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84October 1947
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Marvel Mystery Comics #84

Marvel · October 1947 · on sale 1947-07-28

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Identification plate

Series
Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series)
Issue
#84
Publication date
October 1947
Key date
1947-10-00
On-sale date
1947-07-28
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0All Star Issue!cover1pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Syd ShoresBlonde Phantom; Captain America; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner
1Terror from Bagdadcomic story12pencils: Mike SekowskyThe Thief of Bagdad (villain, introduction)
2Case of the Vanishing Venuses!comic story12script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill EverettSub-Mariner [Namor]; Namora; Betty Dean; Lieutenant Byron (USCG); Sari Tartar (villain, introduction); Stanley Gordon (villain, Goliath-Major Studios agent, introduction); Giorgo (one of Tartar's guards); Johnson (a member of the film crew)
3Terror in the Woodstext story2letters: typeset
4The Menace of the Mad Magicianscomic story7pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Syd ShoresThe Blonde Phantom, Louise Grant
5The Phantom of the Planetariumcomic story7script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Avison; inks: Allen BellmanCaptain America; Bucky; The Oracle (villain, introduction)
6Beginning of the End (Chapter IX)comic story7pencils: Ken Bald; inks: Ken BaldRex Harr (villain); Miss America

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Golden-Age Greats #6
ISBN 1-56225-010-8		1995On eBay ›
Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Post-War Years Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-92250-4		2019On eBay ›

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