Issue | #10 |
Published | August 1942 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | MYSTIC COMICS is published bi-monthly by Timely Comics, Inc., at 330 W. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. Vol 2, No. 10, August, 1942 issue. Contents copyright 1942 by Timely Comics, Inc. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions appearing in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and that any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. |
Characters | Destroyer [Keen Marlow] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Al Gabriele |
Inks | Syd Shores |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers] |
Notes | Inside front cover. |
Characters | Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Flora von Bangor [Florence von Banger]; Adolf Hitler |
Synopsis | Flora observes the government's top production official leaving a conference with Hitler, and tells Keen about it. As the Destroyer, Keen follows the official and discovers his new underground production facilities, frees the prisoners laboring there, and destroys the factories. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | John Forte (signed) |
Inks | John Forte (signed) |
Characters | Inky Dinky |
Genre | gag |
Script | Sol Brodsky |
Pencils | Sol Brodsky |
Inks | Sol Brodsky |
Characters | Jimmie (introduction); Jackie (introduction) |
Synopsis | Jackie and Jimmie are two boys who live in the magic city in the center of Wonder Woods. They go into the woods to search for magic items, and find an hourglass that controls time. They are captured by ogres, but Jackie uses the hourglass to speed up time and grow into a man and fight the ogres. Afterwards, reversing the hourglass turns him into a boy again. |
Genre | adventure; fantasy |
Pencils | Louis Golden (signed) |
Inks | Louis Golden (signed) |
Notes | The last panel promises another story "next month" but this was the last issue and this feature did not appear again. |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky Barnes; Red Skull |
Characters | Father Time [Larry Scott] |
Synopsis | Father Time unravels a complicated scheme involving a large and supposedly cursed emerald that is part of a headless idol from India. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Jack Alderman (signed) |
Inks | Jack Alderman (signed) |
Notes | Who's Who lists Alderman for both pencils and inks (Henry Andrews 2008-10-06). |
Characters | Inky Dinky |
Genre | gag |
Script | Sol Brodsky |
Pencils | Sol Brodsky |
Inks | Sol Brodsky |
Characters | Davey Drew; Demon |
Synopsis | The Demon breaks out of the pit where the Prince of Good imprisoned him last issue and continues his rampage. Davey hears of this and pursues him to the Grand Canyon and into caverns below, where he traps the Demon and drowns him in an underground stream. |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Mike Sekowsky [as Howard James] (signed) |
Notes | Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006); Signed by Howard James, but does not look like previous Davey and the Demon stories by him- possibly always a pen name? (Henry Andrews 2008-10-10). There is a teaser wondering if the Demon is indeed dead, and inviting the reader to find out in the next issue, which never appeared. |
Characters | Inky Dinky |
Genre | gag |
Script | Sol Brodsky |
Pencils | Sol Brodsky |
Inks | Sol Brodsky |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Red Skeleton (introduction); Deena Drayson (introduction); Stanley Dee (editor of Crimely Comics; introduction) |
Synopsis | Red's editor isn't impressed with his writing efforts. When Deena, who wants a job as Red's assistant, mentions a fashion show to Red he starts to write a murder mystery about a model. But soon life starts to imitate art too closely, and Red thinks he can solve the crime! |
Genre | humor; detective |
Notes | Red is a comic book writer for Crimely Publications working for editor Stanley Dee. Captain America and The Human Torch are mentioned as Red tries to come up with a story. |
Characters | The Terror |
Synopsis | The Terror thwarts a scheme to collect on insurance policies through murder. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Don Rico |
Inks | Don Rico |
Characters | Inky Dinky |
Genre | gag |
Script | Sol Brodsky |
Pencils | Sol Brodsky |
Inks | Sol Brodsky |
Characters | Challenger [Bill Waring] |
Synopsis | The Challenger suspects a paroled crook nicknamed "The Lizard" of hunting down and killing everyone who helped put him in jail. |
Genre | superhero |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Includes smaller ad encouraging readers to buy a Red Ryder Saddle Carbine rifle if they can't get a Daisy Defender. |