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Daring Mystery Comics #8

Marvel · Series began 1940 · January 1942

first appearance of Citizen V

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Citizen V (John Watkins) — introduction · origin

Dates

Cover date: January 1942
On sale: October 25, 1941
Pages: 68

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Jack Kirby, Ben Thompson, Bill Everett, Eddie Robbins, Frank Pretsch, Harry Sahle, Frank Borth, Ray Houlihan, Alex Schomburgscript: Bill Everett, Irv Werstein, Frank Pretsch, Ray Houlihaninks: Bill Everett, Eddie Robbins, Frank Pretsch, Harry Sahle, Frank Borth, Ray Houlihan, Ben Thompson, Alex Schomburgletters: Ray Houlihan

Stories

"V" for Victory! · 10 pages
British soldier Lt. John Watkins is injured and left behind at the retreat to Dunkirk. When he recovers he is mysteriously stronger, and returns to the battlefield in France as Citizen V to rally the conquered peoples to strike back at the Nazis. The "V" symbols he leaves everywhere soon begin to drive the enemy crazy.
Terror Reigns On the High Seas! · 10 pages
The Fin discovers a Nazi U-boat captained by the Barracuda finishing off the destruction of a freighter. He boards the sub, fights the Barracuda, and radios the allied military to pick up the defeated Nazis.
Death Rides the Air Waves! · 12 pages
A former radio engineer, who hates all of mankind, turns killer and devises a clever trap using Morse Code to kill people at random for revenge.
Danny Makes Good · 2 pages
Dan Carmody, who had spent his early life getting to know and use cameras well, wanted to go to New York City and get a job on a big city newspaper, such as the New York Globe. He applied for a position and was turned down.....that is, until he came upon the robbing of Pace National Bank, getting exclusive pictures and thus landing a job. He went to Spain in 1936 and then to China, taking some of the greatest photos in journalistic history, including dramatic pics of the evacuation of Dunkirk!
The Groom Strikes · 5 pages
The Groom, who commits all his crimes in a wedding suit, breaks into the Professor's home to steal Rudy for use in bank robberies.
Mahomad, the Sinister Spiritualist · 8 pages
The Silver Scorpion investigates a fake medium who is tricking rich clients into giving him their valuables for "safekeeping".
The Thirty-First Century Blitzkrieg! · 6 pages
Hitler, Goebbels, Göring and Von Schalz escaped death in 1942 by freezing themselves in a cave. Now, in 2050 they have revived. The capture and brainwash Captain Daring into leading their armies against the United States!
The Hypnotized Ghosts · 8 pages
A hypnotist sneaks his hypnotized "ghosts" into the museum as corpses to drill through the wall to the Federal Reserve Bank. But Dr. Karlin did not realize that the Blue Diamond works out of that very museum!

Characters

The FinPeter NobleElizabeth BarstowBlue DiamondJerry CarstairsElton T. MorrowCitizen VJohn WatkinsSilver ScorpionThe ThundererCaptain DaringJoseph GoebbelsHermann Göring

Reprinted in

Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (2008), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Pre-War Years Omnibus (2019)