| Issue | #8 |
| Published | January 1942 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Joe Simon |
| Notes | DARING MYSTERY COMICS published bi-monthly by Timely Comics, Inc., Meriden, Conn. Entry as second-class matter pending at the post office, Meriden, Conn. Entire contents copyright 1941 by Timely Comics, Inc., 330 W. 24nd St., N. Y., N. Y. Vol 2, No. 8. January 1942. Yearly subscription 60c in the U. S. A. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and or institutions appearing in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and that any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. Printed in U. S. A. Credits from or confirmed by the Masterworks reprint unless otherwise noted. |
| Characters | Captain Daring; The Fin [Peter Noble]; The Thunderer [Jerry Carstairs]; Citizen V [John Watkins]; Blue Diamond [Elton Morrow]; Silver Scorpion [Betty Barstow] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | The Masterworks edition credits the cover purely to Kirby, but we had Simon down for inks, and Dr. Michael J. Vassallo's notes to the Timely-Atlas agreed, as did others replying there. Once again the reds and blues in the Thunderer's costume are reversed on this cover compared to what is inside. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Silver Scorpion [Betty Barstow]; The Fin [Peter Noble]; The Thunderer [Jerry Carstairs]; Captain Daring; Blue Diamond [Elton Morrow]; Citizen V [John Watkins]; The Li'l Professor; Rudy the Robot |
| Synopsis | Illustrated Table of Contents, relating small capsule synopses plus artist on each strip. |
| Pencils | various |
| Inks | various |
| Letters | typeset; ? (captions) |
| Notes | inside front cover |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Citizen V [Lt. John Watkins] (introduction, origin); Adolf Hitler (villain); Nazis (villains); Col. Franz Von Wehrheit (villain, introduction) |
| Synopsis | British soldier Lt. John Watkins is injured and left behind at the retreat to Dunkirk. When he recovers he is mysteriously stronger, and returns to the battlefield in France as Citizen V to rally the conquered peoples to strike back at the Nazis. The "V" symbols he leaves everywhere soon begin to drive the enemy crazy. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Ben Thompson [as Tom Benson] (from credits page) |
| Inks | Ben Thompson ? |
| Notes | Next appearance in Comedy Comics (Marvel, 1942 series) #9. Dr. Michael J. Vassallo believes there may be a separate inker involved, which might explain the "Tom Benson" byline instead of Ben Thompson. Alternatively, they may have just wanted to avoid having the same name credited twice in one issue. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | The Fin [Peter Noble]; The Barracuda [Capt. Von Wolff] (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains) |
| Synopsis | The Fin discovers a Nazi U-boat captained by the Barracuda finishing off the destruction of a freighter. He boards the sub, fights the Barracuda, and radios the allied military to pick up the defeated Nazis. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Notes | Next appearance in Comedy Comics (Marvel, 1942 series) #9. The full title of this strip is The Fin: Robin Hood of the Sea. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Sub-Mariner; Angel [Tom Halloway]; Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]; Vision [Aarkus]; Ka-Zar; Terry Vance |
| Pencils | various |
| Inks | various |
| Notes | The ad is clearly for Marvel Mystery Comics, yet it's referred to as just "Marvel Comics" in all three places that the title is given. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | The Thunderer [Jerry Carstairs]; Edward Wade (introduction, death); Mary Graham (introduction, death); Gore (villain, introduction, death); Harry (villain, introduction, death); Slim (villain, introduction, death); Mark (villain, introduction, death) |
| Synopsis | A former radio engineer, who hates all of mankind, turns killer and devises a clever trap using Morse Code to kill people at random for revenge. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Irving Werstein [as I. Werstien (sic)] (signed) |
| Pencils | Ed Robbins [as E. Robbins] (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Robbins [as E. Robbins] (signed) |
| Notes | Next appearance as the Black Avenger in All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1942 series) #6. The Thunderer's namesake gimmick of amplifying his voice is absent from this story. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Dan Carmody; Lucy; Big Ed Clayton; Peggy Moran (newspaper receptionist); Mr. Gilbert (newspaper publisher) |
