Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) comic books 1942

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $4,500.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s); See item notes Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #4286703001

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Young Allies ad. "The Flaming Arrow Murders" starring The Human Torch, story and art by Carl Burgos; Torch and Toro must stop the criminal designs of The Saint, who, along with his gang, is out to steal the plans for a new super air tank that the Raleigh Corporation is building. Marvel Mystery Comics contest. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Namor hears from a dock worker (aka "brush man"), who handles fur cargoes shipped in from Alaska, that no more shipments are being received and that the furs are somehow being smuggled in; Sub-Mariner investigates and discovers that The Fox is putting the stolen furs in torpedo-like metal tubes with motors and fires them into an underground river that leads to the United States. The Vision untitled story, script by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, pencils by Kirby and David Walters, inks by Walters; Satan demands that his sales manager quit falling down on the job and see to it that the only evil-free city in the United States, Arbor City, is turned into a hotbed of evil and misery. "Quick Thinking, or, How Good a Detective Are You?" text story. "Voodini's Last Laugh From the Grave" starring Terry Vance, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; The relatives of the late Professor Voodini gather at his mansion to listen to the reading of the will, whose contents lead to several murders and the re-appearance of the evil professor. "Death to Spies" starring Patriot, art by Ray Houlihan; Suoka has appointed a Filipino bolo wielder to murder Lt. Curtis, but the Patriot interferes and prevents the crime, finally tracking down the Japanese secret agent behind the murder plot. "Death Rings the Bell"; The Angel investigates weird deaths associated with the ringing of the carillon belonging to the late millionaire, Jonathan Brown. Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, script and art by Ben Thompson; Arriving in French Equatorial Africa, Ka-Zar is captured by the Nazis and used as a decoy to sucker French ships into submarine range. Human Torch Comics ad. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $2,200.00 View scans Conserved Paper: Cream to off white Amateur Conservation Includes: Cover reattached & interior reinforced with glue. Four pieces of tape on interior cover. Label #19-1A14335-028

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Captain America Comics ad. "The Poison Pill Suicides" starring The Human Torch, story and art by Carl Burgos; Torch and Toro are invited to lead the Coney Island Mardi Gras pageant, but a henchman of a gunrunner named Izan succeeds in interrupting the event with a bomb before committing suicide with a poison pill rather than facing his boss's judgment to be drowned for failure. "The Flying Dutchman" starring Sub-Mariner, script and art by Bill Everett; Intrigued by four ship sinkings by a mysterious 18th-century ghost ship, Namor figures that the tremendous loss of gold shipments carried aboard those ships must be the work of a 20th-century pirate who has bolted the ghost ship to a submarine. Young Allies Comics ad. The Vision untitled story, script by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, pencils by Kirby and David Walters, inks by Walters; The Vision comes to Earth to battle the "Mad Man of Science", Dr. Korbeau, who has discovered the secret of man's soul and how to remove it; Korbeau removes the souls of seven of his scientific competitors. "The Sea of Grassy Death" text story, script by Mickey Spillane. "The Green-Faced Man,", art by Al Fagaly; The celebrated trial of the Green-Faced Man is interrupted when the prisoner's gang frees him with an attack of gas; However, the Patriot tracks him down. "The Case of the Deadly Letters" starring Terry Vance, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; Terry and Deadline suspect that Hollywood director Aubrey de Woode did not commit suicide, but was murdered, and they suspect the dead man's nephew, even though the police have ruled the young man out as a suspect. "Strange Adventures in the Land of Nowhere" starring Jimmy Jupiter, script and art by Ed Robbins; Jimmy is taken up in an airplane but forgets to fasten his safety belt, and falls out of the plane, landing on a soft cloud; He discovers he is in the Land of Nowhere. "The Horror of the Haunted Cathedral" starring Angel; General Henchel faces the prospect of suicide because of his blunder along the German-Russian Front, but instead he makes a hasty departure by submarine to America. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $1,199.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4077379001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Dynamite Saboteurs starring The Human Torch, story and art by Carl Burgos. The Sub-Mariner Slugs the Sahara Scavengers, art by Carl Pfeufer. Jap Trap text story by Mickey Spillane. Vision untitled story, pencils by Syd Shores, inks by Al Gabriele. Treachery Deals a Double Cross starring Patriot, art by Al Fagaly. The Case of the Bogus Stamp Salesman starring Terry Vance, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner. To Tunnel to China starring Jimmy Jupiter, script and art by Ed Robbins. The House of the Living Dead starring Angel. 68 pages Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $3,150.00 View scans Paper: Slightly britle Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4300197001

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Air Raid Terror starring The Human Torch, art by Harry Sahle. The Mystery of the Missing Cargo Ships starring Sub-Mariner, art by Carl Pfeufer. His Tunnel to China starring Jimmy Jupiter, script and art by Ed Robbins. Satan Himself! text story by Mickey Spillane. Untitled Patriot story, art by Al Fagaly. Garden of Death starring Vision, pencils by Syd Shores, inks by Al Gabriele. Monkey Business starring Terry Vance, art by Bob Oksner. The Banquet of Blood starring Angel. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $1,499.95 or Best Offer View scans Interior is complete. Full-length spine split. Cover detached and taped to first wrap. Staples added (not manufacturing). Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart Coverless $399.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Edge damage to several pages, piece missing from last two pages, slightly affects Angel story. First wrap and centerfold detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Human Torch untitled story, art by Harry Sahle. Tanks with Tusks starring Sub-Mariner, art by Carl Pfeufer. Boom Doggling starring Terry Vance, art by Bob Oksner. Woe is Me! text story by Mickey Spillane. The World Beneath a World starring Vision. The Case of the Missing Molar starring Jimmy Jupiter, script and art by Ed Robbins. The Hunters of Heads starring Patriot, art by Al Fagaly. Polly Wants a Murder starring Angel. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.