Mystic Comics (1940-1942 1st Series) comic books 1941

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Captain America Comics #1 ad, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon, Al Liederman, and Jack Kirby. The Origin of the Black Marvel, art by Al Gabriele; The Black Marvel stops a group of criminals who have sabotaged the power plant to provide cover to steal weapons to set themselves up as the local criminal power. The Tempest, art by Paul Gustavson; Cappy (an elderly fisherman) and his daughter Jane are shipwrecked on an island. The Discovery in the Volcano, art by Harold De Lay; Geologist Bob Roland and his fiancée Carol encounter the giant Sub-Earth Man and his Flame Men beneath a volcano. Introducing the Terror, pencils by Syd Shores; After witnessing an amazing transformation in his dog, brought on by chemicals, Dr. Storm extracts a serum to grant those powers of fearlessness and a skull-like appearance to a human being. Garvey Lang, script by George Kapitan, art by Harry Sahle; Satan asks the Black Widow to collect the soul of train robber Garvey Lang. The Poisoned Children, art by Fred Guardineer; The Moon-Man goes after a racketeer who bought tainted meat for an orphanage so he could pocket most of the money. The Story of Mark Todd, script and art by Bob Davis (as Mister X). 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Ad for Captain America Comics and for joining Cap's Sentinels of Liberty, pencils by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Meet the Destroyer, art by Jack Binder; American reporter Keen Marlow is sent to Nazi Germany to report news other than what the government propaganda department releases. The Scar; he Scar, a Nazi scientist, uses his death ray on Germans protesting food rations. Identity Unknown; The Black Marvel's efforts to discover who killed a German scientist who had fled to the U.S. are complicated when one of his main suspects develops amnesia. Dolls of Death; When the miniaturized dead body of a general is delivered to the President as a doll, the Terror investigates the "Life-Like Doll Company" to prevent any more such bizarre murders. Choose Your Weapons!, art by Al Bare; The Challenger issues a challenge to a serial strangler to strangle him while he walks unprotected through the city on the night of the next full moon. Dark Streets of London, script and art by Bob Davis; The Blazing Skull is too late to stop German spies from informing their superiors of the Prime Minister's secret flight over their country, so he must go to Germany himself to stage a rescue. Young Allies Comics #1 ad. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. Marvel Mystery Comics #26 ad. The Machine of Death, pencils by Al Avison; After finding food for a starving German couple, Keen and Florence stumble across a scientist trying out his new death machine. The League of Blood, script by Stan Lee; The evil Natas directs his League of Blood to commit murders for hire. Lewis & Sykes, art by Stan Drake; Satan sends the Black Widow to claim the souls of Lewis and Sykes, America weapons manufacturers who are selling their weapons to the Axis as well as the Allies. A Fight to the Death, pencils by George Klein, inks by Mike Sekowsky; The Challenger faces a large ape-like man who has changed his career from boxing to crime in hand-to-hand combat. Looters; The Terror hunts down a gang of looters who have decided to hit only small businesses that are less likely to have the sort of security and defenses that banks have. The Dweller in the Haunted Cave; Young orphan Davey Drew inadvertently frees the Demon, embodiment of mankind's evil, from his prison in a cave. The Grinner, art by Al Gabriele; Dr. Weems drinks a concoction that he thinks might be a cure for pneumonia, but it instead transforms him into a Mr. Hyde-like monster. Museum Robberies; Mark Todd (in this story said to be a district attorney) hears of mysterious thefts at an art museum that happen without anyone breaking in to the building. Ads for Captain America Comics #9 and Sub-Mariner Comics #3. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.