(February 1948)
Marvel,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-10-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics, Inc.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, 1948.
Murders from the Past!
Human Torch / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We've got the goods on you now, Cleopatra!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch; Toro; Cleopatra
- Reprints
- Keywords
- asbestos; bondage
in Indexer Notes
Shores pencils per Michael J. Vassallo and Nick Caputo. Atlas Tales credited Vince Alascia.
Murders from the Past
Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Turtle (introduction, villain); the Human Torch; Toro; Cleopatra Vance
- Synopsis
- Cleopatra Vance, member of the Famous Names Club, asks the Torch for help, believing that Nathan Hale is going to be hanged. The Torches go to the address Vance provides and they find a body. Leaving the scene is the hired criminal, the Turtle. Next, Lincoln is shot by the Turtle; Cleopatra tells Torch that Julius Caesar must be the killer since she and he are the only two members left; the last surviving member is beneficiary of club investments. Torch suspects Hale of attempting to throw off suspicion and apprehends him and the Turtle when the latter tries to assassinate Caesar.
Indexer Notes
Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)
Blackbeard... Scourge of the Seas!
Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- R-329
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Namora; Betty Dean; Blackbeard (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- When the S.S. Hardy strikes some rocks in a tropical storm and sinks, Namor and Namora learn it was no accident, but the work of a salvage ship captain called Blackbeard, who drums up business by luring ships into dangerous waters. With the help of Betty Dean, who happened to be a passenger on the Hardy, the aquatic duo instigate a mutiny against Blackbeard, buying time for the authorities to arrive.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Florida; shipwrecks
Indexer Notes
The Blackbeard in this story should not be confused with the 18th-century pirate of the same name.
Final Reckoning [Chapter. 10]
Miss America / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- R-427
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Miss America [Madeline Joyce]; Rex Harr (villain)
Indexer Notes
Chapter 10 of serial. Miss America next appears in Sun Girl (Marvel, 1948 series) #1 (August 1948).
Possible Rule inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ken Bald.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Murders from the Past!
Human Torch -
1.
Murders from the Past
Human Torch -
2.
Blackbeard... Scourge of the Seas!
Namor the Sub-Mariner -
3.
Final Reckoning [Chapter. 10]
Miss America -
4.
Once a Soldier
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5.
The Dummy Is No Dummy
Blonde Phantom
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Jack Alalme
- Henry Andrews
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- John Censullo
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Banks S. Robinson
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
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