Conclusion of the Human Torch / Sub-Mariner battle. Terry Vance begins. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories and art by Carl Burgos, Bill Everett, and Paul Gustavson. Art by Bob Oksner.
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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Ka-Zar (inset); The Angel [Tom Halloway] (inset); Electro (inset); Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (inset); Terry Vance and Dr. Watson (in same inset); the Nazis
Pencils:
Alex Schomburg
Inks:
Alex Schomburg
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
The Invaders (Marvel, 1975 series) #21 (October 1977)
STORY DETAILS
Title:
The Result of the Most Famous Battle in Comic Magazines
Characters:
The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Dean
Synopsis:
Trapped in a translite tube, only the intervention of Betty Dean saves the Torch and ends the battle between him and Namor.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Bill Everett; Carl Burgos; John Compton
Pencils:
Bill Everett; Carl Burgos
Inks:
Bill Everett; Carl Burgos
Reprints:
Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #8 (April 1967)
Notes:
Conclusion of the Human Torch/Sub-Mariner battle.
Title:
The Gasoline Profiteering Racket
Characters:
The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Tom; Mr. Atwell (gas station owner); un-named Police Captain; Palmer (villain, introduction); Limpy (villain, introduction); Riley (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Torch must battle a gas syndicate who tries to raise the price of gasoline and bombs any gas station refusing to go along.
Pages:
11.000
Script:
Carl Burgos (signed)
Pencils:
Carl Burgos (signed)
Inks:
Carl Burgos (signed)
Title:
Hostilities Renewed
Characters:
The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Cap'n Bob (skipper of "The Colleen"); Luther Robinson (introduction); Lynne Harris (introduction); Tha-Korr; Dorma; Stevens (USN sailor)
Synopsis:
Because of Namor's seeming inability to handle the Torch, he is suspended from all active service. Meanwhile, a group of hardened ice field seamen, led by Luther Robinson, seek out the Sub-Mariner to destroy him.
Pages:
10.000
Script:
Bill Everett (signed)
Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Inks:
Bill Everett (signed)
Letters:
Bill Everett ?
Reprints:
The Invaders (Marvel, 1975 series) #21 (October 1977)
Notes:
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-2-28.
Title:
The Ghouls of the Blue Ridge Mountains
Characters:
The Angel [Tom Halloway]; unnamed girl; a band of ghouls (villains, introduction for all, all die); The Devils of the Mist (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
The Angel must cope with weird "devils of the mist," who have been released from the bowels of the earth by a volcano and who are kidnapping young women topside to sacrifice to the volcano.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Paul Gustavson ?; Ray Gill ?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Letters:
Paul Gustavson
Notes:
Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Title:
Master of the Living Dead
Characters:
Electro; Professor Philo Zog; Dr. Bruno Varoz (villain, introduction, death); Varoz's army of living corpses (villains, introduction for all, all die); a two-headed monster (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
Electro is called into service to battle an evil, now insane, ex-genius of brain surgery, stationed in an old castle somewhere off the coast of Cuba, who has successfully created artifical blood.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Steve Dahlman ?
Pencils:
Steve Dahlman (signed)
Inks:
Steve Dahlman (signed)
Title:
Tiger Trail
Characters:
Tiger Travis; Jimmy Travis (death); Miles Gudgeon (villain)
Synopsis:
Miles Gudgeon is on the run after murdering a young boy over a handful of petals.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Hedwig C. Langer [as Beach Allen] (signed)
Pencils:
Ed Robins [as E. R.] (signed)
Inks:
Ed Robins [as E. R.] (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Art credits added by Craig Delich 2008-11-23. As noted in the blog SangorShop, "Beach Allen" is probably a misprint for "Beech Allen", who had written various credits for Robert Erisman at Goodman' pulp division during the late 1930s. "Beach Allen" was the pen name of Hedwig C. Langer 2013-03-29
Title:
Treachery in Two Forks
Characters:
The Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Lightning (the Raider's horse); Jonathan Gregg (tax collector, death); Sally; un-named Sheriff; un-named crook (villain)
Synopsis:
A criminal who has fatally wounded a tax collector sees the Raider and works out a scheme to convince the sheriff that the Raider is the murderer, all as a blind to steal the tax money himself.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Al Anders ?
Pencils:
Al Anders
Inks:
Al Anders
Title:
The Murder of a Man without a Will
Characters:
Terry Vance (introduction); Dr. Watson (introduction, a monkey); Dr. Caldwell (death); un-named assistant of Dr. Caldwell; un-named fiancee of Caldwell's assistant; Gregory (villain, introduction, Caldwell's stepson)
Synopsis:
While Terry Vance, the Boy of a Hundred Hobbies" works on an experiment, he hears a police call of someone murdered in a penthouse. Investigating, he discovers the man has been murdered by "remote control."
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Ray Gill
Pencils:
Bob Oksner
Inks:
Bob Oksner
Title:
A Visit from Scotland Yard
Characters:
Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Zar (a lion); Nono (a monkey); un-named airplane pilot; un-named detectives; "London" Jack (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
A wanted criminal captures two Scotland Yard detectives and then leaves them for dead while he attempts to fly out of the jungle to freedom.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Ben Thompson ?
Pencils:
Ben Thompson (signed)
Inks:
Ben Thompson (signed)
Characters:
Dan Druff; "Jolly Joe" Josh; Clem Chowder; Professor O. U. Chiseler; Oscar Tittle
Synopsis:
Features a series of humorous inventors and the problems their inventions have caused.
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
0.5
1.0
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.8
9.9
10.0
Total
Universal
2
0
0
0
1
4
1
8
4
7
4
5
4
2
6
1
4
3
2
0
5
1
0
0
0
64
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
Signature Series
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restored
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
3
2
2
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
17
Total
3
0
0
1
1
7
2
10
8
11
6
6
6
2
8
1
4
4
2
0
5
1
0
0
0
88
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