| Issue | #5 |
| Published | June 1940 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Martin Goodman |
| Notes | DARING MYSTERY COMICS published monthly by Timely Publications, Meriden, Conn. Application for second class matter pending at the Post Office at Meriden, Conn., under act of March 3, 1879. Entire contents copyright 1940 by Timely Publications, 330 W. 42nd St., N. Y., N. Y. Vol. 1, No. 5, June, 1940. Yearly subscription $1.00. Printed in U. S. A. For advertising write Marvel Group, 330 W. 42nd St., N. Y. C. Credits from or confirmed by the Masterworks reprint unless otherwise noted. |
| Characters | The Falcon [Carl Burgess] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Alex Schomburg |
| Inks | Alex Schomburg |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover. |
| Characters | The Fiery Mask [Jack Castle]; Dork (villain, introduction, death) |
| Synopsis | The Fiery Mask saves the world from a flesh-eating ooze unleashed by a mad scientist. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | George Kapitan (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Sahle (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Sahle (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Trojak; Balu (the tiger); Edith Alton; Jerry Alton; The Gembas (villains, introduction) |
| Synopsis | Trojack, Edith and Balu seek out the life juice of the devil-flower to save Jerry's life. |
| Genre | jungle |
| Pencils | Arnold Hicks |
| Inks | Arnold Hicks |
| Notes | Last appearance, although a different character called "Tigerman" appears in the next issue. The splash panel blurb claims this new "Tigerman" also has a tiger called Balu, but no tiger appears in the story. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | K-4; Sky Devils [René D'Auvergne; Ronald Wolverstone-Clodd] |
| Synopsis | When the Sky Devils get captured on a photographing mission, they soon escape and are rescued from their pursuers by K-4. |
| Genre | aviation |
| Pencils | Jack Binder ? |
| Inks | ? (see notes) |
| Notes | Last appearance. The GCD had Maurice Gutwirth (pencils) and Jack Alderman? (inks) for this. Dr. Michael Vassallo tentatively credits Jack Binder (pencils) speculated that E.C. Stoner might have contributed inks on account of having inked Binder elsewhere, but Ron Goulart says that he sees no E.C. Stoner in the art at all. He does agree that Binder was involved. All of this discussion is from the Timely-Atlas list. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Monako (origin in flashback); Monako's parents (flashback, introduction, death); an Indian magician (flashback, introduction, death); Lady Anne (introduction); Lady Olga (introduction); Mike (villain, introduction); Mike's partner (villain, introduction) |
| Synopsis | Monako tells his origin to Ladies Anne and Olga and later rescues Lady Anne from some thieves who stole her jewelry and tried to kill her. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Larry Antonette (signed) |
| Inks | Larry Antonette ? [as Larry Antonette] (signed) |
| Notes | Notes from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo, Hames Ware and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. on the Timely-Atlas list indicate that an inker other than Antonette may have worked on this story. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Marvex; Clara Crandall; Dr. Narr (villain, introduction, death); Brad Lewis (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Hal Sharp |
| Inks | Hal Sharp |
| Notes | Last appearance. There is a teaser panel for a Marvex story in the next issue but the story did not appear. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Whirlwind Carter; Brenda Hale; The Black-Light Men (villains, introduction, death) |
| Synopsis | Whirlwind Carter fights off an invasion from the planet of black light. |
| Script | Fletcher Hanks [as C. C. Starr] (signed) |
| Pencils | Fletcher Hanks [as C. C. Starr] (signed) |
| Inks | Fletcher Hanks [as C. C. Starr] (signed) |
| Letters | Fletcher Hanks |
| Notes | Last appearance. A teaser at the bottom of the last panel promises another episode "next month" but it never appeared. |
| Reprinted | in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]; in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Bob Johnson; Sergeant Elliot; Jack Mardel's uncle (death); Jack Mardel (villain) |
| Synopsis | Jack Mardel has a large inheritance coming to him from his elderly uncle, but he decides not to let nature takes its natural course before he gets it! |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | T. K. Hawley (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Breeze Barton; Ann Barclay; Frenchy; Sabarr (villain, introduction, death) |
| Synopsis | Breeze and Ann start rebuilding civilization with Frenchy, but a savage tribe quickly attacks them. |
| Pencils | Jack Binder ? |
| Inks | E. C. Stoner ? |
| Notes | Last appearance. A teaser promises another installment in the next issue but there was no such story. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Little Hercules (introduction, origin); Two spies (villains, introduction) |
| Synopsis | Hercules is made a doctor of all sciences at age 12 and decides to take his newly invented explosive to his government while evading two foreign agents who are trying to steal it from him. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Bud Sagendorf [as SAG] (signed) |
| Pencils | Bud Sagendorf [as SAG] (signed) |
| Inks | Bud Sagendorf [as SAG] (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | The Falcon [Carl Burgess] (introduction); Dr. Sunga (villain, introduction, death); Turvy (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Sunga's gang (villains, introduction) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Sunga is killing people by sending them wands of death, but the Falcon must discover the true mechanism behind the murders so that charges will stand up in court. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Maurice Gutwirth |
| Inks | Maurice Gutwirth |
| Notes | In his introduction to the Masterworks, Will Murray observes that close examination of the splash panel reveals that a different logo was originally in place, that used more letters. Murray goes on to assert that the Falcon is a reworked version of the Purple Mask. While he does not comment on the costuming, it is worth noting that the Falcon's outfit in this story is different than on the cover and in his other two appearances, and indeed appears to be a re-colored version of the Purple Mask's outfit, with a chest logo added along with wings over his ears. The Falcon's general setup and civilian employment are identical to that of the Purple Mask. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Letters | ? (cartoon); typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |