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| Publisher |
Timely |
| Artist |
Jack Kirby |
| Writer |
Joe Simon |
| Published | August 1940 |
A collection of comics and stories, including -- "The Origin of the Red Raven" , featuring the titled hero, Red Raven : A small child is the only survivor of a crash on the floating island of the Bird-Men. Their King raises him and sends him back into his world with a gift of artificial wings on his 20th birthday as the Red Raven. Once in the human world, he fights the demons Zeelmo and Ratoga who are draining the world of its gold. -- "Mercury in the 20th Century" , featuring the titled hero, Mercury : Jupiter considers who he can send to save the world from Pluto's machinations, and settles on his son Mercury. After declaring his intentions to Pluto (who is masquerading as Rudolph Hendler, leader of Prussialand), Mercury blocks torpedos, intercepts marching orders and evades the traps of Hendler's lackeys as he brings the course of war to a halt. -- "Origin of the Eternal Brain" , featuring the titled hero, the Eternal Brain : Professor Carmody is fatally wounded when Peg-Leg Martin's men abduct his daughter Mary to be a slave of the Emperor of Mongolia. He instructs a reluctant Jim to operate on him and becomes the Eternal Brain.