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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published Spring 1943
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Vince Fago?

Cover Details

Characters The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Angel [Tom Hallaway] (inset); the Japanese (villains)
Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Schomburg
Inks Alex Schomburg
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)

19 page Sub-Mariner story "Terror of the Floating Fortresses"

Characters The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Captain Presner; Captain Tsaki (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis The Sub-Mariner investigates the sudden appearance of an iceberg in waters they normally do not exist in, and discovers it's man-made and a cover for Japanese destroyers to attack American shipping.
Genre superhero
Pencils Carl Pfeufer
Inks Carl Pfeufer
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)

1 page The Human Torch promo (ad from the publisher) "Zooming to greater thrills, mystery, action, patriotism"

Characters The Human Torch; The Sub-Mariner
Synopsis Illustrated promotional ad for the latest issue of the Human Torch.
Genre Superhero
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)

18 page Sub-Mariner story "The Green Island Menace"

Characters The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Guest Stars: The Irish Republican Army; Von Klutz (villain, introduction)
Synopsis Sub-Mariner must stop the mysterious and destructive explosions occuring all over Ireland, accomplished by a dangerous Nazi leader and his men, who are leaving clues behind which pin-point the I.R.A. as the true culprits.
Genre superhero
Pencils Carl Pfeufer
Inks Carl Pfeufer
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)

3 page Dr. Dimwit story "The Baffling Business With the Bowlegged Bozo"

Characters Dr. Dimwit; Slouch Crouch (Dimwit's assistant); Augustus Bustus (introduction)
Synopsis When Augustus Bustus enters the offices of Dr. Dimwit to see if the doctor can correct his bowl legs condition, he ends up with an entirely new problem which works out for the best.
Script Basil Wolverton
Pencils Basil Wolverton
Inks Basil Wolverton
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)

2 page none text story "The Day's Biggest Sale"

Characters Walt Jones; Mr. Jones; Bull Mulligan (villain); Squinty Lewis (villain); Trigger Davis (villain)
Synopsis Bull Mulligan buys several new shirts and ties, hoping that they will cheer up the members of his gang, but has trouble opening the door to the hideout with his key because of the packages in his arms, leading to a deadly result.
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)

20 page The Angel story "The King of Castle Island"

Characters The Angel [Tom Hallaway]; un-named girl (to be made Queen for the King); the Gorilla-Man and his family (introduction); The King of Castle Island (villain, introduction, death); The Royal Family (villains, introduction, death)
Synopsis When Tom Hallaway discovers a girl bleeding green blood, the Angel follows it up and discovers a group of people descended from an ancestor that had contracted a rare tropical malady resulting in green blood in all family members who followed.
Genre superhero
Pencils Gustav Schrotter
Inks Gustav Schrotter
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)