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Marvel mystery comics comic books issue 4

  • Issue #4
    Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) 4
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects Masked Raider story. First wrap detached and mostly split at spine.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; Torch has to deal with the ransom threats by a Dr. Manyac, who plans to use the Green Flames as a tool to exact revenge if his demands are not met. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel ventures into The Devil's Playground, which harbors killers, murderers, and every other imaginable menace to civilization in order to battle a giant who carries out the gruesome activities. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Betty, concerned on what effect the Nazi submarine warfare has had on ocean-going travel and commerce, enlists the aid of the Sub-Mariner and his aerial subs to deal with the problem. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; A couple of prospectors discover a large gold deposit on their property, but are threatened by local crooks to give them the location of that claim. Warning Enough text story, script by David G. Cooke, art by Harry Ramsey. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Professor Zog creates a marvelous robot, all powerful and intelligent, as a means of helping humainity by banishing all crime and evil. Electro's first case is to rescue a kidnapped child actress. Ferret Mystery Detective untitled story, script by Stockbridge Winslow, art by Irwin Hasen; Our hero faces a challenge from the underworld, who doesn't take a liking to his "crime doesn't pay" articles and is out robbing and killing people for jewelry. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; e Kraft returns to the Belgian Congo, where, years earlier, he had killed Ka-Zar's parents, and when Ka-Zar spots him, he swears revenge. Now De Kraft uses deadly tactics to deal with the natives, who want to desert him because they fear retribution from the "Jungle God." 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.