| Characters |
Red Raven (introduction, origin); Andreva (introduction); Zeelmo (villain, introduction, death); Ratoga (villain, introduction, death) |
| Synopsis |
A small child is the only survivor of a crash on the floating island of the Bird-Men. Their King raises him and sends him back into his world with a gift of artificial wings on his 20th birthday as the Red Raven. Once in the human world, he fights the demons Zeelmo and Ratoga who are draining the world of its gold. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Joe Simon |
| Pencils |
Louis Cazeneuve |
| Inks |
Louis Cazeneuve |
| Notes |
The Red Raven next appears in a story in X-Men (1963 series) #44.
In the spot where the "next issue" blurb usually appears there is instead a blurb for the Human Torch vs Sub-Mariner battle in the upcoming Marvel Mystery Comics #9. |
| Reprinted |
in Golden Age of Marvel (Marvel, 1997 series) #2 |
| Characters |
The Human Top [Bruce Bravelle] (introduction, origin); Martha Davis (introduction); Horace Vanderveer (villain, introduction) |
| Synopsis |
A scientist is experimenting on Bruce Bravelle with electricity when lightning strikes, giving Bruce the ability to become a Human Top. He dons a costume and thwarts a bank robbery, but is then accused of being a thief when the head of the bank fails to re-deposit the money that the Top returned to him. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Dick Briefer ? [as Dun Barr] (signed) |
| Pencils |
Dick Briefer [as RHB] (signed in the last panel) |
| Inks |
Dick Briefer [as RHB] (signed in the last panel) |
| Notes |
next appearance in Tough Kid Squad (Marvel, 1942 series) #1
The "next issue" blurb instead tells the reader to follow their favorite characters every month in Marvel Comics. |
| Reprinted |
in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #2 [splash page only] |
| Characters |
Mercury (introduction, origin); Pluto (villain, introduction); Jupiter (introduction); Minerva (introduction); Vulcan (introduction); Aeolus (introduction); Diana (introduction); Apollo (introduction); Heinrich Goertz (villain, introduction); L-5 [Thea Shilhausen] (villain, introduction) |
| Synopsis |
Jupiter considers who he can send to save the world from Pluto's machinations, and settles on his son Mercury. After declaring his intentions to Pluto (who is masquerading as Rudolph Hendler, leader of Prussialand), Mercury blocks torpedos, intercepts marching orders and evades the traps of Hendler's lackeys as he brings the course of war to a halt. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Martin A. Burstein [as Martin A. Bursten] (signed) |
| Pencils |
Jack Kirby |
| Inks |
Jack Kirby |
| Letters |
Jack Kirby |
| Notes |
Mercury possibly next appears as Hurricane in Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1.
Kirby letters ID by Greg Theakston.
A small "next issue" blurb promotes the Human Torch vs Sub-Mariner battle in Marvel Comics. |
| Reprinted |
in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #14 (May 1968);
in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #1 |
| Characters |
Magar (introduction, origin); Solomon (ghost); Mata Hari (ghost); Houdini (ghost, spelled Houdine); Napoleon (ghost); Wellington (ghost); Thomas Edison (ghost, spelled Edisan) |
| Synopsis |
Having gained the power to summon the ghosts of the dead to aid him, Magar sets out to end the wars he sees raging around him. Solomon advises him to aid the cause of Democracy, Mata Hari spies out the enemy plans, Houdine helps Magar escape, and Napolean, Wellington and Edisan help the Allies defeat their enemies. |
| Genre |
occult |
| Notes |
A panel-sized "next issue" blurb instead advertises "The Battle of the Comic Century! FIRE vs WATER" in Marvel Comics, with head shots of the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner. |
| Characters |
The Eternal Brain [Professor Carmody] (introduction, origin); Mary Carmody (his daughter, introduction; Jim (his assistant, introduction); Peg-Leg Martin (villain, introduction, death), The Mongolian Emperor (villain, introduction, death) |
| Synopsis |
Professor Carmody is fatally wounded when Peg-Leg Martin's men abduct his daughter Mary to be a slave of the Emperor of Mongolia. He instructs a reluctant Jim to operate on him and becomes the Eternal Brain. Using his new abilities to see around the globe, the Brain locates Mary and sends Jim to rescue her, but Mary is furious with Jim for turning her father into the Eternal Brain. |
| Genre |
science fiction |
| Pencils |
Robert Louis Golden |
| Inks |
Robert Louis Golden |
| Notes |
Who's Who lists either Golden or Mike Roy as doing both pencils and inks for this feature. However, the art does not look at all like Mike Roy's Tigerman story in Daring Mystery #6 that appeared the following month. atlastales.com also credits Golden. |