$0.00 0 items

Auction in progress, bid now! Weekly Auction ends Monday February 17!

Marvel Comics (1939) comic books

  • All Issues
  • In Stock
  • Issue #1
    Marvel Comics (1939) 1
    Marvel Comics (1939) #1
    Published Nov 1939 by Timely.

    This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.

    Origin Sub-Mariner (by Bill Everett; 1st 8 pages were produced for Motion Picture Funnies Weekly # 1). Intro Human Torch (by Carl Burgos), Kazar the Great (1st Tarzan clone), the Angel (by Paul Gustavson), the Masked Ranger and his horse Lightning, and Jungle Terror (only appearance). 2-page text story, "Burning Rubber" (by Raymond Gill). Cover by science fiction pulp illustrator Frank R. Paul. 64 pages. FURTHER OVERSTREET NOTES: Most copies have a black circle stamped over the cover date (on the cover and inside) with "November" printed over it. However, some copies do not have the November overprint. Most No. 1 issues have printing defects, I.e. title pages which caused the trimming into the panels, usually on the right side and bottom. Covers exist with and without gloss finish. Cover price $0.10.