| Issue | #18 |
| Published | April 1941 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Joe Simon |
| Characters | Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Alex Schomburg |
| Inks | Alex Schomburg |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010) |
| Characters | The Brain; Toro |
| Synopsis | A criminal called the Brain uses a costume to impersonate the Torch when he robs the army payroll. He captures the Torch in a water tank but Toro forces the Brain to tell him how to release Torch after Toro realizes the Brain can't be Torch because he can't fly. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Carl Burgos |
| Pencils | Carl Burgos |
| Inks | Carl Burgos |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010) |
| Characters | Betty Dean; Luther Robinson; Lynne Harris; Tha-Korr; Princess Fen; The Legion of Loyalists; Bob James |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Bill Everett |
| Pencils | Bill Everett |
| Inks | Bill Everett |
| Letters | Bill Everett |
| Notes | continued next issue |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010) |
| Characters | Ka-Zar; Paul De Kraft |
| Script | Ray Gill |
| Pencils | Ben Thompson |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | takes place within story in issue #1 |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010) |
| Characters | Bogat |
| Genre | jungle |
| Script | Ben Thompson |
| Pencils | Ben Thompson |
| Inks | Ben Thompson |
| Notes | continued next issue |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010) |
| Characters | 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) |
| Characters | The Antons and their King |
| Script | Steve Dahlman |
| Pencils | Steve Dahlman |
| Inks | Steve Dahlman |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010) |
| Characters | Big Tim Skelly; Heinie Myers; Tom Douglas |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Notes | Skelly is a dead ringer for Richard Nixon! |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010) |
| Characters | Dr. Lin; The Cat's Paw |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Paul Gustavson |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson |
| Notes | continued next issue |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #5 (2010) |