Marvel Mystery Comics #85 (1948) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Murders from the Past!	cover	1	pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Vince Alascia	Human Torch; Toro; Cleopatra
1	Murders from the Past	comic story	12	pencils: Mike Sekowsky	The Turtle (introduction, villain); the Human Torch; Toro; Cleopatra Vance
2	Blackbeard... Scourge of the Seas!	comic story	12	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bill Everett	Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Namora; Betty Dean; Blackbeard (villain, introduction)
3	Final Reckoning (Chapter 10)	comic story	7	pencils: Ken Bald; inks: Chris Rule	Miss America [Madeline Joyce]; Rex Harr (villain)
4	Once a Soldier	text story	2	letters: typeset
5	The Dummy Is No Dummy	comic story	8	pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Ken Bald

Collection	Year
Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Post-War Years Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-92250-4	2019	On eBay ›

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