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Issue Details

Issue #92
Published June 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing Stan Lee
Notes cover reprints page 5 of Human Torch story

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Schomburg
Inks Alex Schomburg
Notes cover reprints page 5 of Human Torch story

13 page Human Torch story "The Birth of the Torch"

Characters O: Human Torch (retold in detail); GS: Albert Horton (D; Human Torch's creator; renamed Phineas T. Horton in ?); V: Tony Sardo, Al (Red in MARVEL COMICS #1)both from MARVEL COMICS #1
Synopsis The Torch returns to his creator's home ten years after he last saw him only to learn the man has passed away. He recalls his early days when Dr. Horton was bedridden by a gangster's bullet because two thugs wanted to use him as an arson agent in a protection scheme.
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Notes Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)

3 page Witness story "The Choice"

Characters I: John Whittier; Verna Stoddard
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Notes Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)

2 page text story "The New Whaler"

8 page Captain America story "The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up"

Characters GS: Golden Girl; V: John Harrington (I)
Genre superhero
Pencils Carl Burgos
Inks Al Gabriele