Comic Book: Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series)

Description:
The "Marvel Comics" comic book changes its name to "Marvel Mystery Comics" with issue #2.

Data Sheet:

Dec 1939 to Jun 1949

1939

N/A

Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.

Human Torch
(Jim Hammond)

Sub-Mariner
(Namor)

Angel
(Tom Halloway)

Ka-Zar
(David Rand)

Marvel Mystery Comics #2
(Dec 1939)

Comics Index

Page: 1 of 4

Indexed Comics: 91

Comics sorted by cover date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.

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Marvel Mystery Comics #2

December 1939
"Murder at the Racetrack"
Script: Carl Burgos
A car burst into flames during a race. The Human Torch was among the public and sprints to save the driver, but he’s dead. Two more cars suffer the same outcome. A red plane flies by. Something’s fishy. [...]

Marvel Mystery Comics #3

January 1940
"The Menace from Mars"
Script: Carl Burgos
Aboard the streamliner Comet, Mr. Carson, owner of the Carson Explosive Company, watches a television broadcast showing Martian planes bombarding New York City with electronic rays. [...]

Marvel Mystery Comics #4

February 1940
"New York Hit by Green Flame"
Script: Carl Burgos
The Human Torch — scientific marvel and master of all flame — drives toward a New York City placed under martial law by the mysterious destruction of the "Green Flame." He has been summoned by a wire from his friend Johnson. [...]

Marvel Mystery Comics #5

March 1940
"The Orton Medical Mission"
Script: Carl Burgos
Jim Hamond — the Human Torch living in secret as a civilian — is visiting his friend Johnson when Johnson's shortwave radio picks up a distress call from Orton, an island town on Lake Superior cut off by a blizzard and desperately in need of medical supplies. [...]

Marvel Mystery Comics #6

April 1940
"The Forest Fire Felons"
Script: Carl Burgos
Two spies — one-eyed Patch and his partner Turgo — have learned that the scale drawings for the late inventor Morton's devastating incendiary bomb are stored in a Midtown bank vault. [...]

Marvel Mystery Comics #7

May 1940
"The Human Torch -- Policeman"
Script: Carl Burgos
The Human Torch — operating on the police records as officer Jim Hamond — returns to New York and seeks out his friend Johnson, asking for help becoming a policeman. Time passes as the Torch studies hard, graduates from police school with honors, and is assigned to a beat in the slum district. [...]

Marvel Mystery Comics #8

June 1940
"The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner Meet"
Script: Bill Everett
The Sub-Mariner and the Human Torch finally meet! Namor continues his path of revenge against humans. So he does a series of attacks on New York city, including planting a bomb under the Hudson river, and letting lions, elephants, and snakes free from the zoo to attack citizens. [...]

Marvel Mystery Comics #9

July 1940
"The Human Torch versus the Sub-Mariner: The Battle of the Comic Century!"
Script: Bill Everett
The Sub-Mariner (also called Namor), still waging his war of destruction against humanity, is warned by Betty Dean, a policewoman and his only human friend, that the Human Torch — now an official member of the police department — has been assigned to stop him. [...]

Marvel Mystery Comics #10

August 1940
"The Result of the Most Famous Battle in Comic Magazines"
Script: Bill Everett
Recap/resolution of last issue's battle between the Human Torch and Namor, the Sub-Mariner. [...]

Marvel Mystery Comics #11

September 1940
"Plague in the Slums"
Script: Carl Burgos
A black plague epidemic sweeps through the New York slums. Dr. Stone and his associate Reed attempt to fight the disease by clearing the infected tenement buildings, but Frank Simmons, the slumlord who owns the properties, physically blocks them and is defended by a beat cop. [...]

Marvel Mystery Comics #12

October 1940
"The Search For J. B."
Script: Carl Burgos
I've now read all 12 pages. I have everything I need. The story title isn't explicitly given beyond "The Human Torch." Now let me write up the entry. The Human Torch — "J.B. [...]

Marvel Mystery Comics #13

November 1940
"Terror in the Subway"
Script: Carl Burgos
New York City is rocked by a string of subway wrecks — split rails, passenger murders, and robbery — with no suspects. The Mayor assigns Captain Rawlins to investigate, who in turn enlists the Human Torch. [...]

Marvel Mystery Comics #14

December 1940
"The Cult of Fire-Men"
Script: Carl Burgos
A bomb crashes through the bay window of Ronald's estate at night, and nearby police officers — the Torch and his partner Pete — race toward the explosion. As they approach, two robed figures flee toward a clump of trees. [...]