WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Chief Wilson (from Golden Age Human Torch) — introduction
- Mary Wilson (from Golden Age Human Torch) — introduction
- Crime Boss (from Golden Age Human Torch) — introduction
- The Butcher (from Golden Age Human Torch) — introduction, death
Dates
- Cover date
- December 1953
- In stores
- August 19, 1953
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Return of... the Human Torch · 9 pages
Jim Hammond, the Human Torch, returns to action after four years by capturing Crime Boss and his henchmen, turning them over to Chief Wilson at the police department. He told Wilson he was buried by Crime Boss and four years later was able to escape to bring him to justice. Hammond flies to Korea and extracts his partner Toro, who'd been brain-washed by the Communists. Wilson's daughter Mary is captured by The Butcher, an associate of Crime Boss, and Hammond flies off to exchange himself for Mary. Hammond is saved by a now cured Toro, Mary is saved and The Butcher apparently killed.
- A Traitor among Us · 2 pages
- Back from the Dead! · 6 pages
At Lee School in New York, Professor Steve Rogers is explaining the role of Captain America during World War II. After class some students scoff at the idea of Captain America and fellow student Bucky Barnes tries to set them straight. Steve takes a drive with Bucky to get supplies but hears on the radio that the Red Skull and his crime syndicate henchmen have taken hostages at the United Nations. They quickly change into their Captain America and Bucky outfits and crash through a window at the U.N., quickly subduing an astonished Red Skull, who believed him dead.
- Untitled · 8 pages
Near an island in the South Seas, cargo ships are being sunk and their contents emptied. Upon a request from Admiral Saybrook, the Sub-Mariner agrees to look into it. Heading to the island with his previous romantic interest, Betty Dean, they discover a force of intelligent robots from Venus have been raiding the ships, preparatory to an invasion of Earth. Namor makes short work of the robots and they return to Venus, minus their leader, who is brought back to the U.S. by Namor. The captured robot notwithstanding, the U.S. officials don't believe Namor's story.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Super-Heroes (1967), Golden Age of Marvel (1997), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (2007), Mystic (1960), Spellbound (1960), Captain America (1968), Marvel Visionaries: John Romita Sr. (2005), Captain America Theater of War: America First! (2009), Decades: Marvel in the '50s - Captain America Strikes! (2019), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Post-War Years Omnibus (2019), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Human Torch by Carl Burgos Omnibus (2019), Marvel Visionaries: John Romita Sr. (2019)