Marvel Mystery Comics  (1939)

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4th appearance of Namor the Sub-Mariner

3rd appearance of the Human Torch

1st appearance of Betty Dean, an ally of Namor during World War II

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1st cover appearance of Namor the Sub-Mariner

1st appearance of Electro, a robot

First depiction of a Nazi flag on a Timely (Marvel) cover

See Top Notch Comics #2 for first Nazi symbol on a comic cover

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2024 Heritage Sale: 1.5 sold for $15,000 [$2,350 in 2017] +538%

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Classic cover art by Alex Schomburg

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg

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First battle of the Human Torch vs Namor the Sub-Mariner

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Sub-Mariner vs the Human Torch

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg

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1st appearance of the Vision, Aarkus

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Team-up of Sub-Mariner and the Human Torch

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1.0 sold for $1,239 [No Previous Data]

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Introduction of the Daily Bugle newspaper, seen on the first page of this issue with the headline 'Peace-Time Draft In Full Swing'

1st appearance of the Cat's Paw, a female criminal

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Origin of Toro

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Origin of Angel, Tom Holloway

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Begin stories featuring The Patriot

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Prototype of the Savage Land

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Origin of the Vision in a text story

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1st appearance of Armless Tiger Man, a man who lost his arms during a machine accident and eventually became a cannibal

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg

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World War II cover art by Alex Schomburg

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Classic cover art by Alex Schomburg

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg featuring Hitler

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Mary Morgan becomes Miss Patriot after being injected with an experimental drug by Nazis

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg

Depiction of torture

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World War II cover art by Alex Schomburg featuring Hitler

Origin of Miss Patriot

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Final German war cover

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Classic cover art by Alex Schomburg

Final Japanese war cover

Timely ⋅ 1945
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