Marvel Mystery Comics #6 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1940

About Marvel Mystery Comics #6

The Angel's civilian alter ego is stated for the first time. Bondage cover by Alex Schomburg. Electrocution panel. Carl Burgos, Paul Gustavson, and Bill Everett art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: "Swinging across the shark pool, the Angel grasped the girl!"

Characters: The Angel [Tom Hallaway]

Pencils: Alex Schomburg

Inks: Alex Schomburg

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: The Forest Fire Felons

Characters: The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Tomson (fire fighter); Mr. Barton (bank President); Patch (villain, introduction, death); Turgo (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis: The Torch must combat a forest fire in order to prevent the Midtown Bank from being the scene of the theft of incendiary bomb plans.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Carl Burgos ?

Pencils: Carl Burgos (signed)

Inks: Carl Burgos (signed)

Letters: Carl Burgos ?

Notes: Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-11-9.

Title: The Woman Who Knew Tom Hallaway

Characters: The Angel [Tom Hallaway]; Mary Edwards; Gabby Harris (villain, introduction, death); Nichol (villain, introduction, jeweler and fence, death); Rocco (villain)

Synopsis: The Angel must save a young woman who has been kidnapped for the $500,000 necklace that she is supposed to be wearing.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Paul Gustavson ?; Ray Gill ?

Pencils: Paul Gustavson

Inks: Paul Gustavson

Letters: Paul Gustavson

Notes: The Angel's true name revealed in this story. Other stories lists The Angel as Tom Halloway. Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Title: The Execution of the Sub-Mariner

Characters: The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Dean; Marty (Policeman); Mike (Policeman); un-named Police Commissioner

Synopsis: After helping clear up the subway disaster, Namor is put on trial for his life and sentenced to death but is saved by the actions of Betty Dean. However, Namor vows revenge for what has happened to him.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Bill Everett (signed)

Pencils: Bill Everett (signed)

Inks: Bill Everett (signed)

Letters: Bill Everett

Notes: Story continued in next issue.

Title: The Border Dictator

Characters: The Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Lightning (the Rider's horse); un-named Sheriff; Pete Williams (ranch owner); Sam Marvin (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The Raider takes a hand in trying to discover why Sam Marvin wants to cheat Pete Williams out of his spread and discovers the land is being used to send rustled cattle through.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Al Anders ?

Pencils: Al Anders

Inks: Al Anders

Title: The Shrinking Spy

Characters: Randy Hayes; Professor Barzak (villain); Rudolf (villain)

Synopsis: A reporter is taken prisoner by an evil professor, who has invented a potion allowing a man to shrink in size so that he could fit under a door.

Pages: 2.000

Script: Ray Gill ? [as Andrew McWhiney] (signed)

Pencils: Frank Thomas [as Thomas] (signed)

Inks: Frank Thomas [as Thomas] (signed)

Letters: typeset

Notes: Three illustrations.

Title: The Voice's Dope Racket

Characters: Electro; Professor Zog; Wilkens [secretary to Zog]; Dunn [Operator #7]; Detective Riley; The Voice (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: Professor Zog orders his staff of operators to locate cities all across the nation that are having problem with dope-running so that Electro can be sent to clean them up.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Steve Dahlman ?

Pencils: Steve Dahlman [as Dahl] (signed)

Inks: Steve Dahlman [as Dahl] (signed)

Title: Murder of a Cosmetics Queen

Characters: The Ferret; Lily Saunders; Cora Waterbury (death); Dr. Jelenko; Rene Waterbury; Venario; Ryan (villain)

Synopsis: The Ferret investigates the death of the owner of large cosmetic factory and discovers that the brother of the deceased has been falsely accused.

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: Revenge For a Blind Man

Characters: Ka-Zar [David Rand]; N'Jaga (a leopard); Zar (a lion); Trajah (an elephant); Nono (a monkey); Fenton (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis: Coming across a dying man, Ka-Zar learns of a new threat in the jungle, a man named Fenton who lusts to kill.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Ben Thompson ?

Pencils: Ben Thompson (signed)

Inks: Ben Thompson (signed)

Notes: Character created by Bob Byrd.

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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	1	3	5	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	25
Qualified	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
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	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Total	0	1	4	6	2	1	2	3	2	1	2	2	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	35

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