Marvel Mystery Comics #48 (Timely, 1943) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $23,400.00

Sold: May 3, 2020

Marvel Mystery Comics #48 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1943

About Marvel Mystery Comics #48

This issue holds the last Vision feature. Alex Schomburg Nazi war flag cover. Harry Sahle, Frank Bolle, and Carl Pfeufer art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro

Pencils: Alex Schomburg

Inks: Alex Schomburg

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: Horror of the Masked Fiend

Characters: Hermann Schmidt (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis: A legless Nazi agent builds a wheelchair with hidden flaming hands to strangle army generals and put the blame onto the Torch. He captures Torch and Toro in a tank filled with liquid asbestos but there is just enough room at the top for Torch to ignite his hands and burn through the lid. When Torch and Toro burst through the wall, a flung brick strikes the control stud on the chair and the Nazi agent perishes at the hands of his own diabolical device.

Pages: 12.000

Pencils: Harry Sahle ?; Tom Tomasch ?; Allen Bellman ? (see notes)

Inks: Allen Bellman ?; Vince Alascia ? (see notes)

Notes: The names Tomasch, Bellman and Alascia appear in newspaper headlines and may have been involved in the art. Unknown inks per atlastales and Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Harry Sahle.

Title: The Case of the Spy Master's Quiz

Characters: Deadline Dawson (guest-star); Gaines (villain, introduction)

Pages: 7.000

Notes: Unknown art per atlasatales.com and Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Frank Bolle but Nick notes Bolle's earliest work is credited as backgrounds and by Bolle's own account he did not draw a strip until after the war.

Title: The Playing Card Castle

Characters: Jimmy Jupiter; Queen Clara (introduction, a card queen); her King (introduction); Cigam (introduction, a wizard)

Pages: 7.000

Script: Ray Gill ?

Pencils: Fred Bell ?

Inks: Fred Bell ?

Notes: Last Golden Age appearance. The character is reintroduced in Captain America (Marvel, 2011 series) #1

Title: The Mine Murderer

Characters: Lucky Wilson (villain, introduction, death); Nazi spy ring (villains, introductions)

Pages: 7.000

Inks: Vince Alascia ?

Notes: Unknown pencils and possible Alascia inks per Nick Caputo July, 2018. Previous indexer credited Mike Sekowsky on pencils and Syd Shores on inks. The Vision's next appearance is in KID KOMICS #3.

Title: Ghastly Secret of Castle Mood

Characters: Capt. Kraust (villain, introduction, death); Hugo (villain, introduction, death); Karl (villain, introduction); Lord Mood (introduction); Lucy Mood (his sister, introduction)

Pages: 8.000

Pencils: Gustav Schrotter ?

Inks: Gustav Schrotter ?

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	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	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	6	3	3	3	7	4	11	6	1	2	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	59
Qualified	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	0	0	0
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	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	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	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
Total	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	5	8	4	4	5	7	4	11	7	2	4	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	73

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