| Issue | #13 |
| Published | November 1940 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Joe Simon |
| Characters | The Human Torch; head views: The Angel; the Sub-Mariner; the Vision. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Alex Schomburg |
| Inks | Alex Schomburg |
| Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #4 (2009). |
| Characters | Captain McGraw; Warden Dawes; Danny the Dud (villain, D); Sam the Barber (villain). |
| Synopsis | As Danny the Dud is being transferred to "the big house", he thinks of his ex-partner whom he double-crossed and sent up the river. Now, as he sits in the barber's chair in prison, ready to get his first shave, the last thing he sees is that ex-partner with a razor in his hand! |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Andrew McWhiney (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Ramsey (signed as H.R.) |
| Inks | Harry Ramsey (signed as H.R.) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside front and back covers. Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-30-09. |
| Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #4 (2009). |
| Characters | The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Captain Rawlins; Reiss (villain, I), Mr. Morton (villain, I). |
| Synopsis | A subway builder loses both of his sons to cave-ins while constructing the tunnels, causing him to lose his mind and seek revenge, wanting to wreck trains so they would distubs his son's graves within the tunnel's walls. But he is confined by those whom he hires to help him accomplish the task and the Torch must stop them or else! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Pencils | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Inks | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Notes | Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-30-09. |
| Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #4 (2009). |
| Characters | The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; GS: Dorma; Princess Fen; Toro (an Atlantean tailor, I); The Nazis (villains; some D). |
| Synopsis | Namor and Dorma, outfitted in new suits designed to ward off poison gasses, and on their way to Europe to aide in the war efforts, stop off at an island for rest. But they find themselves not only under arrest, but under attack from the Nazis as well. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Letters | Bill Everett |
| Notes | Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-30-09. |
| Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #4 (2009). |
| Characters | The Vision (Aarkus; I & O; see also issue #23); I: Prof. Enoch Mason, Shiela Mason (his daughter); Villains: Brains Borelli, Queenie, and his gang [Tony; Bomber] (I for all). |
| Synopsis | A professor, believing that ghosts and spirits actually inhabit worlds and universes that co-exist with our universe, is set upon by "Brains" Borelli's men during an experiment to prove his theory. The result is a being called Aarkus, Destoyer of Evil, drawn to the laboratory, which helps to save the professor and his daughter from harm. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jack Kirby; Joe Simon |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Jack Kirby |
| Letters | Jack Kirby |
| Notes | Pencils, inks, and letters ID by Greg Theakston (Joe Simon removed from inks field). Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-30-09. |
| Reprinted | In Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #2 [splash page, plus selected panels]; in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #4 (2009). |
| Characters | Terry Vance; Dr. Watson; GS: Deadline Dawson; un-named boss [villain]; Slim [villain]. |
| Synopsis | Terry's discovery of fresh paint on a supposedly vintage oil painting sparks the interest of Terry and his investigation nearly costs him his life. |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Ray Gill (signed) |
| Pencils | Bob Oksner (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Oksner (signed) |
| Notes | Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-30-09. |
| Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #4 (2009). |
| Characters | Electro; Professor Zog; Gnorr, Emperor of the Moon (villain; I, D); I: Dr. Simon Crane and Betty Crane (his daughter). |
| Synopsis | The Professor and the Cranes leave Earth for the Moon, but when they send out Electro to investigate the enviornment, he is attacked and captured by moon robots. Zog and the Cranes land and initiate their own attack on the moon people and save the day. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | Steve Dahlman (signed) |
| Inks | Steve Dahlman (signed) |
| Notes | Writer revision from Steve Dahlman to ? made by Craig Delich. The Who's Who does NOT credit a writer for this strip. Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-30-09. |
| Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #4 (2009). |
| Characters | The Angel [Tom Hallaway]; Limpy Savoy (villain; D); Rocco (villain); Bumpy (villain); Happy Norton (I, D). |
| Synopsis | The death of a former gang member of the Savoy mob who had chosen to go straight angers the Angel, and he swears to hunt down the men responsible for this death. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson |
| Notes | Writer revision from Paul Gustavson to ? by Craig Delich. The Who's Who does NOT indicate a writer for this strip. Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-30-09. |
| Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #4 (2008). |
| Characters | Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Zar [the lion]; GS: Ruth Wilson, Dr. Wilson. |
| Synopsis | Now in America, Kazar is taken by the Police and escapes, but through the efforts of the Wilsons, is put into their custody. But Ka-Zar feels he must free Zar as well from behind bars in the zoo, and so makes his way there to free him. |
| Genre | jungle |
| Pencils | Ben Thompson |
| Inks | Ben Thompson |
| Notes | Continued next issue. Writer revision from Ben Thompson to ? by Craig Delich. The Who's Who does NOT list a writer for this strip. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-30-09. |
| Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #4 (2009). |