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26December 1941
$0.10

Marvel Mystery Comics #26

Marvel · December 1941 · on sale 1941-10-20

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Identification plate

Series
Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series)
Issue
#26
Publication date
December 1941
Key date
1941-12-00
On-sale date
1941-10-20
Indicia publisher
Timely Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Alex Schomburg; inks: Alex SchomburgJim Hammond, Human Torch, Namor, Thomas Raymond, Sub-Mariner, Toro
1Smashing Through Again!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack KirbyBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Steve Rogers
2The Parrot Strikes Backcomic story15script: Carl Burgos; pencils: Carl Burgos; inks: Carl BurgosJim Hammond, Human Torch, Thomas Raymond, Toro
3The Sub-Mariner Smashes a Nazi Uprising!comic story12script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill EverettNamor, Sub-Mariner, Betty Dean
4They're at it again!promo (ad from the publisher)1The Angel, Thomas Halloway, Jim Hammond, Human Torch, Jeff Mace, Namor, The Patriot, Thomas Raymond, Sub-Mariner, Toro
5Seeds of Doomcomic story7pencils: Al Avison, Charles Nicholas; inks: Ernie Hart, George Klein; letters: Howard FergusonAarkus, The Vision
6The Truthtext story2script: Irv WersteinBill Carter (football player at Northside High School); Mr. Fredericks (History teacher); Ned Harris (football coach); Mr. Carter (Bill's father)
7The Witch Doctor's Potioncomic story6script: Ben Thompson; pencils: Ben Thompson; inks: Ben ThompsonKa-Zar, David Rand
8The Mystery of the Gold Mine Skeletoncomic story7script: Ray Gill; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob OksnerDeadline Dawson, Terry Vance
9The Patriot Smashes the Japanese Spy Ringcomic story5script: Ray Gill; pencils: Ray Houlihan; inks: Ray HoulihanJeff Mace, The Patriot
10The Case of the Armless Tiger Mancomic story9script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul GustavsonThe Angel, Thomas Halloway
11The book you want!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Syd ShoresThe Destroyer, Adolf Hitler, Keen Marlow
12Coming events ---promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Alex Schomburg, Al Gabriele; inks: Harry SahleSub-Mariner, Namor

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Timely Presents: Human Torch #[nn]1999On eBay ›
Marvel Mystery Comics #11999On eBay ›
Golden Age of Marvel #2
ISBN 0-7851-0713-4
1999On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #7
ISBN 978-0-7851-5026-8
2012On eBay ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5
2017On eBay ›
Decades: Marvel in the '40s - The Human Torch vs. the Sub-Mariner #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-91658-9
2019On eBay ›
Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Human Torch by Carl Burgos Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-91933-7
2019On eBay ›
Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Pre-War Years Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-91935-1
2019On eBay ›

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