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1940); art by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Schomburg" title="Alex Schomburg">Alex Schomburg</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Publication information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_comics_publishing_companies" title="List of comics publishing companies">Publisher</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Format</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ongoing_series" title="Ongoing series">Ongoing series</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Superhero_comics" title="Superhero comics">Superhero</a> (#1–92)<br /><a href="/wiki/Horror_comics" title="Horror comics">Horror</a> (#93–159)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication date</th><td class="infobox-data">October<span class="nowrap"> </span>1939 – August<span class="nowrap"> </span>1957</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of issues</th><td class="infobox-data">159</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Marvel Mystery Comics</b></i> (first issue titled simply <i><b>Marvel Comics</b></i>) is an American comic book series published during the 1930s–1940s period known to fans and historians as the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Comic_Books" title="Golden Age of Comic Books">Golden Age of Comic Books</a>. It was the first publication of <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a>' predecessor, <a href="/wiki/Timely_Comics" title="Timely Comics">Timely Comics</a>, a division of Timely Publications. </p><p>In 1949, with the popularity of superheroes having waned, the book was converted into the <a href="/wiki/Horror_fiction" title="Horror fiction">horror</a> anthology <i><b>Marvel Tales</b></i> from issue #93–159 (Aug. 1949 – Aug. 1957), when it ceased publication.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marvel_Mystery_Comics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Publication history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Premiere_issue:_Marvel_Comics_#1"><span id="Premiere_issue:_Marvel_Comics_.231"></span>Premiere issue: <i>Marvel Comics</i> #1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marvel_Mystery_Comics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Premiere issue: Marvel Comics #1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1939, <a href="/wiki/Pulp_magazine" title="Pulp magazine">pulp magazine</a> publisher <a href="/wiki/Martin_Goodman_(publisher)" title="Martin Goodman (publisher)">Martin Goodman</a> expanded into the newly emerging comic book field by buying content from <a href="/wiki/Comics_packager" class="mw-redirect" title="Comics packager">comics packager</a> <a href="/wiki/Funnies,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Funnies, Inc.">Funnies, Inc.</a> </p><p>On August 31, 1939, his first effort, <i>Marvel Comics</i> #1 (<a href="/wiki/Cover-date" class="mw-redirect" title="Cover-date">cover-dated</a> Oct. 1939), from his company <a href="/wiki/Timely_Comics" title="Timely Comics">Timely Publications</a>, was published.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This featured the <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_appearances_in_Marvel_Comics_publications" class="mw-redirect" title="List of first appearances in Marvel Comics publications">first appearances</a> of writer-artist <a href="/wiki/Carl_Burgos" title="Carl Burgos">Carl Burgos</a>' <a href="/wiki/Android_(robot)" title="Android (robot)">android</a> <a href="/wiki/Superhero" title="Superhero">superhero</a> the <a href="/wiki/Human_Torch_(android)" title="Human Torch (android)">Human Torch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gustavson" title="Paul Gustavson">Paul Gustavson</a>'s costumed detective the <a href="/wiki/Angel_(Thomas_Halloway)" title="Angel (Thomas Halloway)">Angel</a>, and the first generally available appearance of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Everett" title="Bill Everett">Bill Everett</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mutant_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Mutant (Marvel Comics)">mutant</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-hero" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-hero">anti-hero</a> <a href="/wiki/Namor" title="Namor">Namor</a> the Sub-Mariner.<sup id="cite_ref-gcd_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gcd-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sub-Mariner was created for the unpublished movie-theater giveaway comic <i><a href="/wiki/Motion_Picture_Funnies_Weekly" title="Motion Picture Funnies Weekly">Motion Picture Funnies Weekly</a></i> earlier that year, with the eight-page original story now expanded by four pages. Also included were Al Anders' <a href="/wiki/Western_comics" title="Western comics">Western</a> hero the <a href="/wiki/Masked_Raider" title="Masked Raider">Masked Raider</a> (Jim Gardley), canceled after appearing in the first twelve issues; the jungle lord feature "The Adventures of <a href="/wiki/Ka-Zar_(David_Rand)" title="Ka-Zar (David Rand)">Ka-Zar</a> the Great", with Ben Thompson beginning a five-issue adaptation of the story "King of Fang and Claw" by Bob Byrd (pseudonym of Martin Goodman) in Goodman's pulp magazine <i>Ka-Zar</i> #1 (Oct. 1936);<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the non-continuing-character story "Jungle Terror", featuring an adventurer named Ken Masters and Professor John Roberts, written by the quirkily named Tohm Dixon;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Now I'll Tell One", five single-panel, black-and-white gag cartoons by <a href="/wiki/Fred_Schwab" title="Fred Schwab">Fred Schwab</a>, on the inside front cover; and "Burning Rubber", a two-page prose story by Ray Gill about <a href="/wiki/Auto_racing" title="Auto racing">auto racing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gcd_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gcd-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A painted cover by veteran science fiction pulp artist <a href="/wiki/Frank_R._Paul" title="Frank R. Paul">Frank R. Paul</a> featured the Human Torch,<sup id="cite_ref-gcd_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gcd-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> looking much different than in the interior story. </p><p>That initial magazine quickly sold out 80,000 copies, prompting Goodman to produce a second printing, cover-dated November 1939 and identical except for a black bar in the inside-front-cover indicia over the October date and the November date added at the end. That sold approximately 800,000 copies.