Motion Picture Funnies Weekly Vol 1 1

Motion Picture Funnies Weekly Vol 1 #1 April, 1939 Editor-in-Chief Lloyd Jacquet Cover Artists Fred Schwab Publisher First Funnies Indicia Publisher First Funnies, Inc. "Here is the Sub-Mariner!" Writers Bill Everett Pencilers Bill Everett Inkers Bill Everett Letterers Bill Everett Editors Lloyd Jacquet "Origin of the American Ace" Pencilers Paul Lauretta Inkers Paul Lauretta Previous Issue Next Issue — Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #2

Appearing in "Here is the Sub-Mariner!"

Featured Characters:

• Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner  (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Princess Fen  (First appearance)
• Holy One (Thakorr)  (First appearance)

Adversaries:

Other Characters:

• Crew of S.S. Recovery
  • Captain Leonard McKenzie (First appearance) (Unnamed)
  • Chief mate (First appearance) (Death)
  • Rod Nelson (First appearance) (Death)
  • Ev Carley (First appearance) (Death)
  • Anderson (First appearance) (Death)
  • Peters (Only appearance; dies)
• Atlanteans (First appearance)
  • Karal  (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Earth-616 (First appearance)
• Southern Ocean (First appearance)
  • Atlantis  (First appearance)

Items:

Vehicles:

• S.S. Recovery  (First appearance) (Destroyed in this issue)
• Oracle (Ship) (Only in flashback)
  
  

Synopsis for "Here is the Sub-Mariner!"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "Origin of the American Ace"

Featured Characters:

• American Ace  (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

Adversaries:

• Queen Ursula  (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Locations:

• Europe (First appearance)
  • Attainia (Attania)  (First appearance)
  • Castile D'or  (First appearance)
• Islet in Atlantic Ocean (First appearance)

Items:

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "Origin of the American Ace"

Synopsis is written for the reprinted stories in Marvel Mystery Comics #2 and Marvel Mystery Comics #3.

Notes

• Motion Picture Funnies Weekly was a 36 page promotional book that was given out to movie theaters in April 1, 1939.

• "Here is the Sub-Mariner!" reprinted in
  • Invaders #20
  • The Golden Age of Marvel Comics (October, 1997)
  • Marvel Milestones: Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer, Sub-Mariner & Hulk (July, 2005)
  • Sub-Mariner Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1
• "Here is the Sub-Mariner!" reprinted as the first 8 pages in of the 12-page story
  • Marvel Comics #1
  • Marvel Comics Re-Presents: Marvel Comics #1 (1990)
  • Marvel Masterworks - Sub-Mariner (2002)
  • Marvel Masterworks - Golden Age Marvel Comics Volume 1
  • Marvel Comics 70th Anniversary Edition #1
  • Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (2012)

• First six pages of "Origin of the American Ace" reprinted in
  • Marvel Mystery Comics #2
  • Marvel Comics Re-Presents: Marvel Comics #1 (1990)
  • Marvel Masterworks - Golden Age Marvel Comics Volume 1
    

Trivia

• Bill Everett's first appearance of Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner was in this comic as an eight page black and white story released six months before Marvel Comics #1.

• This comic ran for at least 4 issues before it was dropped because it was deemed unsuccessful.

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