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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published Summer 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Syd Shores
Inks Syd Shores

12 page Sub-Mariner story "The Shark Strikes"

Characters V: The Shark (I; "Hammerhead" Shark; next app. in INVADERS ANNUAL #1); GS: Betty Dean
Genre superhero
Script Bill Everett
Pencils Bill Everett
Inks Bill Everett

10 page Sub-Mariner story "Trophies of Terror"

Characters GS: Namora; V: Spectacles (I)
Genre superhero
Pencils Ken Bald
Inks Ken Bald

2 page text story "Marked Money"

Letters typeset

7 page Human Torch story "Reptile's Revenge!"

Characters Human Torch; Toro; Chloe; Gus; Colonel Jackson; V: The Reptile (I; Webster)
Synopsis The Torch & Toro reminisce about a case some time ago... On a rich estate in the Louisiana Bayou, Webster warns away Gus for "molesting" his fiancee Chloe. But on their wedding day, a creature called The Reptile begins a reign of terror and murder, warning all to abandon the estate. Answering Chloe's telegram, The Torch and Toro investigate, and find that not is all as obvious as it seems. At one point, trapped in quicksand, Toro asks "What are we gonna do?" and The Torch replies "It's a cinch we can't write to our congressman!"
Genre Superhero
Pencils Al Bellman
Inks Al Bellman
Notes Job number added from the Atlas Tales website.
Reprinted in Human Torch, The (Marvel, 1974 series) #3 (December 1974)