Marvel Mystery Comics #8

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The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner Meet

Continued from last issue...

Unimpressed with warnings that the Human Torch would seek to stop his rampage in New York, the Sub-Mariner leaves his base of operations at the Statue of Liberty to cause more chaos in the city. Stealing a depth charge from a naval ship he sets it off above the Hudson Tunnel flooding it. He then heads to the Bronx Zoo, after downing an airplane, he sets the animals free. However, when rampaging elephants threaten the life of an abandoned baby, the Sub-Mariner goes to the child's rescue and delivers it to a nearby hospital.

Resuming his rampage, the Sub-Mariner goes to the George Washington Bridge where he begins wrecking it until the Human Torch catches up to him. The Torch's flame powers proves to be too much for the Sub-Mariner to handle and he dives into the water below. As he swims away, he vows to the Torch that he will return.

This story continues next issue...

| StoryTitle2 = The Search For Sub-Mariner | Writer2_1 = Carl Burgos | Penciler2_1 = Carl Burgos | Inker2_1 = Carl Burgos | Colorist2_1 = N/A | Letterer2_1 = Carl Burgos | Editor2_1 = Martin Goodman

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Human Torch (Jim Hammond))|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 8#Appearing in "The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner Meet"|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 9 **Supporting Characters:** * Betty Dean)|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 7|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 9 **Antagonists:** * Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie))|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 8#Appearing in "The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner Meet"|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 9 **Other Characters:** * NYPD) ** Jeff%2FMembers%23Jeff) ** Chief John C. Wilson) ** Frank_(Earth-616)) ** Numerous unnamed police officers * Numerous unnamed New Yorkers * Unnamed Bronx Zoo Guard **Races and Species:** * Synthezoids * Humans) * Beetles) * Elephants * Gazelles * Tigers * Gorillas * Mutant) Atlantean-Human Hybrids * Rats **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earthspace ** Earth *** United States of America **** New York) ***** New York City ****** Manhattan ******* Empire State Building ******* George Washington Bridge) ****** Bronx ******* Bronx Zoo ***** Hudson River * Heaven)

| Synopsis2 = The Human Torch has been sent out to find and capture the Sub-Mariner who has been on a rampage through New York. Unable to find trace of him, the Torch returns to headquarters where his commanding officer is angry that the Torch has not yet captured the menace. When reports of the Sub-Mariner come in, the Human Torch rushes off and arrives too late to stop him from wrecking an elevated train. The Torch repairs the damage done by the Sub-Mariner and later is summoned by Betty Dean.

Betty attempts to convince the Torch that Namor is not that evil, however the Torch will not listen and springs into action when radio reports come in that the Sub-Mariner is attacking the Empire State Building. Again the Human Torch arrives too late and has to pause his pursuit to help those endangered by the Sub-Mariner. The same happens when going to the Brooklyn Zoo where the Torch has to stop to help recapture all the freed animals.

Finally catching up with the Sub-Mariner at the George Washington Bridge, the Human Torch's flame powers forces the Atlantean to flee the scene, however he vows to return and face the Human Torch soon.

This story is continued next issue...

| StoryTitle3 = The Captive in the Cabin | Writer3_1 = Paul Gustavson | Writer3_2 = Ray Gill | Penciler3_1 = Paul Gustavson | Inker3_1 = Paul Gustavson | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = Paul Gustavson | Editor3_1 = Martin Goodman

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Angel (Tom Hallaway))|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 7|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 9 **Supporting Characters:** * Ms. Rogers (Kidnap Victim) **Antagonists:** * Kidnappers ** Frank ** Unnamed Businessman ** Numerous unnamed criminals **Other Characters:** * Mr. Rogers (Ms. Rogers' Father) * Meltmore Steel Company) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Tigers **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** Unidentified Cabin

| Synopsis3 = thumb|60px|left_from_Marvel_Mystery_Comics_Vol_1_8_0001.jpg) The Angel comes to the rescue of a kidnapped girl whom is being held for ransom. Although he catches her kidnappers by surprise, he is soon overpowered and knocked out. He is tied up and held prisoner next to her. While wondering why the girl was kidnapped when her father was a losing businessman he overhears the gang's leader talk about the ransom was an attempt to force the girl's father to sell his controlling stock to the Meltmore Steel Company. Freeing himself, the Angel unties the girl and clashes with the crooks. With the aid of the kidnapped girl, the Angel takes out all the crooks. When spiriting the girl off to the authorities, she fakes a fainting spell so that the Angel can carry her away.

