Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) comic books 1940

Cover art by Carl Burgos. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; After an attack on New York by Martians, the Torch decides that a new explosive called Trinitrotoluol is probably better off in the hands of the Martians to take back to Mars rather than allowing it to remain on Earth. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel must battle a voodoo cult that has kidnapped young women to sacrifice to their fire god. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; The police concoct a plan to use police officer Betty Dean to lay a trap to capture the Sub-Mariner, but instead she convinces Namor to fight for the Allies in the war. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders. American Ace origin story, art by Paul J. Lauretta; The Raider has to deal with a group of outlaws, who in trying to run a man off his run-down ranch in order to get to gold buried in the hills and oil deposits as well, decide to frame the owner and have the sheriff run him off. Siegfried Suicide text story, script by David C. Cooke, art by Bill Everett. "Third Episode" Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great story, art by Ben Thompson; A hunter searching for wild game, who has enlisted the aid of local natives, has a hard time convincing those natives that it was a man [Ka-Zar] who was interferring with their hunt, and not a jungle god as they thought. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; Torch has to deal with the ransom threats by a Dr. Manyac, who plans to use the Green Flames as a tool to exact revenge if his demands are not met. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel ventures into The Devil's Playground, which harbors killers, murderers, and every other imaginable menace to civilization in order to battle a giant who carries out the gruesome activities. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Betty, concerned on what effect the Nazi submarine warfare has had on ocean-going travel and commerce, enlists the aid of the Sub-Mariner and his aerial subs to deal with the problem. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; A couple of prospectors discover a large gold deposit on their property, but are threatened by local crooks to give them the location of that claim. Warning Enough text story, script by David G. Cooke, art by Harry Ramsey. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Professor Zog creates a marvelous robot, all powerful and intelligent, as a means of helping humainity by banishing all crime and evil. Electro's first case is to rescue a kidnapped child actress. Ferret Mystery Detective untitled story, script by Stockbridge Winslow, art by Irwin Hasen; Our hero faces a challenge from the underworld, who doesn't take a liking to his "crime doesn't pay" articles and is out robbing and killing people for jewelry. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; e Kraft returns to the Belgian Congo, where, years earlier, he had killed Ka-Zar's parents, and when Ka-Zar spots him, he swears revenge. Now De Kraft uses deadly tactics to deal with the natives, who want to desert him because they fear retribution from the "Jungle God." 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; A medical emergency and crisis in the city of Orton during a blizzard forces the Torch to make a trip to that town with a plane full of medical supplies. Unfortunately, the plane crash lands and the supplies stolen by a couple of escaped convicts. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel rescues a girl and prevents a gang of bank robbers from successfully making a getaway with their loot. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Namor, after successfully ending the mine and sub menace in the Atlantic, briefly visits home, then heads back to America to help out with ending non-war related crime. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; The Raider must deduce the reason behind a series of murders by poisoned arrow that occur close to election day. It's In the Cards text story, script by Ray Gill, art by Harry Ramsey. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Professor Zog informs Operatives #1 and #4 that he is going to displatch Electro and them to the Republic of Molivia, which has been attacked and invaded by the dictator armies of Kalph Belgri, who seeks to control that nation. Ferret Mystery Detective untitled story, script by Stockbridge Winslow, art by Irwin Hasen; The death of an underground stoolie and a piece of blank paper leads Ferret to uncover a major counterfeiting ring. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; When De Kraft learns that David Rand [aka Ka-Zar] still lives, he tracks down the "Jungle God" and takes him captive, arranging a rather protracted and cruel death for him. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; The Torch must combat a forest fire in order to prevent the Midtown's Bank from being the scene of the theft of incendiary bomb plans. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel must save a young woman, who has been kidnapped for the $500,000 necklace that she is supposed to be wearing. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; After helping to clear up up the subway disaster, Namor is put on trial for his life and sentenced to death, but is saved by the actions of Betty Dean. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; The Raider takes a hand is trying to discover why Sam Marvin wants to cheat Pete Williams out of his spread, and discovers the land is being used to send rustled beef through. The Shrinking Spy text story, script by Andrew McWhiney, art by Frank Thomas. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Professor Zog orders his complete staff of Operators to locate cities all across the nation that are having problem with dope-running aso that Electro can be sent to them to clean them up. Ferret Mystery Detective untitled story, script by Stockbridge Winslow, art by Irwin Hasen; The Ferret investigates the death of the owner of large cosmetic factory, and discovers that the brother of the deceased has been falsely accused. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; Coming across a dying man, Ka-Zar learns of a new threat in the jungle, a man named Fenton who lusts to kill. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; The Torch joins the Police Department and is given a free hand to wage his campaign against the criminal Roglo and others like him. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel and Betty are nearly killed by being run off a cliff, but soon discover why: Betty's aunt is planning to kill her and her father for his money. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Because Namor has been cheated and mis-treated by the Americans, he decides to use New York as his base while destrying the entire continent. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by William Allison; After saving the life of Nat Parker and his son from outlaws, the Marshal accuses the Raider for the attack. Blasting Bombers text story, script by David C. Cooke, art by Frank Thomas. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Severe flooding by the Ohio River endangers the life and property of many, so Professor Zog instructs two of his Operatives to take Electro to the scene to help out. Ferret Mystery Detective untitled story, script by Stockbridge Winslow, art by Irwin Hasen; Ferret is taken prison, as candy heiress Cynthia Bryant had been, and is told to authorize payment of $50,000 ransom for his release. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; Ka-Zar notes the arrival of a Professor Rice, a botanist who has come to the Belgian Congo to search for certain rare species of plant life. Unfortunately for the good Professor, his pilot is a thief and murderer, who not only intends to blackmail the Professor for $100,000, but also to marry his daughter. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. "The Human Torch and the Submariner Meet," script and art by Bill Everett; Namor looks for new ways to avenge himself on the mankind that attempted to electrocute him, but the Torch shows up and drives him away for the time-being. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; Embittered because the Police Chief believes Torch to be yellow because he failed to bring in the Sub-Mariner, the Torch races off to repair some of the damage Namor caused; He meets up with Betty and together they head for the Empire State Building where the Prince has been spotted. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel rescues a kidnapped girl in a cabin, supposedly held for ransom, and whose father owns the controlling stock in the Meltmore Steel Company. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; The Raider runs into Mexican Pete, who has attempted to trail the thieves who just robbed a local bank and made off with the savings of the small ranchers. Dynamite's Doom text story, script by Jack D'Arcy, art by Sam Gilman. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Keeping true to his word, "Boss" Sarpo escapes from prison, and with the help of "Scar-Face" Joe and his gang, kidnaps Professor Zog, killing his guards, kidnaps the DA, and uses Electro to begin a series of thefts. Ferret Mystery Detective untitled story, script by Stockbridge Winslow, art by Irwin Hasen; Ferret arrives at his bank to make a deposit just as it is being robbed, but he uses an unusual strategy, with himself as bait, to round up the crooks. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; Drake kills the man who has inherited a gold mine worth far more than he thought because he refuses to use the local natives as slave laborers. The local tribal chief enlists the aid of Ka-Zar to deal with the problem. Mystery and Daring Comics ad, art by Schomburg. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Everett (pencils) and Alex Schomburg (inks).

