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Issue Details

Issue #5[b]
Published Fall 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Joe Simon

Cover Details - "60 Thrilling Pages of the Human Torch Fighting the Sub-Mariner in a Life and Death Struggle"

Characters The Human Torch; the Sub-Mariner.
Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Schomburg
Inks Alex Schomburg
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

1 page Daring Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "You! Brought Back Daring Comics and Made it Better Than Ever!"

Characters Citizen V...; Rudy the Robot; The Li'l Prof; the Blue Diamond; the Silver Scorpion; The Fin; Captain Daring; the Thunderer.
Synopsis Illustrated ad for Daring Mystery Comics, which introduced Citizen V...
Genre superhero
Letters ?; some typeset
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 1-24-08; found on the inside front cover.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

60 page Human Torch story "The Human Torch Battles the Sub-Mariner As the World Faces Destruction"

Characters Human Torch; Toro; GS: V: Sub-Mariner; Ka-Zar; Patriot; Angel; Princess Fen; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; V: Rathia (I); Adolf Hitler; Josef Stalin; Benito Mussolini.
Synopsis The Sub-Mariner gets his imperial kingdom to join in on the war against the Axis Powers, raging on above their heads....that is, until Rathia convinces him that he was meant to become the new Napoleon and conquer the world with her at his side!!!
Genre superhero
Script Carl Burgos; Bill Everett; Jack D'Arcy; Hank Chapman
Pencils Carl Burgos; Bill Everett; Mike Roy; Harry Sahle; George Kapitan
Inks Carl Burgos; Bill Everett; Mike Roy; Harry Sahle; George Kapitan
Notes Story was presented in 3 parts; synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-24-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

1 page Tubby an' Tack filler

Characters Tubby; Tack.
Synopsis Tack is denied membership in a club because he is too small.
Genre humor
Script Ray Houlihan (signed)
Pencils Ray Houlihan (signed)
Inks Ray Houlihan (signed)
Letters Ray Houlihan?
Notes Sequence and all info provided by Craig Delich 1-24-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

2 page text story "Murder in the Underground"

Characters Inspector Horatio Crown; the Cockney; V: Bennett [a Nazi].
Synopsis A broken button in the hand of a dead man in a subway leads Inspector Crown to the naval yards where he confronts a so-called British sailor, who, in reality, is an agent of the Gestapo seeking a new code book the dead man smuggled out of Germany.
Genre crime
Script Bill Jay (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-24-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

1 page filler "Unsolved Mysteries"

Characters Peter Baason
Synopsis Three unsolved mysterious are illustrated and written about, to include: world's greatest criminal, Peter Baason; a ghost convicted of murder; and the atrange return of the R.E. 8.
Genre fact
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 1-24-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #2