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Marvel Mystery Comics #88

Marvel · Series began 1939 · October 1948

Dates

Cover date
October 1948
On sale
June 20, 1948
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

inks: George Klein

Stories

  • The Lethal Lollipops · 12 pages

    A surgeon smuggles diamonds into the country inside lollipops which get left in a cab. A little girl eats one of the lollipops and needs surgery to have the diamond removed. The surgeon was toying with the idea of a life of crime since he had lost his faith in his medical skills, but after Torch demands he save the life of the little girl, his faith is restored in himself and he abandons all criminal intent.

  • Black Oil of Doom · 10 pages
  • Roll Out the Barrel · 2 pages
  • Doomed--One Town · 7 pages
  • The Wound No Man Could See · 7 pages
  • The Clown Who Couldn't Laugh · 8 pages

Reprinted in

Marvel Mystery Comics (1948)

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