Marvel Mystery Comics #11 Recil Macon Pedigree (Timely, 1940) CBCS VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages....

Auction amount: $7,170.00

Sold: Nov 19, 2016

Marvel Mystery Comics #11 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1940

About Marvel Mystery Comics #11

War cover by Alex Schomburg, his third to feature the Human Torch. Sub-Mariner, the Angel, and Ka-Zar stories and cover insets. Carl Burgos, Bill Everett, Bob Oksner, and Paul Gustavson stories and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor] (inset); The Angel [Tom Halloway] (inset); Ka-Zar [David Rand] (inset); the Nazis

Pencils: Alex Schomburg

Inks: Alex Schomburg

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: Plague in the Slums

Characters: The Human Torch [Jim Hamond]; Dr. Stone (introduction); Reed (Stone's assistant); Casey (policeman); un-named police chief; Tom (policeman); Frank Simmons (villain, introduction, death); Roddy (villain, introduction, death); Skeets (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The Torch takes the law into his own hands, when, against orders, he helps a doctor burn down plague-infected slum housing.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Carl Burgos (signed)

Pencils: Carl Burgos (signed)

Inks: Carl Burgos (signed)

Title: The Capture of Luther Robinson

Characters: The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Mr. Martin (sailor); Tha-Korr; Dorma; Princess Fen; Luther Robinson (villain); Mickey (villain); Lynne Harris (villain)

Synopsis: Luther Robinson follows Namor back to his Antarctic home and attempts to capture him -- dead or alive -- but is eventually taken prisoner himself. He is informed that his girlfriend is also being held to insure he will not try to escape justice.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Bill Everett (signed)

Pencils: Bill Everett (signed)

Inks: Bill Everett (signed)

Letters: Bill Everett

Notes: Continued next issue.

Title: A Nestfull of Loot

Characters: The Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Lightning (Raider's horse); un-named sheriff; Billy; un-named deputy (villain, posing as an egg woman)

Synopsis: A series of robberies confounds the Raider until a dog un-intentionally helps solve the case.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Al Anders

Inks: Al Anders

Notes: Writer revision from Al Anders to ?. The Who's Who lists no writer for this strip. Notes added by Craig Delich 2008-12-19.

Title: Rajah Sarput's Hunt

Characters: Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Zar (a lion); Trajah (an elephant); Jim VanGelder; Rajah Sarput (villain, introduction); Bradley (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: When an evil man named Sarput takes possession of a large tract of land in the Belgian Congo jungle, Ka-Zar and Zar do battle with him to prevent the slaughter or capture of many animals, only to be taken prisoner themselves.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Ben Thompson ?

Pencils: Ben Thompson

Inks: Ben Thompson

Notes: Story contains 2-page spread (pgs. 4, 5) and is continued next issue.

Title: Mayhem at the Midget Race Track

Characters: Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (a monkey); "Deadline" Dawson (newspaper boy); un-named gamblers (villains)

Synopsis: A group of gamblers inject mercury into the tires of race cars in order to cause accidents and fix races for profit.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Ray Gill (signed)

Pencils: Bob Oksner (signed)

Inks: Bob Oksner (signed)

Title: Murder Is an Accident

Characters: Dr. James; Nurse Cassidy; Francis (villain)

Synopsis: The fact that five of the leading physicians in the area had died in fatal accidents the last two weeks didn't bother Dr. James, that is until he suddenly is visited by a rather strange patient.

Pages: 2.000

Script: Ray Gill [as W. Peters] (signed)

Pencils: Frank Thomas [as F. T.] (signed)

Inks: Frank Thomas [as F. T.] (signed)

Letters: typeset

Notes: Writer identification added by Craig Delich 2008-12-19.

Title: The Devils of the Mist

Characters: The Angel [Tom Halloway]; unnamed woman (introduction, death); the ghouls (villains, introduction, all die)

Synopsis: The Angel is captured by a group of in-human monsters who take him to their abode where he meets a beautiful girl dressed in ancient Greek garb and learns the creatures destroyed her civilization 4000 years ago and now threaten to do the same in modern times.

Pages: 9.000

Script: Paul Gustavson ?; Ray Gill ?

Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed)

Letters: Paul Gustavson

Notes: The Angel gains glider wings that once belonged to "Mercury". Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Title: The Forest Fire Fiends

Characters: Electro; Professor Philo Zog; Jim Brent; John Borden; Andrews; Baldwin Drake (villain, introduction); Mike (villain); Joe (villain)

Synopsis: The president of the Drake Lumber Mills, angry because his rival has successfully purchased the rich Burton County forest lands, hires some thugs to set fire to those forests.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Steve Dahlman ?

Pencils: Steve Dahlman (signed)

Inks: Steve Dahlman (signed)

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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	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	4	2	4	5	4	2	5	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	45
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Total	3	0	0	1	2	0	4	8	5	3	5	6	5	3	6	0	3	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	62

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