The Human Torch Versus the Sub-Mariner: The Battle of the Comic Century!, script by Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, and John Compton, pencils by Bill Everett and Carl Burgos (signed); Embittered when the Police Commissioner calls Torch afraid for not bringing in the Sub-Mariner as he promised, the Torch and Betty track down Namor and a battle royal begins that ends with the Fiery Fury being captured by Namor in an airless glass tube.

Mystery Comics #3 and Daring Mystery Comics #5 ad, art by Alex Schomburg.

The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel becomes involved in a situation in which towns people believe that a vampire is at work, when all along it is a mad scientist, who desires to transplant the brain of a young woman into a gorilla.

The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; The Raider involves himself in a case wherein gold shipments from a mining camp have been waylaid, then end up being turned into the local assay office for cash payment.

Plus, High Steel text story, script by Compton, art by Robert Hughes. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Electro and the Professor are taken to the planel Ligra, where they are forced to engage in battle against Queen Nara. Ferret Mystery Detective untitled story, script by Stockbridge Winslow, art by Irwin Hasen; Ferret must act quickly against a gang of crooks who are waging a vicious campaign against Stacey Cleaners. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; Ka-Zar helps a young girl make her way back to her father, having to evade attacks by a tribe of wild Wabis.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. "The Result of the Most Famous Battle in Comic Magazines," script by Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, and John Compton, art by Everett and Burgos; Trapped in a translite tube, only the intervention of Betty Dean saves the Torch and ends the battle between him and Namor. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; Torch must battle a gas syndicate who tries to raise the price of gasoline, and bombs any gas station refusing to go along. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Because of Namor's seemingly inability to handle the Torch, he is suspended from all active service; Meanwhile, a group of hardened ice field seamen, led by Luther Robinson, seek out the Sub-Mariner to destroy him. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel must cope with weird "devils of the mist," who have been released from the bowels of the earth by a volcano, and who are kidnapping young women top side to sacrifice to that volcano. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Electro is called into service to battle an evil, now insane, ex-genius of brain surgery, stationed in an old castle somewhere off the coast of Cuba, who has successfully created artifical blood. Tiger Trail text story, script by Beach Allen, art by Ed Robins. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; A criminal who has fatally wounded a tax collector sees the Raider, and works out a scheme to convince the Sheriff that the Raider is the murderer...all as a blind to steal the tax money himself. "The Murder of a Man Without a Will," script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; While Terry Vance, the Boy of a Hundred Hobbies" works on an experiment, he hears a police call of someone murdered in a penthouse. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; A wanted criminal captures two Scotland Yard detectives and leaves them for dead, while he attempts to fly out of the jungle to freedom. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; The Torch takes the law into his own hands, when, against orders, he helps a doctor burn down plague-infected slum housing. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Luther Robinson follows Namor back to his Antarctic home and attempts to capture him: dead or alive, but is eventually taken prisoner. He is informed that his girlfriend is also being held to insure he will not try to escape justice. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; A series of robberies confounds the Raider until a dog un-intentionally helps solve the case. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; When an evil man named Sarput takes possession of a large tract of land in the Belgian Congo jungle, Ka-Zar and Zar do battle with him to prevent the slaughter/capture of many animals, only to be taken prisoner themselves. Terry Vance untitled story, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; A group of gamblers injects mercury into the tires of race cars in order to cause accidents and fix races for profit. Murder is an Accident text story, script by Ray Gill (as W. Peters), art by Frank Thomas. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel is captured by a group of in-human monsters, who take him to their abode, where he meets a beautiful girl dressed in ancient Greek garb, and learns the creatures destroyed her civilization 4000 years ago, and now threaten to do the same in modern times. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; The president of the Drake Lumber Mills, angry because his rival has successfully purchased the rich Burton County forest lands, hires some thugs to set fire to those forests. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Daring Comics promo ad. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; Hunted by the police forces he was once a member of, due to his burning down tenements infected with the black plague, the Torch is offered re-instatement by the police commissioner IF he can bring in the mysterious "J.B." Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; When Namor discovers that the airplane, carrying Luther Robinson, Micky and Lynne Harris, has been forced down by the Nazis, he goes to search for them, and saves Harris only, intending to make her his mate! The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; Following Shirley Smith into an enchanted marsh, the Angel is suddenly down, falling into quicksand; He is saved, however, by a hulking creature that works for a mysterious woman who has murdered the owners of Piedmont mansion and now threatens the Angel and Smith. A Good Impression text story, script by Jack D'Arcy, art by Harry Ramsey. Terry Vance untitled story, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; When Terry and his friends arrive at a mysterious house during a rain storm and spot a prowler, little does he know that it will turn into a murder mystery. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; When President Roosevelt hears a radio broadcast from the Shark, threatening to blast every ship off the ocean, he contacts Professor Zog for help. The Masked Raider untitled story; The Raider investigates rumors of gun thefts from Army posts along the Rio Grande. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; When Ka-Zar's captors inform him that they are going to put him on display in New York City when they arrive, he and Zar jump overboard and make their way to the city zoo, where Ka-Zar plans to release some of Zar's brothers. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Cut-Throat Justice text story, art by Andrew McWhiney, art by Harry Ramsey. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; A subway builder loses both of his sons to cave-ins while constructing the tunnels, causing him to lose his mind and seek revenge, wanting to wreck trains so they wouldn't disturb his sons' graves within the tunnels' walls; But he is confined by those whom he hires to help him accomplish the task and the Torch must stop them or else! Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Namor and Dorma, outfitted in new suits designed to ward off poison gasses, and on their way to Europe to aide in the war efforts, stop off at an island for rest. But they find themselves not only under arrest, but under attack from the Nazis as well. The Vision untitled story, script by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, art by Kirby; A professor, believing that ghosts and spirits actually inhabit worlds and universes that co-exist with our universe, is set upon by "Brains" Borelli's men during an experiment to prove his theory; The result is a being called Aarkus, Destoyer of Evil, drawn to the laboratory, which helps to save the professor and his daughter from harm. Terry Vance untitled story, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; Terry's discovery of fresh paint on a supposedly vintage oil painting sparks the interest of Terry and his investigation nearly costs him his life. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; The Professor and the Cranes leave Earth for the Moon, but when they send out Electro to investigate the environment, he is attacked and captured by moon robots; Zog and the Cranes land and initiate their own attack on the moon people and save the day. . The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The death of a former gang member of the Savoy mob who had chosen to go straight angers the Angel, and he swears to hunt down the men responsible for this death. Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; Now in America, Ka-Zar is taken in by the police and escapes, but through the efforts of the Wilson's, is put into their custody. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Ad for Human Torch #2, art by Schomburg. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; The Torch has a real dilemma: he has to track down members of the Fire Cult who have committed a murder, but the man murdered was intending to destroy the world. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; After Namor successfully routs invading Nazi paratroopers on an island Dorma and he arrived on for a rest, questioning of the Nazi Lieutenant reveals that the Axis Powers have built a secret submarine base on a little known island 20 miles from the coast of Florida; So Dorma and he head for that base to tackle the Nazi horde. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel investigates a mine operator that has a lot of equipment for handling radium on his hands, equipment that is being used to create synthetic diamonds. Redskins Bite Cinders text story, script by Andrew McWhiney, art by Harry Ramsey. The Vision untitled story, script by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, art by Kirby; The Vision must battle two werewolves, one in reality Gordon Sanders, a member of the ill-fated Medwick Expedition that discovered a lost Tibetan city called the City of Demons, where he was bitten by such a creature. Terry Vance untitled story, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; Deadline takes Terry along when he is scheduled to interview actress Diana Dunn, but a staged "movie scene" turns out to be a real kidnapping of the actress. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; The destruction of the Fairbanks Iron Works leads Electro into the bowels of the earth to confront the Onees, who take control of the robot and force Professor Zog to come to his rescue. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; Ka-Zar succeeds in getting Zar out of the zoo he is imprisoned in, and hides out on a British boat heading toward Africa. Unfortunately, the boat is torpedoed by an enemy submarine. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.