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With a hit on his hands, Goodman began assembling an in-house staff, hiring Funnies, Inc. writer-artist <a href="/wiki/Joe_Simon" title="Joe Simon">Joe Simon</a> as editor. Simon brought along his collaborator, artist <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kirby" title="Jack Kirby">Jack Kirby</a>, followed by artist <a href="/wiki/Syd_Shores" title="Syd Shores">Syd Shores</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_Marvel_Mystery_Comics">As <i>Marvel Mystery Comics</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marvel_Mystery_Comics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: As Marvel Mystery Comics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner would continue to star in the long-running title even after receiving their own solo comic-book series shortly afterward. The Angel, who was featured on the covers of issues #2–3, would appear in every issue through #79 (Dec. 1946).<sup id="cite_ref-gcdmm_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gcdmm-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other characters introduced in the title include the aviator the <a href="/wiki/American_Ace_(Timely_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Ace (Timely Comics)">American Ace</a> (#2, Dec. 1939), with part one of his origin reprinted, like the first part of the Sub-Mariner's, from <i>Motion Picture Funnies Weekly</i> #1; the private detective the <a href="/wiki/Ferret_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferret (comics)">Ferret</a> (Leslie Lenrow) by writer Stockbridge Winslow and artist <a href="/wiki/Irwin_Hasen" title="Irwin Hasen">Irwin Hasen</a> (issues 4-9, February 1940-July 1940); and writer-artist Steve Dahlman's robot hero Electro, the Marvel of the Age (appearing in every issue from #4–19, Feb. 1940 – May 1941). Issue #13 saw the first appearance of the <a href="/wiki/Vision_(Timely_Comics)" title="Vision (Timely Comics)">Vision</a>, the inspiration for <a href="/wiki/Vision_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Vision (Marvel Comics)">the same-name Marvel Comics superhero</a> created in 1968. The original Vision appeared in solo stories through <i>Marvel Mystery Comics</i> #48.<sup id="cite_ref-gcdmm_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gcdmm-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also featured in the title was Terry Vance, The School Boy Sleuth by Ray Gill and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Oksner" title="Bob Oksner">Bob Oksner</a> (debuting in issue #10, August 1940 until #57, July 1944, as well as appearing in the first two issues of the revived <i><a href="/wiki/Mystic_Comics" title="Mystic Comics">Mystic Comics</a></i> shortly thereafter). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Serials_included_in_Marvel_Mystery_Comics">Serials included in <i>Marvel Mystery Comics</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marvel_Mystery_Comics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Serials included in Marvel Mystery Comics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/20px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marvel_Mystery_Comics&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>(in order of appearance) </p><p>The Human Torch (October 1939 – June 1949) </p><p>The Angel (October 1939 – December 1946) </p><p>The Sub-Mariner (October 1939 – April 1949) </p><p>The Masked Raider (October 1939 – October 1940) </p><p>Ken Masters/Professor John Roberts (October 1939) </p><p>The Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great (October 1939 – January 1942) </p><p>American Ace (December 1939 – January 1940) </p><p>Electro, the Marvel of the Age (February 1940 – May 1941) </p><p>Ferret, Mystery Detective (February 1940 – July 1940) </p><p>Terry Vance, The School Boy Sleuth (August 1940 – July 1944) </p><p>The Vision (November 1940 – October 1943) </p><p>The Patriot (July 1941 - June 1949) </p><p>Jimmy Jupiter (February 1942 - October 1943)) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marvel_Tales_(1949–1957)"><span id="Marvel_Tales_.281949.E2.80.931957.29"></span><i>Marvel Tales</i> (1949–1957)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marvel_Mystery_Comics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Marvel Tales (1949–1957)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MarvelTales93.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/42/MarvelTales93.jpg/220px-MarvelTales93.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/MarvelTales93.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="268" data-file-height="371" /></a><figcaption><i>Marvel Tales</i> #93 (Aug. 1949), the premiere issue; cover art by <a href="/wiki/Martin_Nodell" title="Martin Nodell">Martin Nodell</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The first <i>Marvel Tales</i> was the direct continuation of the superhero anthology <i>Marvel Mystery Comics</i>, published by <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a>' initial iteration, <a href="/wiki/Timely_Comics" title="Timely Comics">Timely Comics</a>. This series ran through issue #92 (cover-dated June 1949). Beginning with issue #93 (Aug. 1949), it became <i>Marvel Tales</i>, an anthology of horror, fantasy, and science fiction stories.