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COVER DETAILS
Title:
Battling the Sub-Mariner
Characters:
The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; the Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]
Pencils:
Alex Schomburg
Inks:
Alex Schomburg
STORY DETAILS
Title:
Human Torch vs. Sub-Mariner [Chapter 1]
Characters:
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Python
Synopsis:
With the help of the Nazis, the Python breaks out of Alcatraz, but every time the Sub-Mariner and the Human Torch & Toro make a move against the villain, the super-heroes get into an egoistic fight with each other, allowing the Python (for the moment) to conduct his reign of terror.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Mickey Spillane; Ray Gill
Pencils:
Allen Simon; Harry Sahle; Eddie Robbins ?; Carl Pfeufer ?
Inks:
Al Gabriele
Notes:
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-26-08.
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
In 1994 Spillane recalled half a century later the genesis of this story (Alter Ego #11, page 43). He claims to have been in the Funnies, Inc. studio with Ed Robbins and another whose name he could not recall, while Ray Gill "came popping in and out with an idea chart." In another location a second bunch of creators were working on the story simultaneously. Carl Pfeufer had become the main Sub-Mariner artist earlier that same year, replacing creator Bill Everett who had been conscripted. The rather barrel-chested hero seen in this story certainly looks like his work in other issues.
Title:
Human Torch vs. Sub-Mariner, Chapter 2: Python's Power
Characters:
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Python; Adolf Hitler; Hermann Goring; Joseph Goebbels
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Mickey Spillane; Ray Gill
Pencils:
Allen Simon; Harry Sahle; Eddie Robbins ?; Carl Pfeufer ?
Inks:
Al Gabriele
Notes:
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
Title:
The Men Hitler Fears
Characters:
Human Torch [illustrated]; Sub-Mariner [in the text only]; Professor Horton [illustrated]; V: Adolf Hitler [illustrated], and mentioned in the text only: Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Goring and Joachim von Ribbentrop
Synopsis:
Adolf Hitler is lamenting the loss of another 25 of his best spies, due to the efforts of the Torch and Sub-Mariner, and wonders what can be done about them. Goring suggests that agent seize the Torch's creator, Professor Horton, and have HIM destroy the Torch. In the meantime, Goring was to engineer the escape of the Python from prison and have him attempt to deal with the superheroes.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Mickey Spillane ?
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-26-08.
Title:
Human Torch vs. Sub-Mariner, Chapter 3: The Fiery Monster
Characters:
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Doctor Horton; Python
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Mickey Spillane; Ray Gill
Pencils:
Allen Simon; Harry Sahle; Eddie Robbins ?; Carl Pfeufer ?
Inks:
Al Gabriele
Notes:
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
Title:
Human Torch vs. Sub-Mariner, Chapter 4: The Python Strikes!
Characters:
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Doctor Horton; Python
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Mickey Spillane; Ray Gill
Pencils:
Allen Simon; Harry Sahle; Eddie Robbins ?; Carl Pfeufer ?
Inks:
Al Gabriele
Notes:
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
Title:
Human Torch vs. Sub-Mariner, Chapter 5: Underground Terror!
Characters:
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Doctor Horton; Python
Pages:
10.000
Script:
Mickey Spillane; Ray Gill
Pencils:
Allen Simon; Harry Sahle; Eddie Robbins ?; Carl Pfeufer ?
Inks:
Al Gabriele
Notes:
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
Title:
Human Torch vs. Sub-Mariner, Chapter 6: The Amazing Awakening
Characters:
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Doctor Horton; Python
Pages:
9.000
Script:
Mickey Spillane; Ray Gill
Pencils:
Allen Simon; Harry Sahle; Eddie Robbins ?; Carl Pfeufer ?
Inks:
Al Gabriele
Notes:
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
Title:
"A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury"
Synopsis:
The publishers donated this space, on behalf of the U.S. Savings Bonds and War Stamps campaign, to published a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., encouraging the boys and girls of America to buy at least one 10 cent Savings Stamp each week to help the war effort.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Henry Morgenthal, Jr. (credited)
Pencils:
? (illustration)
Inks:
? (illustration)
Letters:
?; typeset
Title:
Flight Over Tokyo
Characters:
Warren Gates; Major Briggs; Greg Holmes; Bill Halsey
Synopsis:
Warren had been stationed in Australia for three months and had not seen any action. When the Major stepped from his office and informed the men that they were going to conduct a raid on Tokyo, he was overjoyed that at last he'd get a crack at the enemy.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Mickey Spillane (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-28-08. Reprint note for Primal Spillane from Arthur Lortie, August 2008.
Characters:
Tubby; Tack; Pop
Synopsis:
Pop takes his sons to his favorite fishing hole, only to be surprised that someone else has beat them to the spot!
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Pencils:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Inks:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Letters:
Ray Houlihan ?
Notes:
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-26-08.
Characters:
Tubby; Tack
Synopsis:
Tubby and Tack decide to visit a fortune teller, but Tubby is convinced that he is a fake.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Pencils:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Inks:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Letters:
Ray Houlihan?
Notes:
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-26-08.
Title:
Nabbing Japanese Spies
Characters:
Casey McKann
Synopsis:
Casey is suspicious of Japanese men who work in a bakery.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Lou Ferstadt [as Looey] (signed)
Pencils:
Lou Ferstadt [as Looey] (signed)
Inks:
Lou Ferstadt [as Looey] (signed)
Letters:
Lou Ferstadt [as Looey] (signed)
Notes:
Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 1-26-08.
Characters:
Swoopy; Wendy
Synopsis:
Needing a $100 to get their plane out of hock, Swoopy and Wendy aid a man on the street getting accosted and get the $100...momentarily!
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Art Gates (signed)
Pencils:
Art Gates (signed)
Inks:
Art Gates (signed)
Letters:
Art Gates ?
Notes:
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-26-08.
Characters:
Swoopy; Wendy
Synopsis:
Swoopy and Wendy think they spot a counterfeiter and close in, but are told by him that he's only making $3 dollar bills and that is no crime!
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Art Gates (signed)
Pencils:
Art Gates (signed)
Inks:
Art Gates (signed)
Letters:
Art Gates ?
Notes:
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-26-08.
Characters:
Swoopy; Wendy
Synopsis:
Captured by the counterfeiter, our pair lose out when he is captured by a confederate.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Art Gates (signed)
Pencils:
Art Gates (signed)
Inks:
Art Gates (signed)
Letters:
Art Gates ?
Notes:
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-26-08.
Characters:
Swoopy; Wendy
Synopsis:
The two counterfeiters force Swoopy & Wendy to the airfield, where their plane is now out of hock, and force them to fly away from the Police...but an accident lands the plane, with the crooks and our heroes, in a prison!
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Art Gates (signed)
Pencils:
Art Gates (signed)
Inks:
Art Gates (signed)
Letters:
Art Gates ?
Notes:
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-26-08.
Title:
Private Peeps at Preposterous Punks Who Prowl This Planet
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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
4
2
1
5
4
4
10
8
8
6
6
7
6
4
4
4
3
3
3
0
1
0
1
0
0
94
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
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
1
1
1
0
4
2
1
1
3
0
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
Total
4
2
2
6
5
4
14
10
9
7
9
7
8
7
6
6
3
3
3
0
1
0
1
0
0
117
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