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45July 1943
$0.10

Marvel Mystery Comics #45

Marvel · July 1943 · on sale 1943-05-23

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Identification plate

Series
Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series)
Issue
#45
Publication date
July 1943
Key date
1943-07-00
On-sale date
1943-05-23
Indicia publisher
Timely Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Alex Schomburg; inks: Alex SchomburgJim Hammond, Human Torch, Thomas Raymond, Toro
1Message from a Corpsecomic story12pencils: Harry Sahle; inks: Harry SahleJim Hammond, Human Torch, Thomas Raymond, Toro
2Phantom of the Aircomic story12pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl PfeuferNamor
3Case of the Poison That Did Not Existcomic story7script: Ray Gill; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob OksnerTerry Vance
4Uncle Sam's Nephewtext story2letters: typeset
5In the Valley of Timecomic story7script: Gus Hetman; pencils: Gus Hetman; inks: Gus HetmanJames Jankovicz, Jimmy Jupiter
6The Vision's Secretcomic story7Leme Tel (introduction); Mara (introduction); Totu (villain, introduction, death); Kito (villain, introduction, death); Juno (villain, introduction, death); The Vision (origin)
7Sabotage at the Ferry Basecomic story8script: Roy Garn; pencils: Gus Schrotter; inks: Gus SchrotterThe Angel, Thomas Halloway

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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