Marvel Mystery Comics #14 for Sale - First Appearance of Deadline Dawson - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series)
Issue: #14
Publication date: December 1940
Key date: 1940-12-00
On-sale date: 1940-10-18
Indicia publisher: Timely Publications
Price: $0.10; 0.15 CAD
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Deadline Dawson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Dr. Watson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	"Could the Sub-Mariner hold off the Nazi hordes till help arrived?" [sic]	cover	1	pencils: Alex Schomburg; inks: Alex Schomburg	The Angel, Thomas Halloway, Jim Hammond, Human Torch, Namor, Sub-Mariner
1	Hey Fellas! Look at This!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Alex Schomburg; inks: Alex Schomburg	Jim Hammond, Human Torch, Thomas Raymond, Sub-Mariner, Toro, Namor
2	The Cult of Fire-Men	comic story	12	script: Carl Burgos; pencils: Carl Burgos; inks: Carl Burgos	Jim Hammond, Human Torch
3	Blitzing the U-Boat Base	comic story	10	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett	Dorma, Sub-Mariner, Namor
4	The Synthetic Diamonds	comic story	9	script: Paul Gustavson, Ray Gill; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul Gustavson	The Angel, Thomas Halloway
5	Redskins Bite Cinders	text story	2	script: Andrew McWhiney; pencils: Harry Ramsey; inks: Harry Ramsey	Tommy Bryan; Steve Hanson; Barnes; Red; the Indians (villains)
6	The Werewolf Strikes	comic story	7	script: Jack Kirby, Joe Simon; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; letters: Jack Kirby	Aarkus, The Vision
7	The Kidnapping of Diana Dunn	comic story	7	script: Ray Gill; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Terry Vance, Dr. Watson First, Deadline Dawson First
8	Attack of the Subterraneans	comic story	8	script: Steve Dahlman; pencils: Steve Dahlman; inks: Steve Dahlman	Electro, Professor Philo Zog
9	Escape from New York	comic story	9	script: Ben Thompson; pencils: Ben Thompson; inks: Ben Thompson	Ka-Zar, David Rand

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
1940-1941 ISBN 1-56685-006-3	1997	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #4 ISBN 978-0-7851-2474-0	2009	On eBay ›
Young Allies 70th Anniversary Special #1	2009	On eBay ›
Mystic Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1	2009	On eBay ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5	2017	On eBay ›
Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Human Torch by Carl Burgos Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-91933-7	2019	On eBay ›
Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Pre-War Years Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-91935-1	2019	On eBay ›
Golden Age Marvel Comics Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-302-92204-7	2020	On eBay ›
Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-91934-4	2019	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #1313 of 91#15 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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