Issue Details

Issue	#24
Published	December 1953
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Stan Lee

Cover Details - "The Human Torch Returns"

Characters	Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dick Ayers ?; Carl Burgos ?
Inks	Dick Ayers ?; Carl Burgos ?
Notes	The Burgos art credit is from Atlas Tales (http://www.atlastales.com/sI/4807), accessed 29 March 2010.
Reprinted	in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #20 (May 1969); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1

9 page Human Torch story "The Return of the Human Torch"

Characters	Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Carl Burgos (splash page only); Russ Heath
Inks	Carl Burgos (splash page only); Russ Heath
Notes	The Torch's last appearance was in Marvel Mystery Comics #92
Reprinted	in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #20 (May 1969); in Golden Age of Marvel (Marvel, 1997 series) #nn; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1

2 page text story "A Traitor Among Us"

Letters

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6 page Captain America story "Back From the Dead!"

Characters	Captain America (reintroduction); Bucky (reintroduction); Red Skull (origin retold)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	John Romita
Inks	John Romita ?; Mort Lawrence ?
Notes	in revisionist history, intro Captain America IV and Bucky III; last appearance of Captain America was in Captain America's Weird Tales #74. The Lawrence inks credit is from Atlas Tales (http://www.atlastales.com/sI/4807), accessed 29 March 2010.
Reprinted	in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #20 (May 1969); in Golden Age of Marvel (Marvel, 1997 series) #nn; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1; Captain America Theater of War: America First! (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

8 page Sub-Mariner story "The Sub-Mariner Returns"

Characters	Sub-Mariner; Betty Dean
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Everett
Pencils	Bill Everett
Inks	Bill Everett
Notes	last Sub-Mariner appearance was in Marvel Mystery Comics #92
Reprinted	in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #20 (May 1969); in Golden Age of Marvel (Marvel, 1997 series) #nn; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1