First appearance of the Terror. Origin of Black Marvel. Alex Schomburg World War II cover. Full-page ad for Captain America Comics #1. Paul Gustavson, Harry Sahle, Syd Shores, Al Gabriele, and Fred Guardineer art.
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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
Black Marvel [Dan Lyons]
Pencils:
Alex Schomburg
Inks:
Alex Schomburg
STORY DETAILS
Title:
The Origin of the Black Marvel
Characters:
Black Marvel [Dan Lyons] (introduction; origin); Chief Man-To (introduction; death); Running Elk; Dan Lyons; Al; Steve; Mickey; Vannie; Jund
Synopsis:
The Black Marvel stops a group of criminals who have sabotaged the power plant to provide cover to steal weapons to set themselves up as the local criminal power. In the middle of this story, we see the Black Marvel's origin as a white man who successfully completes the physical trials to take over the position of the dying chief of the Blackfeet tribe after all of the tribe's braves had failed.
Notes:
Note that some sources claim that Stan Lee co-created the Black Marvel, but Lee's first writing credit for a text filler, has been established as being in Captain America Comics #3, with his first comic scripting credit a few issues after that.
Title:
The Tempest
Characters:
Super-Slave (introduction); Cappy (introduction); Jane (introduction)
Synopsis:
Cappy (an elderly fisherman) and his daughter Jane are shipwrecked on an island. Cappy scratches an old bracelet he finds on the beach, releasing the Super-Slave who must now do his bidding. Cappy has him rescue Jane, and later needs Super-Slave's services again after they stumble onto a criminal organization.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Letters:
Paul Gustavson
Notes:
There is a teaser for another Super-Slave story next issue, but it never appeared.
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Title:
The Discovery in the Volcano
Characters:
Bob Roland (introduction); Carol (introduction); Sub-Earth Man (villain; introduction; origin); Flame Men (villains)
Notes:
Art credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who (Henry Andrews 9/24/08).
There is a teaser for another Sub-Earth Man story in the next issue, but it never appeared.
Title:
Introducing the Terror
Characters:
The Terror (introduction; origin); Dr. John Storm (introduction; death)
Synopsis:
After witnessing an amazing transformation in his dog, brought on by chemicals, Dr. Storm extracts a serum to grant those powers of fearlessness and a skull-like appearance to a human being. When a man loses control of his car and winds up amnesiac on the doctor's doorstep, Dr. Storm subjects hi to the serum. When gangsters arrive to force Dr. Storm to help them, the stranger wakes up and assumes the ghastly visage of the Terror, killing the thugs. Dr. Storm dies from his wounds, but the Terror vows to continue his fight against crime.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Phil Sturm (signed)
Pencils:
Syd Shores (signed); George Klein (backgrounds ?)
Inks:
George Klein ? (see notes)
Notes:
Klein attribution on inks and/or backgrounds by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo, who notes these details as characteristic of Klein at this time:
Page 2, panel 1. Wafting clouds against the moon.
Page 3, panel 3. The black ink streaks at the top left.
Page 6, panel 4. Same wafting clouds against the moon.
Page 7, panel 3. Ditto.
Title:
The Legend of the Blackfeet
Characters:
Black Marvel [Blackfeet Indian] (introduction); Malcolm Lyons (introduction)
Synopsis:
An Indian brave of the Blackfeet tribe with black paint on his face drives off a Comanche raiding party, saving a wagon train including Malcolm Lyons and his family. Malcolm dubs him a Black Marvel.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Ray Gill (signed)
Pencils:
Peter Alvarado [as PA] (signed)
Inks:
Peter Alvarado [as PA] (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Text with illustrations. Statement of ownership appears at the bottom of the 2nd page.
Title:
Garvey Lang
Characters:
Black Widow [Claire Voyant]; Satan
Synopsis:
Satan asks the Black Widow to collect the soul of train robber Garvey Lang. She stirs up discontent within his gang, causing the deaths of several of them. Finally, the Black Widow delivers her kiss of death to Lang at a costume ball he threw to celebrate his ill-gotten gains.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
George Kapitan [as Kapitan] (signed)
Pencils:
Harry Sahle [as Sahle] (signed)
Inks:
Harry Sahle [as Sahle] (signed)
Title:
The Poisoned Children
Characters:
Moon-Man
Synopsis:
The Moon-Man goes after a racketeer who bought tainted meat for an orphanage so he could pocket most of the money.
Pages:
8.000
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Inks:
Fred Guardineer
Notes:
Only golden age appearance. Next appearance in All-Winners Squad: Band of Heroes (Marvel, 2011 series) #2.
Plot and some dialogue/layouts lifted from the Face story in Big Shot Comics (Columbia, 1940 series) #1 (May 1940).
Title:
The Story of Mark Todd
Characters:
Blazing Skull [Mark Todd] (introduction); The Leader (clearly intended to be Adolf Hitler)
Synopsis:
Mark Todd is on a passenger liner in the Atlantic Ocean when it is attacked by a sub firing torpedoes. To the astonishment of his fellow passengers, he leaps into the water and deflects the torpedo, changing into the Blazing Skull once he is out of the ship's sight. Returning to the ship he finds a cable summoning him to Berlin. His contact in Berlin has located the enemy's secret weapon. The Skull destroys the weapon but is captured. The leader orders him executed, but the Blazing Skull escapes.
Pages:
9.000
Script:
Bob Davis [as Mister X] (signed)
Pencils:
Bob Davis [as Mister X] (signed)
Inks:
Bob Davis [as Mister X] (signed)
Notes:
Credits suggested by Who's Who and comparison with signed work by Davis elsewhere.
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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
1
0
0
5
0
1
0
3
1
3
0
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
4
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
42
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
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
0
2
1
0
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
Total
1
0
0
5
0
2
0
4
1
6
0
4
5
4
2
5
2
3
4
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
56
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