Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 3

Marvel Mystery Comics #3
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Art by: Alex Schomburg
Release Date	November 17, 1939
Cover Date	January, 1940
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Simon
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Indicia Publisher	Timely Publications
Country	USA
Original Price	$0.10
Pages	68

1. "The Menace from Mars"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Carl Burgos
Penciler(s)	Carl Burgos
Inker(s)	Carl Burgos
Letterer(s)	Carl Burgos
2. "The Voodoo Sacrifice"
Appearances · Synopsis
Penciler(s)	Paul Gustavson
Inker(s)	Paul Gustavson
3. "Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Bill Everett
Penciler(s)	Bill Everett
Inker(s)	Bill Everett
Letterer(s)	Bill Everett
4. "The Land Grabbers"
Appearances · Synopsis
Penciler(s)	Al Anders
Inker(s)	Al Anders
5. "Origin of the American Ace, Part 2"
Appearances · Synopsis
Penciler(s)	Paul Lauretta
Inker(s)	Paul Lauretta
6. "Siegfried Suicide"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	David C. Cooke
Penciler(s)	Bill Everett
Inker(s)	Bill Everett
7. "Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great: Third Episode"
Appearances · Synopsis
Penciler(s)	Ben Thompson
Inker(s)	Ben Thompson

Appearing in "The Menace from Mars"

Featured Characters:

• Human Torch

Supporting Characters:

• Mr. Carson (Only appearance; dies)
• Diane Carson (Single appearance)

Adversaries:

• Captain Ott (Single appearance)
• Mr. Ritton (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Unnamed Martians
• Unnamed passengers

Locations:

• Texas
  • Galeton
    • Carson Explosives Co
    • Roundhouse

Items:

• Super T.N.T.

Vehicles:

• The Comet - (Destroyed in this issue)
• The Streak, a train - (Destroyed in this issue)
• Martian spaceships

Synopsis for "The Menace from Mars"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "The Voodoo Sacrifice"

Featured Characters:

•  Angel 

Supporting Characters:

• a Female kidnap victim

Adversaries:

• The Sacred One (Only appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

• Several cult members (Death)
• Unnamed women (Death)

Locations:

• New York

Synopsis for "The Voodoo Sacrifice"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner"

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Featured Characters:

•  Sub-Mariner 

Supporting Characters:

• Betty Dean  (First appearance)

Adversaries:

• Unnamed Nazi seamen (Death)

Other Characters:

• Chief of Police John Wilson (First appearance) (Unnamed)
• Inspector Peterson
• Esther, Betty Dean's roommate
• Unnamed British crew
• Ms. Drayson (Mentioned)

Locations:

• New York
  • New York City
• Atlantic Ocean

Vehicles:

• German U-boat

Synopsis for "Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "The Land Grabbers"

Featured Characters:

•  Masked Raider 

Supporting Characters:

•  Lightning 
• Jeb Barnes
• Dan Barnes

Adversaries:

• Jed Sirrah (Only appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

• Brace
• Sheriff
• Barny

Locations:

• Mesa Springs

Synopsis for "The Land Grabbers"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Origin of the American Ace, Part 2"

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Featured Characters:

•  American Ace 

Supporting Characters:

• Jeanie Lauretta
• Marie, Jeanie's sister

Adversaries:

•  Queen Ursula (Last appearance)

Other Characters:

• Jeanie's grandfather
• Josef
• Unnamed Attainians

Locations:

• Europe
  • Attainia (Attania)
  • Castile D'or

Vehicles:

• American Ace's Airplane (Last appearance)

Synopsis for "Origin of the American Ace, Part 2"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Siegfried Suicide"

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Featured Characters:

• Bill Stern

Supporting Characters:

• French soldiers
• British soldiers

Adversaries:

• German soldiers

Synopsis for "Siegfried Suicide"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great: Third Episode"

Featured Characters:

•  Ka-Zar 

Supporting Characters:

•  Trajah , the elephant
•  Quog, the wild hog (Last appearance)

Adversaries:

• Steve Hardy (Single appearance)
•  N'Jaga , the leopard
•  Paul DeKraft  (Cameo)

Other Characters:

• Gwambi & other members of Steve Hardy's party
• Tuta (Single appearance), a female elephant
• Unnamed African animals

Locations:

• Africa
  • Belgian Congo

Synopsis for "Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great: Third Episode"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• The stories of this issue are reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.

This comic is reprinted in the comic: Marvel Masterworks Vol 1 36

Trivia

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The Torch in blue uniform

• The Human Torch wore a blue uniform until changing it into red in Marvel Mystery Comics #5.

• In the first story, the "Lawson Bell" radio broadcast about Martians attacking New York City is a play on the real-life Orson Welles broadcast of "War of the Worlds", which had occurred just a few months before this issue was published.

• Perry Webb is called "Perry Wade" at the end of the American Ace story. It also states that there will be another American Ace story in the next issue, however the story was cut from this series.

• In Namor The First Mutant#5(2/11) Betty Dean's roommate(1940-1947) was named Alice Terrel Ryan(Ryan is maiden name) and in Young Men#24(12/53) her roommate was Cathy.

Links and References

Marvel Mystery Comics series index at the Grand Comics Database