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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published March 1941
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Joe Simon

Cover Details - "Fighting Side-By-Side"

Characters Sub-Mariner; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
Pencils Alex Schomburg
Inks Alex Schomburg
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010)

22 page Human Torch and Sub-Mariner story "Fighting Side-By-Side"

Synopsis Japanese and Nazi soldiers are building a tunnel from Siberia to Alaska, so Torch and Subby team-up to put them out of action.
Genre superhero
Script Carl Burgos; Bill Everett
Pencils Carl Burgos; Bill Everett
Inks Carl Burgos; Bill Everett
Notes continued from last issue; continued (in part) next issue
Reprinted in Invaders, The (Marvel, 1975 series) #24 (January 1978) [minus 3 pages]; in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010)

6 page Electro story "Mor the Mighty"

Characters Mor the Mighty; Zabu
Script Steve Dahlman
Pencils Steve Dahlman
Inks Steve Dahlman
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010)

2 page text story "Thin Ice"

Characters Terry Vance
Script Ray Gill
Pencils Bob Oksner (illustration)
Inks Bob Oksner (illustration)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010)

9 page Angel story "War Against a Werewolf"

Characters Angel; Singa; Bob Harrison; Dr. Roberts; Jean Roberts; Dr. Lin
Genre superhero
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010)

7 page Terry Vance story "Burk and the Bomber"

Characters Burk; Claude Kane; Killer D'Arcy; Deadline Dawson
Genre detective
Script Ray Gill
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010)

7 page Vision story "Hoodlums, Inc."

Characters Vince Garone; Hank Steel
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon
Reprinted in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #2 [splash page only]; in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010)

6 page Ka-Zar story "The Legacy of John Rand"

Characters Ka-Zar; Alec Wright; Winston
Genre jungle
Script Ben Thompson
Pencils Ben Thompson
Inks Ben Thompson
Notes Ka-Zar figure in splash swiped from cover of FLASH COMICS #8
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010)

1 page Human Torch illustration "Human Torch pin-up"

Genre Superhero
Pencils Alex Schomburg
Inks Alex Schomburg
Notes Back cover.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010)