| StoryTitle4 = The Boomeranged Hold-Up | Writer4_1 = Al Anders | Penciler4_1 = Al Anders | Inker4_1 = Al Anders | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = N/A | Editor4_1 = Martin Goodman

| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Masked Raider (Jim Gardley))|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 7|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 9 **Supporting Characters:** * Mexican Pete)|-|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 9 * Lightning_(Earth-616))|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 7|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 9 **Antagonists:** * Brady's Gang ** Brady ** Numerous unnamed gang members * Unnamed Bank President **Other Characters:** * Unnamed Bank Teller * Posse ** Unnamed Sheriff ** Numerous unnamed members **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Horses **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** Kansas) **** Unidentified Town ***** Unidentified Bank **** Rio Cacques **** Indian Gulch **Items:** * Eternity Mask

| Synopsis4 = Mexican Pete, a witness to a bank robbery, where the teller is shot dead and attempts to follow the bandits. Along the way he comes across the Masked Raider who agrees to help capture the robbers. While investigating the crime scene, the Masked Raider would wonder why the bandits would rob a bank with little money and would find a scrap of old newspaper on the property. With the help of Mexican Pete, the Masked Raider would track the crooks to a saloon in Rio Cacques. Getting the jump on the bandits, the Masked Raider would be knocked out. Surprisingly, when a lantern is knocked over the crooks leave the Raider and the stolen loot to burn.

Mexican Pete comes to the Raider's rescue and they also collect the bag of stolen loot. They catch up with the crooks and capture them. Going back to the sheriff, the Raider explains that he has figured out the reason for the robbery. Going to the bank, he orders the bank manager to be arrested. The Raider explains that the manager had been embezzling his customer's money, and in order to hide the truth coming out in an upcoming audit, he staged a fake robbery in order to murder the teller, the only person that could implicate him of his crimes. With the bank manager arrested, the Masked Raider -- with his new partner Mexican Pete -- ride off before they can be thanked for their help.

| StoryTitle5 = Dynamite's Doom | Writer5_1 = Jack D'Arcy | Penciler5_1 = Sam Gilman | Inker5_1 = Sam Gilman | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = Typeset | Editor5_1 = Martin Goodman

| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Steve Burnett)

**Antagonists:** * Jim * Sandy

**Races and Species:** * Humans) * Snakes) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** North America *** United States of America **** Silver Mountains ***** Acacia Silver Mines **** Glaser Mountains ** Rocky Mountains

| Synopsis5 = Steve Burnett is the guard of a silver mine while it is closed down during the winter months. One night he is ambushed by a crook who knocks him out and ties him up. He wakes up the next morning and realizes that they came to steal dynamite from the powder shack. Rushing outside he is too late to stop the crooks from using it to stop a passing train and loot it. However, he tracks the crooks down to their hideout and knocks them out and turns them over to the authorities.

| StoryTitle6 = The Crook Who Controlled Electro | Writer6_1 = Steve Dahlman | Penciler6_1 = Steve Dahlman | Inker6_1 = Steve Dahlman | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = N/A | Editor6_1 = Martin Goodman

| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Electro_(Earth-616))|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 7|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 9 **Supporting Characters:** * Team Electro) ** Professor Philo Zog)|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 7|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 9 ** Professor Zog's Guards *** Jones *** Briggs **Antagonists:** * Sarpo's Gang ** "Scare-Face" Joe) ** "Boss" Sarpo) ** Numerous unnamed gangsters * Dragon-Men ** Jago)|-|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 9 (King of the Dragon-Men) ** Numerous unnamed Dragon-Men **Other Characters:** * New York State Division of Parole) ** Numerous unnamed correction officers * NYPD) ** Flynn ** Numerous unnamed police officers * District Attorney Rupert Haden) * Largrave * United States National Guard) ** Numerous unnamed soldiers * Empress Nara) **Races and Species:** * Dragon-Men * Robots * Humans) * Lion-People **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Milky Way ** Solar System *** Earth **** United States of America ***** New York) ****** New York City ******* Professor Zog's Administration Building ******* Manhattan ******** 39th Street ********* Largrave's Jewelry Shop ****** New York State Prison ***** Ohio) ** Mandahl *** Ligra

| Synopsis6 = Continued from last issue...

