Marvel Mystery Comics #5 Billy Wright pedigree (Timely, 1940) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $33,460.00

Sold: Feb 24, 2012

Marvel Mystery Comics #5 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1940

About Marvel Mystery Comics #5

Gerber and Overstreet both rate this issue as "scarce." Overstreet notes the "classic Alex Schomburg Torch cover, his first ever." The Human Torch story has art by Carl Burgos, the Angel story is by Paul Gustavson, and the Sub-Mariner story is by Bill Everett. Currently #38 on Overstreet's list of Top 100 Golden Age Comics.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]

Pencils: Alex Schomburg

Inks: Alex Schomburg

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: The Orton Medical Mission

Characters: The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Johnson; Tom; Blake (villain introduction, death); Hank (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis: A medical emergency and crisis in the city of Orton during a blizzard forces the Torch to make a trip to that town with a plane full of medical supplies. Unfortunately, the plane crash lands and the supplies are stolen by a couple of escaped convicts.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Carl Burgos (signed)

Pencils: Carl Burgos (signed)

Inks: Carl Burgos (signed)

Letters: Carl Burgos ?

Notes: Torch finally in red uniform. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-11-8.

Title: Adventure of the Overturned Cars

Characters: The Angel [Tom Halloway]; Miss Mary; Mulligan (Policeman); Slugger (villain, introduction); Nick (villain, introduction); their gang (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis: The Angel rescues a girl and prevents a gang of bank robbers from successfully making a getaway with their loot.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Paul Gustavson ?; Ray Gill ?

Pencils: Paul Gustavson

Inks: Paul Gustavson

Letters: Paul Gustavson

Notes: Oddity: the Angel appears bare-legged in this story. Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Title: On the Side of the Surface Men

Characters: The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Dean; Tha-Korr; Lt. Mogar; Mills Gilligan (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: Namor, after successfully ending the mine and sub menace in the Atlantic, briefly visits home, then heads back to America to help out with ending non-war related crime. But on his arrival, he is immediately taken prisoner until Betty Dean convinces the authorities to release him to deal with criminals that have flooded the city's subway system.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Bill Everett (signed)

Pencils: Bill Everett (signed)

Inks: Bill Everett (signed)

Letters: Bill Everett

Notes: Story continued next issue.

Title: Mystery of the Poisoned Arrows

Characters: The Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Ben Wallis; Sam (deputy, death); Grimsey (villain, introduction); Manuel (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The Raider must deduce the reason behind a series of murders by poisoned arrow that occur close to election day.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Al Anders ?

Pencils: Al Anders [as Anders] (signed)

Inks: Al Anders [as Anders] (signed)

Notes: Story title taken from last panel in strip found in Marvel Mystery #4.

Title: It's in the Cards

Characters: Ace Carver; Alice Carver; Billy Creele; "Slit" Kincaid (villain)

Synopsis: Ace Carver, a member of the "Clever Carvers," a performing troupe involved in card tricks and memory stunts, trys to woo a young kid away from the clutches of the evil "Slit" Kincaid by agreeing to teach him their tricks of the trade.

Pages: 2.000

Script: Ray Gill (signed)

Pencils: Harry Ramsey [as H. Ramsey] (signed)

Inks: Harry Ramsey [as H. Ramsey] (signed)

Letters: typeset

Notes: Illustration at top of text piece.

Title: The Tyrant of Torpis

Characters: Electro; Dr. Phil Zog; King Sangor; Bill (Operative #4); Kalph Belgri (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis: Professor Zog informs Operatives #1 and #4 that he is going to dispatch them and Electro to the Republic of Molivia, which has been invaded by the armies of Kalph Belgri, who seeks to control that nation.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Steve Dahlman ?

Pencils: Steve Dahlman [as Dahl] (signed)

Inks: Steve Dahlman [as Dahl] (signed)

Title: King of the Counterfeiters

Characters: Ferret; Nosey (a ferret); Little Frankie (death); Rickey (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The death of an underground stoolie and a piece of blank paper lead Ferret to a major counterfeiting ring.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Bob Davis [as Stockbridge Winslow] (signed)

Pencils: Irwin Hasen [as I. Hasen] (signed)

Inks: Irwin Hasen [as I. Hasen] (signed)

Title: Fifth Episode [Return of the Oman]

Characters: Ka-Zar [David Rand]; John Rand (cameo); Zar (a lion); N'Jaga (a leopard); Nono (a monkey); Paul De Kraft [aka Fat Face] (villain, death); Ed Kivlin (villain, death); Aroangi (villain); Bawala (villain)

Synopsis: When De Kraft learns that David Rand [aka Ka-Zar] still lives, he tracks down the "Jungle God" and takes him captive, arranging a rather protracted and cruel death for him.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Ben Thompson ?

Pencils: Ben Thompson (signed)

Inks: Ben Thompson (signed)

Notes: Character created by Bob Byrd. The bracketed story title was given in the last panel of the Ka-Zar story in Marvel Mystery #3.

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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	4	3	1	1	2	4	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Total	2	4	3	1	2	2	4	1	5	3	2	3	1	2	2	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46

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