Dates
- Cover date
- December 1940
- On sale
- October 18, 1940
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Cult of Fire-Men · 12 pages
The Torch has a real dilemma: he has to track down members of the Fire Cult who have committed a murder, but the man murdered was intending to destroy the world.
- Blitzing the U-Boat Base · 10 pages
After Namor successfully routs invading Nazi paratroopers on an island Dorma and he arrived on for a rest, his questioning of the Nazi lieutenant reveals that the Axis Powers have built a secret submarine base on a little-known island 20 miles from the coast of Florida. He and Dorma head for that base to tackle the Nazi horde.
- The Synthetic Diamonds · 9 pages
The Angel investigates a mine operator that has a lot of equipment for handling radium on his hands, equipment that is being used to create synthetic diamonds.
- Redskins Bite Cinders · 2 pages
A group of railroad men use old engine 751 to protect a town from invading Indians.
- The Werewolf Strikes · 7 pages
The Vision must battle two werewolves, one, in reality Gordon Sanders, a member of the ill-fated Medwick Expedition that discovered the lost Tibetan City of Demons, where he was bitten by such a werewolf.
- The Kidnapping of Diana Dunn · 7 pages
Deadline takes Terry along when he interviews actress Diana Dunn, but a staged "movie scene" turns out to be a real kidnapping.
- Attack of the Subterraneans · 8 pages
The destruction of the Fairbanks Iron Works leads Electro into the bowels of the earth to confront the Onees, who take control of the robot and force Professor Zog to come to his rescue.
- Escape from New York · 9 pages
Ka-Zar succeeds in getting Zar out of the zoo he is imprisoned in and hides out on a British boat heading toward Africa. Unfortunately, the boat is torpedoed by an enemy submarine.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (2004), The Complete Jack Kirby (1997), The Best of Simon and Kirby (2009), Golden Age Marvel Comics Omnibus (2009), Mystic Comics 70th Anniversary Special (2009), Young Allies 70th Anniversary Special (2009), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Human Torch by Carl Burgos Omnibus (2019), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (2019), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Pre-War Years Omnibus (2019)