| Synopsis | Dan Carmody, who had spent his early life getting to know and use cameras well, wanted to go to New York City and get a job on a big city newspaper, such as the New York Globe. He applied for a position and was turned down.....that is, until he came upon the robbing of Pace National Bank, getting exclusive pictures and thus landing a job. He went to Spain in 1936 and then to China, taking some of the greatest photos in journalistic history, including dramatic pics of the evacuation of Dunkirk! |
| Genre | adventure; fact |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | The Li'l Professor (introdution); Rudy the Robot (introduction); The Professor's Wife (introduction); Oswald (introduction); The Groom (villain, introduction); the Groom's gang (villains, introduction) |
| Synopsis | The Groom, who commits all his crimes in a wedding suit, breaks into the Professor's home to steal Rudy for use in bank robberies. |
| Genre | humor; science fiction |
| Script | Frank Pretsch (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Pretsch (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Pretsch (signed) |
| Notes | next appearance in Comedy Comics (Marvel, 1942 series) #9 |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes] |
| Synopsis | Promotional ad for Captain America Comics #9, including the cover. |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Jack Kirby ? |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Silver Scorpion [Betty Barstow]; Mrs. Miles Danting (introduction); Dennis Danting (introduction); Effendi Mahomad [Eddie Lorey] (villain, introduction) |
| Synopsis | The Silver Scorpion investigates a fake medium who is tricking rich clients into giving him their valuables for "safekeeping". |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Harry Sahle (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Sahle (signed) |
| Notes | Next appearance in Comedy Comics (Marvel, 1942 series) #9. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Captain Daring; Adolf Hitler (villain); Joseph Goebbels (villain); Hermann Göring (villain); Von Schalz (villain, introduction) |
| Synopsis | Hitler, Goebbels, Göring and Von Schalz escaped death in 1942 by freezing themselves in a cave. Now, in 2050 they have revived. The capture and brainwash Captain Daring into leading their armies against the United States! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Frank Borth (from credits page) |
| Inks | Frank Borth |
| Notes | Story continues next issue. Next appearance as Captain Dash in Comedy Comics (Marvel, 1942 series) #9. Note that the Captain Daring in USA Comics #7 is an entirely separate character. Story title revision by Craig Delich from "The Return of "Mad-Dog" Hitler!" to what is listed above (2010-4-26). The title "The Thirty-First Century Blitzkrieg" is clearly listed in quotation marks at the top as a new gripping adventure. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Tubby (introduction); Tack (introduction); Fuzzy (introduction); their mother (introduction) |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Ray Houlihan (signed) |
| Pencils | Ray Houlihan (signed) |
| Inks | Ray Houlihan (signed) |
| Letters | Ray Houlihan |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-4-26. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Blue Diamond [Elton Morrow] (origin retold in flashback); Dr. Eric Karlin (villain, introduction, death) |
| Synopsis | A hypnotist sneaks his hypnotized "ghosts" into the museum as corpses to drill through the wall to the Federal Reserve Bank. But Dr. Karlin did not realize that the Blue Diamond works out of that very museum! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Ben Thompson (signed) |
| Inks | Ben Thompson (signed) |
| Notes | Next appearance in the Liberty Legion story in Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series) #29. The full title of this strip as listed is Blue Diamond: The Bullet-Proof Man! |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Human Torch; Sub-Mariner |
| Synopsis | Promotional illustrated ad for Human Torch Comics #5, featuring part of the art for the cover to Marvel Mystery Comics #9. |
| Pencils | Alex Schomburg |
| Inks | Alex Schomburg |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside back cover. Since the art featured here was taken from MMC #9, the art above is by Schomberg (art credits revised from Alex Schomberg? by Craig Delich 2010-4-26). |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Found on the back cover. |