"Boss" Sapro makes good his promise to capture the Electro robot: Getting word out to his gang, they storm the Electro building and take it by force, kidnapping Professor Zog. Taking the scientist to their hideout, they force Zog to use Electro to free Sapro. Fearing for his life, Zog is forced to commit robberies and kidnap District Attorney Rupert Haden. No matter what the authorities try to do, nothing can stop Electro from committing it's criminal acts.

Meanwhile on the planet Ligra, Jago king of the Dragon-Men learn of Electro's existence and consider the robot ideal for his plans of overthrowing the ruling Lion-Men of the planet. Loading a ship full of his soldiers they fly to Earth where they storm Sapro's hideout and make short work of the crooks. They then force Professor Zog to come with them. Boarding the alien ship with Electro, Zog is flown off to the distant planet Ligra.

This story is continued next issue...

| StoryTitle7 = Battle with Blackie Giles | Writer7_1 = Stockbridge Winslow | Penciler7_1 = Irwin Hasen | Inker7_1 = Irwin Hasen | Colorist7_1 = N/A | Letterer7_1 = N/A | Editor7_1 = Martin Goodman

| Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Ferret)|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 7|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 9 **Supporting Characters:** * NYPD) ** Police Commissioner Walter Novak) ** Numerous unnamed police officers **Antagonists:** * Blackie Giles' Gang ** Blackie Giles) ** Mac ** Two unnamed gangsters **Other Characters:** * Daily Press) ** Unnamed Secretary **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** New York) **** New York City ***** Utopia Savings Bank ***** Hudson Dock **** Hudson River

**Vehicles:** * Fortuna (Ship)

| Synopsis7 = When going to make a deposit at the bank, the Ferret stumbles upon a robbery being committed by Blackie Giles. When Giles attempts to shoot down the Ferret, he survives thanks to his bulletproof vest, but the crooks manage to escape with the stolen money anyway. When the police inspector arrives, the Ferret gets him to agree not to publish his involvement in the robbery.

This allows the Ferret to use himself as bait. Putting a classified ad in the paper demanding that Blackie pay him for his silence, the Ferret waits for the paper to come out. When it does, Blackie and his men kidnap the Ferret and attempt to murder him and dump his body at sea. Although they remove the Ferret's bulletproof vest, they only graze him and was their attentions are turned elsewhere the Ferret gets the drop on them. Knocking all the crooks out, the Ferret takes control of the ship and returns it to port, turning the crooks over to the authorities.

| StoryTitle8 = Gold and Greed | Writer8_1 = Ben Thompson | Penciler8_1 = Ben Thompson | Inker8_1 = Ben Thompson | Colorist8_1 = N/A | Letterer8_1 = N/A | Editor8_1 = Martin Goodman

| Appearing8 = **Featured Characters:** * Ka-Zar (David Rand))|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 7|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 9 **Supporting Characters:** * Barrie Richards) * Zar)|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 7|Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 9 (Lion) **Antagonists:** * Abwama's Tribe ** Abwama) ** Numerous unnamed members * Lester Drake) **Other Characters:** * Barrie Richards' Father * Numerous unnamed natives * Unnamed Chief **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Elephants * Lions **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Africa *** Belgian Congo *** Unidentified Gold Mine

| Synopsis8 = When Barrie Richards inherits his father's gold mine, he hires engineer Lester Drake to help him mine it. When Lester suggest using slaves to do the job, Richards refuses finding the practice deplorable. However, when Richards falls through a game trap and breaks his ankle, Drake kills him and forges documents to make it look like Richards sold him the mine. With the aid of the slave trading chief Abwama, Lester gets as population of slave workers from other tribes to train elephants to help mine the gold.

One of the tribe leaders seeks out the help of Ka-Zar who attempts to free the slaves but falls into the same trap Richards did. Captured, Ka-Zar is left to be trampled to death in the elephant pen, however he convinces the elephants to help him. Ordering them to stampede the hut where Lester and Abwama were resting the two men are trampled to death. In the aftermath, Ka-Zar frees the slaves and returns to his home.

| Solicit = Namor is on a path of destruction through New York City, and it's up to the HUMAN TORCH to stop him!

| Notes = ===Continuity Notes=== **The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner Meet/The Search For Sub-Mariner** * This premiere clash between the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner was revisited later in Marvels Vol 1 1.

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Creative credits

Writers: Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, Paul Gustavson, Ray Gill, Al Anders, Jack D'Arcy, Steve Dahlman, Stockbridge Winslow, Ben Thompson

Interior art: Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, Paul Gustavson, Al Anders, Sam Gilman, Steve Dahlman, Irwin Hasen, Ben Thompson

Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A

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