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Issue Details

Issue #82
Published May 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details

Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell
Reprinted in Agents of Atlas (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn]; in Giant-Size Marvel Adventures The Avengers (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (September 2007)

12 page Human Torch story "The Laughing Killer"

Characters V: Lydia Kenny (I)
Synopsis A worker is drugged by his boss when he discovers that she manufactures burglar tools in order to make it appear as though he has been drinking. She murders his friend whom he had confided in in such a way as to make him the fall guy. Torch and Toro figure out who the guilty party really is and hand her over to the police.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jimmy Thompson
Inks Jimmy Thompson

12 page Sub-Mariner story "The Coming of Namora!"

Characters I & O: Namora (Aquaria Nautica Neptunia); I: Namora's father (D); V: Stoop Richards (I); GS: Betty Dean
Genre superhero
Pencils Ken Bald
Inks Syd Shores
Reprinted in Agents of Atlas (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn]; in Giant-Size Marvel Adventures The Avengers (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (September 2007)

7 page Miss America story "Ticket To Hades (Ch. 7)"

Characters V: Rex Herr
Genre superhero
Pencils Ken Bald
Inks Ken Bald
Notes Ch. 7 of serial

2 page text story "Try and Catch Me"

Letters typeset

7 page Young Allies story "Puzzle of Evil"

Characters V: Moose Mulligan (I)
Genre superhero
Pencils Charles Nicholas
Inks Al Gabriele

7 page Captain America story "Twenty-Four Hours of Terror"

Characters GS: Bucky; V: Crystal Green (I)
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Al Avison
Inks Al Bellman