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79December 1946
$0.10

Marvel Mystery Comics #79

Marvel · December 1946 · on sale 1946-10-13

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Series: Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series)
Issue: #79
Publication date: December 1946
Key date: 1946-12-00
On-sale date: 1946-10-13
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Charles Nicholas	Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; King Cole
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Chris Rule; inks: Chris Rule
2	The Mother Goose Robberies	comic story	12	pencils: Allen Bellman; inks: Allen Bellman	Mother Goose (villain, introduction); King Cole (villain, introduction)
3	The Strange Dr. Feerce	comic story	12	pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer	Betty Dean (guest-star); Dr. Feerce (villain, introduction, death); his gang (villains, introductions)
4	Vanishing Spies (Chapter IV)	comic story	7	pencils: Ken Bald; inks: Christopher Rule	Rex Herr (villain); Peter Carr (guest-star); Elise (guest-star)
5	One in a Million	text story	2	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
6	Death At the Wheel	comic story	7	pencils: Gus Schrotter; inks: Gus Schrotter	Warren Lewis (villain, introduction)
7	The Case of the X-Ray Eyes	comic story	7	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Carmine Infantino	Scratch (villain, introduction); Gimpy (villain, introduction); other crooks (villains, introductions); Louie (has X-ray vision, introduction)

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Series context

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Sources

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