Dates
- Cover date
- December 1941
- On sale
- October 20, 1941
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Parrot Strikes Back · 15 pages
The Torch accompanies the Parrot on his prison train to California in order to help a chemist who wishes to examine an inactive volcano for sulfur deposits, which are used by the government to make gunpowder, which the U.S. is sorely lacking.
- The Sub-Mariner Smashes a Nazi Uprising! · 12 pages
After his encounter with the Lavarites, Namor heads for home, but runs into Queen Jarna, who had promised to return to Venus with her people. Not wanting to be killed, she leads Namor to a Nazi undersea city from which the Nazis plan to invade America. When Namor discovers the Queen planted the city for Hitler, he is furious and decides to settle accounts with her, once and for all.
- Seeds of Doom · 7 pages
Professor Norsen examines a fallen meteor and finds alien seeds, which he plants. However, the seeds bring forth strange, ever-growing monstrous plants that devour human life and destroy towns. The Vision assists the professor when a way is found to combat these creatures.
- The Truth · 2 pages
Star Northside football half back cheats on a History exam so that he can be eligible to play against rival Eastern High the following Saturday. When game day arrives, Bill learns that his teacher KNEW he cheated, but what happens next is a surprise even to Bill.
- The Witch Doctor's Potion · 6 pages
Ka-Zar is taken unconscious to the cave of a native in witch doctor attire and is given a potion by him, which immediately revives Ka-Zar, giving him temporary strength he never had before. He then leaves for home when he accidentally discovers the palatial mansion of a feared and hated ivory hunter, and it turns into a battle royale.
- The Mystery of the Gold Mine Skeleton · 7 pages
Terry and Deadline head north to explore a haunted mine and get more than they bargained for.
- The Patriot Smashes the Japanese Spy Ring · 5 pages
The Patriot is on hand when a Filipino assassin attempts to kill Lt. Curtis to prevent him from testifying before the Naval Affairs Committee on what he has learned in the Orient.
- The Case of the Armless Tiger Man · 9 pages
A former German worker, who had lost his arms in a machine in a factory he once worked at, is sent to America by the Nazis to destroy machines in America for the greater glory of the Reich.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (2004), Marvel Mystery Comics (1999), Golden Age of Marvel (1997), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Human Torch by Carl Burgos Omnibus (2019), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Pre-War Years Omnibus (2019)