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bulk of this series was published under the company name <a href="/wiki/Atlas_Comics_(1950s)" title="Atlas Comics (1950s)">Atlas Comics</a>. </p><p><i>Marvel Tales</i> included among its contributors writer and editor-in-chief <a href="/wiki/Stan_Lee" title="Stan Lee">Stan Lee</a> and such comics artists as Golden Age veterans Harry Anderson, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Burgos" title="Carl Burgos">Carl Burgos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Everett" title="Bill Everett">Bill Everett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Kida" title="Fred Kida">Fred Kida</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Sekowsky" title="Mike Sekowsky">Mike Sekowsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syd_Shores" title="Syd Shores">Syd Shores</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ogden_Whitney" title="Ogden Whitney">Ogden Whitney</a>, and, early in their careers, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Ayers" title="Dick Ayers">Dick Ayers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gene_Colan" title="Gene Colan">Gene Colan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_DiPreta" title="Tony DiPreta">Tony DiPreta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mort_Drucker" title="Mort Drucker">Mort Drucker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russ_Heath" title="Russ Heath">Russ Heath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Krigstein" title="Bernard Krigstein">Bernard Krigstein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Maneely" title="Joe Maneely">Joe Maneely</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Sinnott" title="Joe Sinnott">Joe Sinnott</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Basil_Wolverton" title="Basil Wolverton">Basil Wolverton</a>, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Issue #147 featured one of <a href="/wiki/Steve_Ditko" title="Steve Ditko">Steve Ditko</a>'s first stories for Marvel, "The Vanishing Martians".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series ran 67 issues under the new title, through #159 (Aug. 1957).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It ended because of the collapse of Atlas's distributor, <a href="/wiki/American_News_Company" title="American News Company">American News Company</a>, and the subsequent restructuring that limited the number of comics the company could publish in a month.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An issue of <i>Marvel Tales</i> was included in a display of covers representative of the "Crime, Horror & Weird Variety" at the April 1954 hearings of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Subcommittee_on_Juvenile_Delinquency" title="United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency">United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Marvel published a <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Tales_(comics)" title="Marvel Tales (comics)">different series of the same name</a> in the 1960s, primarily reprinting <a href="/wiki/Spider-Man" title="Spider-Man">Spider-Man</a> stories. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reprints">Reprints</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marvel_Mystery_Comics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reprints"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Marvel Comics #1</i> (50th anniversary edition; reprints #1, 1990; <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87135-729-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-87135-729-1">0-87135-729-1</a>)</li> <li><i>Marvel Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Edition</i> (reprints #1 with modern coloring, 2009)</li> <li><i>Golden Age Marvel Comics Omnibus</i> (Marvel Comics #1; Marvel Mystery Comics #2–12)</li> <li><i>Golden Age Marvel Comics Omnibus Vol. 2</i> (Marvel Mystery Comics #13-24)</li> <li><i>Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics Vol. 1</i> (Marvel Comics #1, Marvel Mystery Comics #2–4)</li> <li><i>Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics Vol. 2</i> (Marvel Mystery Comics #5–8)</li> <li><i>Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics Vol. 3</i> (Marvel Mystery Comics #9–12)</li> <li><i>Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics Vol. 4</i> (Marvel Mystery Comics #13–16)</li> <li><i>Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics Vol. 5</i> (Marvel Mystery Comics #17–20)</li> <li><i>Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics Vol. 6</i> (Marvel Mystery Comics #21–24)</li> <li><i>Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics Vol. 7</i> (Marvel Mystery Comics #25-28)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marvel_Mystery_Comics&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Science_Stories" title="Marvel Science Stories">Marvel Science Stories</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_America_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Miss America (Marvel Comics)">Miss America (Marvel Comics)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marvel_Mystery_Comics&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comics.org/series/655/"><i>Marvel Tales</i> (Marvel, 1949 series)</a> at the Grand Comics Database</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/10008/marvel_comics_1939_1">"Marvel Comics (1939) #1"</a>. <i>Marvel.com</i>. <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 26,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Marvel.com&rft.atitle=Marvel+Comics+%281939%29+%231&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marvel.com%2Fcomics%2Fissue%2F10008%2Fmarvel_comics_1939_1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMarvel+Mystery+Comics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gcd-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gcd_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gcd_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gcd_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comics.org/issue/556/">"<i>Marvel Comics</i> #1"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Comics_Database" title="Grand Comics Database">Grand Comics Database</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Grand+Comics+Database&rft.atitle=Marvel+Comics+%231&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comics.org%2Fissue%2F556%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMarvel+Mystery+Comics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://toonopedia.com/kazar.htm">Ka-Zar</a> at <a href="/wiki/Don_Markstein%27s_Toonopedia" title="Don Markstein's Toonopedia">Don Markstein's Toonopedia</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20240525223128/https://www.webcitation.org/676BhdVy1?