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Issue Details

Issue #33
Published July 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Schomburg
Inks Alex Schomburg

12 page Human Torch story "The Dynamite Saboteurs"

Characters V: Romo (I), Von Brukk (I, D), Prof. Mikk (I)
Synopsis Von Brukk, Nazi agent no.1, is using a gangster named Romo to steal dynamite in order to bomb munitions plants. Fleeing from Torch and Toro, Von Brukk attempts to hide in a wind tunnel when the contraption starts up and he is ground to hamburger by the fan blades.
Genre superhero
Script Carl Burgos
Pencils Carl Burgos
Inks Carl Burgos

12 page Sub-Mariner story "The Sub-Mariner Slugs the Sahara Scavengers"

Characters Villain: Von Ratter (Introduction); Von Rommel (Introduction)
Genre superhero
Pencils Carl Pfeufer [from Funnies, Inc. [the Jacquet Shop]]
Inks Carl Pfeufer [from Funnies, Inc. [the Jacquet Shop]]
Colors Funnies, Inc. [the Jacquet Shop]
Letters Funnies, Inc. [the Jacquet Shop]
Notes This story was produced by Funnies, Inc. [the Jacquet Shop] during the time of Bill Everett's transition of leaving the Sub-Mariner strip. As a result, artists like Carl Pfeufer emulated much of Everett's style (as per Jerry Bails, September 10, 2004).

2 page text story "Jap Trap"

Script Mickey Spillane
Letters typeset
Notes Reprint note from Arthur Lortie, August 2008.
Reprinted in Primal Spillane: Early Stories 1941-1942 (Gryphon Books, 2004 series)

7 page Vision story "The Giant Octopus Menace"

Characters V: A mad scientist (I, D) and his giant octopi (I, D)
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee?
Pencils Syd Shores
Inks Al Gabriele

7 page Patriot story "Treachery Deals a Double-Cross"

Characters V: The Japanese (D)
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Fagaly
Inks Al Fagaly

7 page Terry Vance story "The Case of the Bogus Stamp Salesman"

Characters GS: Deadline Dawson; V: Torpey (?; I; owner of Torpey Stamp Co.)
Genre detective
Script Ray Gill
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner

7 page Jimmy Jupiter story "The Tunnel To China"

Characters I: The White Rabbit (from ALICE IN WONDERLAND), the Kings and Queens of the White and Black Kingdoms (I)
Genre children; fantasy
Script Ed Robbins
Pencils Ed Robbins
Inks Ed Robbins

10 page Angel story "The House of the Living Dead"

Characters V: Dr. Merkel (I, D) and his legion of zombies (I, D)
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Fagaly?
Inks Al Fagaly?