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Issue Details

Issue #10
Published August 1942
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee
Notes MYSTIC COMICS is published bi-monthly by Timely Comics, Inc., at 330 W. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. Vol 2, No. 10, August, 1942 issue. Contents copyright 1942 by Timely Comics, Inc. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions appearing in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and that any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.

Cover Details - "Not even the Nazi prison wall could keep out the Destroyer and his charging cycle!"

Characters Destroyer [Keen Marlow]
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Gabriele
Inks Syd Shores

1 page Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty promo (ad from the publisher) "Don't Delay Another Second!"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Notes Inside front cover.

15 page Destroyer story "Battling the Underground Factory Fiend"

Characters Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Flora von Bangor [Florence von Banger]; Adolf Hitler
Synopsis Flora observes the government's top production official leaving a conference with Hitler, and tells Keen about it. As the Destroyer, Keen follows the official and discovers his new underground production facilities, frees the prisoners laboring there, and destroys the factories.
Genre superhero
Pencils John Forte (signed)
Inks John Forte (signed)

1 page Inky Dinky filler "The Portrait Artist"

Characters Inky Dinky
Genre gag
Script Sol Brodsky
Pencils Sol Brodsky
Inks Sol Brodsky

6 page story "The World of Wonder"

Characters Jimmie (introduction); Jackie (introduction)
Synopsis Jackie and Jimmie are two boys who live in the magic city in the center of Wonder Woods. They go into the woods to search for magic items, and find an hourglass that controls time. They are captured by ogres, but Jackie uses the hourglass to speed up time and grow into a man and fight the ogres. Afterwards, reversing the hourglass turns him into a boy again.
Genre adventure; fantasy
Pencils Louis Golden (signed)
Inks Louis Golden (signed)
Notes The last panel promises another story "next month" but this was the last issue and this feature did not appear again.

1 page Captain America Comics #16 promo (ad from the publisher) "This time you die!"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky Barnes; Red Skull

7 page Father Time story "The Legend of the Headless Executioner"

Characters Father Time [Larry Scott]
Synopsis Father Time unravels a complicated scheme involving a large and supposedly cursed emerald that is part of a headless idol from India.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Alderman (signed)
Inks Jack Alderman (signed)
Notes Who's Who lists Alderman for both pencils and inks (Henry Andrews 2008-10-06).

1 page Inky Dinky filler "The $50 Picture"

Characters Inky Dinky
Genre gag
Script Sol Brodsky
Pencils Sol Brodsky
Inks Sol Brodsky

5 page Davey and the Demon story "The Demon's Rampage"

Characters Davey Drew; Demon
Synopsis The Demon breaks out of the pit where the Prince of Good imprisoned him last issue and continues his rampage. Davey hears of this and pursues him to the Grand Canyon and into caverns below, where he traps the Demon and drowns him in an underground stream.
Genre occult
Pencils Mike Sekowsky [as Howard James] (signed)
Notes Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006); Signed by Howard James, but does not look like previous Davey and the Demon stories by him- possibly always a pen name? (Henry Andrews 2008-10-10). There is a teaser wondering if the Demon is indeed dead, and inviting the reader to find out in the next issue, which never appeared.

1 page Inky Dinky filler "The Job"

Characters Inky Dinky
Genre gag
Script Sol Brodsky
Pencils Sol Brodsky
Inks Sol Brodsky

2 page text story "Mystery of the Sea Urchin"

Letters typeset

8 page Red Skeleton story "Story Conference"

Characters Red Skeleton (introduction); Deena Drayson (introduction); Stanley Dee (editor of Crimely Comics; introduction)
Synopsis Red's editor isn't impressed with his writing efforts. When Deena, who wants a job as Red's assistant, mentions a fashion show to Red he starts to write a murder mystery about a model. But soon life starts to imitate art too closely, and Red thinks he can solve the crime!
Genre humor; detective
Notes Red is a comic book writer for Crimely Publications working for editor Stanley Dee. Captain America and The Human Torch are mentioned as Red tries to come up with a story.

8 page Terror, The story "The Death List of Mister Z"

Characters The Terror
Synopsis The Terror thwarts a scheme to collect on insurance policies through murder.
Genre superhero
Pencils Don Rico
Inks Don Rico

1 page Inky Dinky filler "Red Paint"

Characters Inky Dinky
Genre gag
Script Sol Brodsky
Pencils Sol Brodsky
Inks Sol Brodsky

8 page Challenger story "The Lizard"

Characters Challenger [Bill Waring]
Synopsis The Challenger suspects a paroled crook nicknamed "The Lizard" of hunting down and killing everyone who helped put him in jail.
Genre superhero

1 page United States Savings Bonds and Stamps public service announcement "Remember Pearl Harbor!"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover.

1 page Daisy Defender Air Rifle advertisement "Presenting the New Daisy Defender"

Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Includes smaller ad encouraging readers to buy a Red Ryder Saddle Carbine rifle if they can't get a Daisy Defender.