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/kazar.htm">Archived</a> from the original on April 21, 2011. The Ka-Zar here, who would appear in every issue through <i>Marvel Mystery Comics</i> #27 (Jan. 1942), is unrelated to the Marvel Comics jungle lord Ka-Zar introduced in <i><a href="/wiki/Uncanny_X-Men" title="Uncanny X-Men">The X-Men</a></i> #10 (March 1965).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics Volume 1</i> (Marvel, 2004) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7851-1609-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-7851-1609-5">0-7851-1609-5</a>, as given in the contents page and as signed on the first page of the story, reprinted on pp. 46–51</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Per researcher Keif Fromm, <i>Alter Ego</i> #49, p. 4 (caption)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gcdmm-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gcdmm_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gcdmm_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comics.org/series/137/"><i>Marvel Mystery Comics</i></a> at the Grand Comics Database</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSanderson2008" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Sanderson" title="Peter Sanderson">Sanderson, Peter</a> (2008). "1940s". In Gilbert, Laura (ed.). <i>Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History</i>. London, United Kingdom: <a href="/wiki/DK_(publisher)" title="DK (publisher)">Dorling Kindersley</a>. p. 41. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0756641238" title="Special:BookSources/978-0756641238"><bdi>978-0756641238</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=1940s&rft.btitle=Marvel+Chronicle+A+Year+by+Year+History&rft.place=London%2C+United+Kingdom&rft.pages=41&rft.pub=Dorling+Kindersley&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0756641238&rft.aulast=Sanderson&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMarvel+Mystery+Comics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBenton1991" class="citation book cs1">Benton, Mike (1991). <i>Horror Comics: The Illustrated History</i>. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company. p. 11.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Horror+Comics%3A+The+Illustrated+History&rft.place=Dallas%2C+Texas&rft.pages=11&rft.pub=Taylor+Publishing+Company&rft.date=1991&rft.aulast=Benton&rft.aufirst=Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMarvel+Mystery+Comics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchelly2020" class="citation book cs1">Schelly, Bill (2020). <i>American Comic Book Chronicles: 1950s</i>. <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a>: <a href="/wiki/TwoMorrows_Publishing" title="TwoMorrows Publishing">TwoMorrows Publishing</a>. p. 41.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=American+Comic+Book+Chronicles%3A+1950s&rft.place=Raleigh%2C+North+Carolina&rft.pages=41&rft.pub=TwoMorrows+Publishing&rft.date=2020&rft.aulast=Schelly&rft.aufirst=Bill&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMarvel+Mystery+Comics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comics.org/series/655/"><i>Marvel Tales</i>, Marvel, 1949 series</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Comics_Database" title="Grand Comics Database">Grand Comics Database</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchelly2020" class="citation book cs1">Schelly, Bill (2020). <i>American Comic Book Chronicles: 1950s</i>. <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a>: <a href="/wiki/TwoMorrows_Publishing" title="TwoMorrows Publishing">TwoMorrows Publishing</a>. p. 159.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=American+Comic+Book+Chronicles%3A+1950s&rft.place=Raleigh%2C+North+Carolina&rft.pages=159&rft.pub=TwoMorrows+Publishing&rft.date=2020&rft.aulast=Schelly&rft.aufirst=Bill&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMarvel+Mystery+Comics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDaniels1991" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Les_Daniels" title="Les Daniels">Daniels, Les</a> (1991). <i>Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics</i>. New York, New York: <a href="/wiki/Abrams_Books" title="Abrams Books">Harry N. Abrams</a>. p. 75. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780810938212" title="Special:BookSources/9780810938212"><bdi>9780810938212</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Marvel%3A+Five+Fabulous+Decades+of+the+World%27s+Greatest+Comics&rft.place=New+York%2C+New+York&rft.pages=75&rft.pub=Harry+N.+Abrams&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=9780810938212&rft.aulast=Daniels&rft.aufirst=Les&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMarvel+Mystery+Comics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090218033757/http://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/02stanroy.html">"Stan the Man & Roy the Boy: A Conversation Between Stan Lee and Roy Thomas"</a>, <i>Comic Book Artist</i> (2). Summer 1998. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/02stanroy.html">the original</a> on November 14, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBradley2018" class="citation web cs1">Bradley, Drew (November 5, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news-columns/ghosts-of-comics-past-1118/">"Ghosts of Comics' Past: November in Comic History – Outcault Debuts, Atlas Closes"</a>. <i>Multiversity Comics</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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