Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	September 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Joe Simon

Cover Details - "As Toro faced death..."

Characters	Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Alex Schomburg
Inks	Alex Schomburg

15 page Human Torch story "Highway of Mystery"

Characters	The Leader; Sigmund; Rudolph
Synopsis	N-4, a Nazi saboteur, has infiltrated the Topper Tank factory as an executive secretary. She has her men build a hideout above a superhighway so that she can drop a ramp to capture experimental models of a new tank during transit. She is unmasked by Torch and Toro.
Genre	superhero
Script	Carl Burgos
Pencils	Carl Burgos
Inks	Carl Burgos

12 page Sub-Mariner story "The Case of the Vanishing Convicts"

Characters	Prof. Dorn; Ramon Valerez; Black John; Mona
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Everett
Pencils	Bill Everett
Inks	Bill Everett
Letters	Bill Everett
Reprinted	in Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (December 1999).

5 page Patriot story "Swastika Over Europe"

Characters	Howard
Genre	superhero
Script	Ray Gill
Pencils	Art Gates
Inks	Art Gates

2 page text story "The Vision Speaks"

Characters	The Vision; The Law-Giver; Markham Ericson
Script	Stan Lee
Letters	typeset
Notes	takes place before issue #13

7 page Vision story "Cult of the Shark-god"

Characters	Kai-Mak
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon

6 page Ka-Zar story "Neutralizing the Nazis"

Characters	the Nazis
Genre	jungle
Script	Ben Thompson
Pencils	Ben Thompson
Inks	Ben Thompson

7 page Terry Vance story "The Mystery of the Green Diamond"

Characters	Deadline Dawson
Genre	detective
Script	Ray Gill
Pencils	Bob Oksner
Inks	Bob Oksner

9 page Angel story "Death On Inferno Isle"

Characters	Von Reiman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Avison
Inks	Al Gabriele