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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published Fall 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee ?

Cover Details - "Only the fiery Torch stood between the Nazis and Suez!"

Characters The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro
Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Schomburg
Inks Alex Schomburg
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2010)

1 page All-Winners Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "The Best Yet!"

Characters The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Adolf Hitler; Benito Mussolini; Hideki Tojo
Synopsis Illustrated promotional house ad [with cover] for All-Winners Comics #6.
Pencils Lee King (signed)
Inks Lee King (signed)
Notes Found on the inside front cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-9-18.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2010)

20 page Human Torch story "The Hooded Gang"

Characters Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Mr. Ross; The Hooded Gang (villains); Dodd (villain, real estate man)
Synopsis The Torch and Toro prevent a man from being lynched by a slumlord. The man's plans for urban renewal would have prevented the slumlord's building and land from being condemned and sold to the railroad.
Genre superhero
Pencils Harry Sahle
Inks Jack Alderman
Notes The Masterworks edition lists Al Fagaly as penciler and Edd Asch as inker.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2010)

1 page Sub-Mariner Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "It's Here!"

Synopsis Promotional house ad for Sub-Mariner Comics #7, providing story titles and short synopses.
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-9-18.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2010)

20 page Sub-Mariner story "The Ghost of Reuben Hartnett"

Characters The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Deane; Jaggs (lawyer); Miss Amanda; John Howard (death); Mr. Smythe (villain)
Synopsis Namor and Betty arrive at the home of the late Reuben Hartnett in time for the reading of the will, a will which states that there is a locked box hidden away with the man's fortune and whoever finds it owns the treasure.
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Gabriele
Inks Carl Pfeufer
Notes The Masterworks edition lists Carl Pfeufer as penciler and John Jordan as inker.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2010)

2 page text story "The Invalid"

Characters Tom Grant; Jack Everett; The Man with a Scar (villain, Nazi spy-ring leader, death)
Synopsis A Nazi spy infiltrates the Everett Aircraft Plant, hoping to kill one of the young men trained to be a pilot and destroy the plant at the same time.
Genre adventure
Script Pvt. Irving Werstein (signed)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2010)

1 page Marvel Mystery Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "7 Big Reasons....."

Synopsis Promotional house ad for the latest issue of Marvel Mystery Comics, listing the top seven features found within its pages.
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-9-18.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2010)

18 page Human Torch story "Queer Case of Johnny Clostro"

Characters The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Inspector Neilan; Dr. Reese (death); Mr. Garrett (villain, bank Director); Mr. Webb (villain, bank President, death); Joey Clostro (villain, death)
Synopsis The Torch and Toro must battle a nefarious, cold-blooded killer who has one major weakness: he suffers from claustrophobia!
Genre superhero
Pencils Harry Sahle
Inks Al Gabriele ?
Notes The Masterworks edition lists the penciler as Al Fagaly and the inker as unknown.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2010)

2 page Swoopy the Fearless story

Characters Swoopy; Windy; Alexander E. Pavlovsky
Synopsis Swoopy and Windy have been appointed to carry mail for the government of Moronia.
Genre humor; aviation
Script Art Gates (signed)
Pencils Art Gates (signed)
Inks Art Gates (signed)
Letters Art Gates ?
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-9-18.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2010)

1 page Young Allies Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "Presenting --- Horror in Hollywood"

Characters Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Toro; Whitewash Jones; Jefferson Worthy Sandervilt; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]; The Owl (villain)
Synopsis Illustrated promotional house ad [with the cover] for Young Allies Comics #5.
Pencils Lee King (signed)
Inks Lee King (signed)
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-9-18. Found on the inside back cover.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2010)