| Issue | #2 |
| Published | February 1940 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Martin Goodman |
| Notes | This issue does not have an indicia anywhere in the comic, as far as can be determined from microfiche and from the reprinted inside front cover in the Masterwork, which does not leave enough room beneath the contest text for an indicia. The Indicia publisher, frequency and volume are inferred to be the same as issues #1 and 3. |
| Characters | The Phantom Bullet [Allen Lewis] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Alex Schomburg ? |
| Inks | Alex Schomburg ? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 |
| Synopsis | The editor of Daring Comics announces a contest offering $25 in cash prizes, asking readers to select their favorite feature in Daring and tell why. 1st place wins $5, 2nd place $2 and 3rd to 20th prize winners get $1 each. Deadline for entries is January 30, 1940. |
| Genre | contest |
| Letters | most typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2008-8-17. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 |
| Characters | Zephyr Jones (introduction); Corky Grogan (introduction); King Bolo; Princess Tonka; Birdmen of Sunev; Gen. Roudo (villain); The Parrot-Men (villain) |
| Synopsis | Scientist and inventor, Dr. Morrison Jones, died before his rocketship could be completed so that he could realize his dream of making the first trip to the planet Mars. His son Zephyr, however, vows to live out his father's dream! |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Joe Cal Cagno (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Schwab ? [as Fred Schwartz] (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Schwab ? [as Fred Schwartz] (signed) |
| Notes | Next appears in Mystic Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-17-08. Jerry Bails's Who's Who and the Lambiek Comiclopedia both list Fred Schwab as the artist although "Fred Schwartz" is not listed among his pen names. |
| Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1. |
| Characters | The Phantom Bullet [Allen Lewis]; Benny the Beggar; Alvarez Monez (villain); Bird-Men (villains) |
| Synopsis | Reporter Allen Lewis is baffled by the death of a wealthy man who cluitches a feather in his hand, but soon learns of a mysterious race of "bird-men" that seemed to be involved. Given the secret for a gun that shoots ice pellets by a soon-to-be murdered scientist, Lewis adopts a costumed identity to track down the bird-men at any cost. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Joe Simon (signed) |
| Pencils | Joe Simon (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Simon (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 |
| Characters | Trojak (origin); Trojak's father; Edith Alton; Balu (the tiger) |
| Synopsis | Trojak, raised in the jungle by a native tribe after his father was killed by hostiles, is encouraged to find his own people and leave the jungle. However, he discovers that the ways of his people are not to his liking, and returns to the jungle to fight off hostile savages attempting to kill a girl who has be-friended him. |
| Genre | jungle |
| Script | Joe Simon [as Gregory Sykes] (signed) |
| Pencils | Joe Simon [as Gregory Sykes] (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Simon [as Gregory Sykes] (signed) |
| Notes | Dr. Michael Vassallo disputes the Larry Antonette art credits and suggests that Joe Simon may be the penciller and inker (Timely-Atlas-Comics@yahoogroups.com), 24 November 2007 --- CONFIRMED in Alter Ego #76, page 9. Harry Mendryk confirms Simon as writer on atlastales.com based on conversations with Simon. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 |
| Characters | Ozias Wilkins; Mattie Wilkins |
| Synopsis | Mattie insists that the silver mine Ozias is working is worthless, and insists she will leave him if he continues to work it. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Russell A. Bankson (signed) |
| Pencils | ? (spot illustration) |
| Inks | ? (spot illustration) |
| Letters | ?; most typeset |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 |
| Characters | Capt. K-4 and his Sky Devils [Lt. Rene D'Auvergne, Lt. Ronald Wolverstone-Clodd] (introduction); Major Von Lutz (villain); the Nazis (villains) |
| Synopsis | Captain K-4 is assigned to assume the disguise of a Gestapo agent, infiltrate and help to destroy the ammunition depot located at the Nazi seaport of Kurtzberg. |
| Genre | aviation |
| Pencils | Jack Alderman ? |
| Inks | Vince Alascia ? |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 |
| Characters | Mr. E [Victor Jay]; Betty; The Vampire (villain) |
| Synopsis | Mr. "E", enemy of the underworld, sees the connection in the recent deaths of several "captains of industry", knowing all four were silent partners in the Snead Oil Company, but unaware at the same time that his old enemy, the Vampire, is behind it all. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Joe Cal Cagno (signed) |
| Pencils | Al Carreno |
| Inks | Al Carreno |
| Notes | Only appearance. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 |
| Characters | The Laughing Mask [Dennis Burton] (becomes The Purple Mask next issue); Lester Deeks (villain); Lester's gang (villains) |
| Synopsis | Dennis Burton becomes the next member of his family to beconme involved in law enforcement as District Attorney, bent on uncovering the plot behind the recent destruction of passenger trains. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Will Harr (signed) |
| Pencils | Maurice Gutwirth [as M. Gutwirth] (signed) |
| Inks | Maurice Gutwirth [as M. Gutwirth] (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside back cover. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Found on the back cover. |