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4February 1940
$0.10

Marvel Mystery Comics #4

Marvel · February 1940 · on sale 1939-12-20

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Identification plate

Series
Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
February 1940
Key date
1940-02-00
On-sale date
1939-12-20
Indicia publisher
Timely Publications
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Alex Schomburg; inks: Alex SchomburgNamor, Sub-Mariner
1Marvel Comics' Free $25.00 Prize Contestpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? [as The Editor] (signed); letters: typeset
2New York Hit by Green Flamecomic story12script: Carl Burgos; pencils: Carl Burgos; inks: Carl Burgos; letters: Carl BurgosJim Hammond, Human Torch
3Butch the Giantcomic story8script: Paul Gustavson, Ray Gill; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul GustavsonThe Angel, Thomas Halloway
4The Sub-Mariner Goes to Warcomic story10script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill EverettNamor, Sub-Mariner
5The Claim Jumperscomic story8script: Al Anders; pencils: Al Anders; inks: Al AndersThe Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Zeb; Luke; Manuel; Ben; Buck and his gang (villains, some die)
6Warning Enoughtext story1.75script: David Cooke; pencils: Harry Ramsey; inks: Harry RamseySteve; Naylor; Jim Stinson; "Slip" Rodney (villain)
7Statement of ownership, management, circulation, etc.statement of ownership0.25script: Abraham Goodman, Maurice Coyne; editing: Abraham Goodman, Martin Goodman
8-comic story8script: Steve Dahlman; pencils: Steve Dahlman; inks: Steve DahlmanElectro (introduction, origin, a robot); Prof. Philo Zog (Electro's creator); the twelve Secret Operatives (introduction); Dick Gardner (secret operative #3); Little Joyce Lovely; Hymie "The Weasel" Pazetto (villain, introduction)
9Quest for a Crime Bosscomic story6script: Bob Davis; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin HasenFerret (introduction); Lynn Froehm; Doc Wagner (villain, introduction); Knuckles Johnson (villain, death)
10Fourth Episode [Return of the Oman]comic story10script: Ben Thompson; pencils: Ben Thompson; inks: Ben ThompsonKa-Zar [David Rand]; Zar (a lion); Sha (lion mate of Zar); Chaka (ape leader); N'Jaga (a leopard); Trajah (an elephant); Paul De Kraft [aka Fat Face] (villain); Ed Kivlin (villain, introduction)

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

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