Marvel Mystery Comics #38 (1942) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Syd Shores	Human Torch
1	Crime Marches On	comic story	12	pencils: Harry Sahle; inks: Harry Sahle	Madame Crime [Claude Nite] (villain, introduction)
2	A Whale of a Whopping Story	comic story	12	pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer	Capt. Cutter (villain, introduction); Betty Dean (guest-star)
3	The Case of the Terrible-Tempered Tycoon	comic story	7	script: Ray Gill; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Deadline Dawson (guest-star); Mr. Walker (introduction)
4	Smoked Out	text story	2	script: Justin Dewey Triem
5	Robot's Revenge	comic story	7	pencils: Syd Shores	Dr. Maxim Dreer (villain, introduction, twice dead); Grettle (villain, introduction, death)
6	The Island of Perl	comic story	7	script: Ed Robbins; pencils: Ed Robbins; inks: Ed Robbins	King Ra (introduction); the Blue Fairy (introduction); Knobby the marionette (introduction); the wizard (villain, introduction)
7	Shadows Over India	comic story	6	pencils: Al Fagaly; inks: Al Fagaly	The Japanese (villains)
8	Death Comes Humming	comic story	10	script: Roy Garn; pencils: Gustav Schrotter; inks: Gustav Schrotter	Mr. Crown (villain, introduction, death)

Collection	Year
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5	2017	On eBay ›

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