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54April 1944
$0.10

Marvel Mystery Comics #54

Marvel · April 1944 · on sale 1944-02-17

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Identification plate

Series
Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series)
Issue
#54
Publication date
April 1944
Key date
1944-04-00
On-sale date
1944-02-17
Indicia publisher
Timely Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Alex Schomburg; inks: Alex SchomburgHuman Torch [Jimi Hammond]; Toro
1-comic story12pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Al Gabriele
2Devil's Playgroundcomic story12pencils: Jimmy Thompson; inks: Jimmy ThompsonBetty Dean; Balatto
3-comic story7pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner, Vince AlasciaDeadline Dawson
4No Prize for Secondtext story2letters: typeset
5-comic story7pencils: Al Gabriele; inks: Al GabrieleFranklin D. Roosevelt
6Masked Murdercomic story7script: Otto Binder; pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Charles Nicholas; letters: Artie Simek
7-comic story8pencils: Gus Schrotter; inks: Gus Schrotter

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