The first appearance of the Golden Age Vision, by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The Sub-Mariner dons a new costume. Back cover ad for Human Torch #1. Alex Schomburg cover. Bill Everett, Paul Gustavson, and Carl Burgos art.
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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; The Angel [Tom Halloway] (inset); the Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor] (inset); the Vision [Aarkus] (inset)
Pencils:
Alex Schomburg
Inks:
Alex Schomburg
STORY DETAILS
Title:
Cut-Throat Justice
Characters:
Captain McGraw; Warden Dawes; Danny the Dud (villain, death); Sam the Barber (villain)
Synopsis:
As Danny the Dud is being transferred to "the big house", he thinks of his ex-partner whom he double-crossed and sent up the river. Now, as he sits in the barber's chair in prison, ready to get his first shave, the last thing he sees is that ex-partner with a razor in his hand!
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Andrew McWhiney (signed)
Pencils:
Harry Ramsey [as H. R.] (signed)
Inks:
Harry Ramsey [as H. R.] (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Found on the inside front and back covers.
Title:
Terror in the Subway
Characters:
The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; un-named mayor; Captain Rawlins (policeman); Reiss (villain, introduction); Mr. Morton (villain, introduction, subway builder)
Synopsis:
A subway builder loses both of his sons to cave-ins while constructing the tunnels, causing him to lose his mind and seek revenge, wanting to wreck trains so they wouldn't disturb his sons' graves within the tunnels' walls. But he is confined by those whom he hires to help him accomplish the task and the Torch must stop them.
Pages:
12.000
Script:
Carl Burgos (signed)
Pencils:
Carl Burgos (signed)
Inks:
Carl Burgos (signed)
Letters:
Carl Burgos ?
Title:
Smashing the Island Invasion
Characters:
The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Dorma; Princess Fen; Toro (an Atlantean tailor, introduction); The Nazis (villains, some die)
Synopsis:
Namor and Dorma, outfitted in new suits designed to ward off poison gasses, and on their way to Europe to aide in the war efforts, stop off at an island for rest. But they find themselves not only under arrest but under attack from the Nazis as well.
Pages:
10.000
Script:
Bill Everett (signed)
Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Inks:
Bill Everett (signed)
Letters:
Bill Everett
Title:
Enter: The Vision
Characters:
The Vision [Aarkus] (introduction, origin) (see also issue #23); Dr. Enoch Mason (introduction); Shiela Mason (his daughter, introduction); Mose (Mason's butler); Markham (scientist); "Brains Borelli" (villain); Queenie (villain); Tony (villain, introduction); Bomber (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
A professor, believing that ghosts and spirits actually inhabit worlds and universes that co-exist with our universe, is set upon by "Brains" Borelli's men during an experiment to prove his theory. The result is a being called Aarkus, Destoyer of Evil, drawn to the laboratory, who helps save the professor and his daughter from harm.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Jack Kirby; Joe Simon ?
Letters:
Jack Kirby
Notes:
Pencils and inks identification by Greg Theakston. Nick Caputo suspects Simon assisted on the inks.
Letters credit identified by Greg Theakston and later Harry Mendryk on the Jack Kirby Museum web page http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2369, 31 October 2008 (retrieved 15 December 2014).
Joe Simon removed from inks field.
Splash page plus selected panels reprinted in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #2.
Title:
Case of the Counterfeit Paintings
Characters:
Terry Vance; Dr. Watson (a monkey); Deadline Dawson (newspaperman); un-named boss (villain); Slim (villain)
Synopsis:
Terry's discovery of fresh paint on a supposedly vintage oil painting sparks his interest.
The investigation nearly costs him his life.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Ray Gill (signed)
Pencils:
Bob Oksner (signed)
Inks:
Bob Oksner (signed)
Title:
Mystery of the Moon Robots
Characters:
Electro; Professor Philo Zog; Dr. Simon Crane (introduction); Betty Crane (his daughter, introduction); Gnorr, Emperor of the Moon (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
The professor and the Cranes leave Earth for the Moon, but when they send out Electro to investigate the environment, he is attacked and captured by moon robots. Zog and the Cranes land and initiate their own attack on the moon people and save the day.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Steve Dahlman ?
Pencils:
Steve Dahlman (signed)
Inks:
Steve Dahlman (signed)
Title:
The Murder of Happy Norton
Characters:
The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Happy Nolan (introduction, death); The Savoy Gang [Limpy Savoy (death); Rocco; Bumpy; Punchy; Harry] (villain. introduction for all)
Synopsis:
The death of a former member of the Savoy mob who had chosen to go straight angers the Angel, and he swears to hunt down the men responsible for this death.
Pages:
9.000
Script:
Paul Gustavson ?; Ray Gill ?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
Inks:
Paul Gustavson
Letters:
Paul Gustavson
Notes:
Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Title:
In the New York Jungle
Characters:
Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Zar (a lion); Ruth Wilson; Dr. Wilson
Synopsis:
Now in America, Ka-Zar is taken in by the police. He escapes through the efforts of the Wilsons and is put into their custody. But Ka-Zar feels he must free Zar as well from behind bars in the zoo, and so he makes his way there to free him.
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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
0
4
0
1
3
3
7
3
7
2
7
4
4
3
1
3
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
57
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Signature Series
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Restored
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
Total
1
4
0
1
3
3
7
3
10
2
9
6
5
5
1
3
1
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
69
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