex Schomburg
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Bucky Barnes; Toro
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The Keeper of the Monsters (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Vince Alascia
Inks
Allen Bellman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America; Bucky; Prince Suli; Tatu; Julie
Synopsis
Prince Suli uses trained gorillas to help him steal jewels and kidnap a woman as a hostage until defeated by Captain America and Bucky.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

Vanishing Oil Tank Cars (Table of Contents: 2)

Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill
Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Allen Bellman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch; Toro; Wilbur the Great; the Nazis

Indexer Notes

Joe Gill identified as the writer of this story by Martin O'Hearn, making this one of the earliest Joe Gill stories.

Speed To Spare (Table of Contents: 3)

Whizzer / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Binder ?
Inks
Al Gabriele
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Whizzer; Snake-Eye; Snake-Eye's partner; Prof. Branebig

Indexer Notes

Whizzer's secret i.d. is "Jack Robinson" in this story

Satan Pulls the Strings (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Allen Simon
Inks
Allen Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner; Otto; Hans; other Nazis

The Missing Ace (Table of Contents: 5)

Let's Play Detective / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Allen Bellman
Inks
Allen Bellman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
detective-mystery
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain America; Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. The Keeper of the Monsters
    Captain America
  3. 2. Vanishing Oil Tank Cars
    Human Torch
  4. 3. Speed To Spare
    Whizzer
  5. 4. Satan Pulls the Strings
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  6. 5. The Missing Ace
    Let's Play Detective
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Dwayne Best
  • Bill Borre
  • Peter Croome
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Del Gruber
  • Edgar Loftin
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
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