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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published Fall 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee?

Cover Details

Characters The Sub-Mariner; The Angel [inset].
Genre superhero
Pencils Allen Simon
Inks Frank Giacoia
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

1 page Young Allies and All-Winners Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "Two Smashing Successes!"

Characters The Young Allies; Captain America; Bucky; Sub-Mariner; Human Torch; Toro; Adolf Hitler (head-view); Benito Mussolini (heaad-view); Hideki Tojo (head-view)
Synopsis Illustrated promotional ads for Young Allies Comics #5 and All-Winners Comics #6.
Genre superhero
Pencils Lee King (signed)
Inks Lee King (signed)
Notes Found on the inside front cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

20 page Sub-Mariner story "Piracy On the Ocean's Bottom"

Characters The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Villains: "The Doctor" (I, D) and his zombies (I, D).
Synopsis Sub-Marine looks into the mysterious sinking of U.S. naval vessels off the Eastern Coast, each of them carrying a fortune in gold shipments. But he discovers a crazed doctor who has found an underground volcano that preserved the bodies of dead pirates of days gone by, whom he has been able to revive by a radioactive substance so they can go out and loot ships again after they have sunk.
Genre superhero
Pencils Carl Pfeufer
Inks Carl Pfeufer
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

1 page The Human Torch promo (ad from the publisher) "Here's Hot News!"

Characters The Human Torch; Toro
Synopsis Illustrated promotional ad for The Human Torch #9 and the sensational stories and features therein.
Genre superhero
Pencils Carl Burgos (comic cover)
Inks Carl Burgos (comic cover)
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

20 page The Angel story "The Firing Squad"

Characters The Angel; Major Callen; Villains: Danny Poll (I, D), the Firing Squad (I).
Synopsis A blind fit of rage by Danny Poll leads to his slugging a U.S. Army officer over Danny's fiance, a court martial and 15 years in solitary. After his release, he forms a military-like firing squad, used to carry out his revenge against the soldier [now a Major] whom he had slugged and testified against him in court!
Genre superhero
Pencils Gustav Schrotter
Inks Gustav Schrotter
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

2 page text story "Mercy Flight"

Characters Phil; Carl; Mike; Jim; Zeke Conners.
Synopsis A note sent by model plane for help in turn helps to save several lives.
Genre adventure
Script Justin Dewey Triem (signed as J.D. Triem)
Pencils ? [title of story only]
Inks ? [title of story only]
Letters typeset
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

18 page Sub-Mariner story "Death 'Round the Bend"

Characters The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Villains: Rindigo Jones III (I, D), Rindigo Jones I (I, D, flashback).
Synopsis The murder of a man by the "ghost of Rindigo Jones" leads Prince Namor smack dab into a mystery fostered by a curse laid on Jones many years before, and gold secreted aboard the "Water Witch" steamboat.
Genre superhero
Pencils Carl Pfeufer
Inks Carl Pfeufer
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

2 page Pop's Woppers filler

Characters Pop
Synopsis Pop and a fellow cop have to deal with the practical jokes being pulled on them by local kids.
Genre humor
Script Art Gates (signed)
Pencils Art Gates (signed)
Inks Art Gates (signed)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

1 page Terry Toons Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "It's Here!"

Synopsis Illustrated promotional ad for Terry Toons Comics #2.
Pencils Lee King (signed)
Inks Lee King (signed)
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

1 page Captain America promo (ad from the publisher) "Tops in Thrills! Mystery! Action! Comedy! Patriotism!"

Characters Captain America
Synopsis Illstrated promotional ad for Captain America Comics plus an opportunity to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty.
Genre superhero
Pencils Lee King [signed]
Inks Lee King [signed]
Letters mostly typeset
Notes Found on the inside back cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 3-8-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #2