Marvel Mystery Comics # 9
- Grade: CGC 4.0
- Page Quality: Cream / Off-White
- Serial #: 4019482001
- Key Issue: [Major] First major clash between the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner
- Series: Marvel Mystery Comics
- Issue: 9
- Publisher: Timely
- Era: Golden Age
- Published Date: July 1940
- Cover: Alex Schomburg
- Writers: Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, John Compton, Paul Gustavson, Ray Gill, Al Anders, Steve Dahlman, Bob Davis, Ben Thompson
- Pencil: Alex Schomburg, Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, Paul Gustavson, Al Anders, Steve Dahlman, Irwin Hasen, Ben Thompson, Lew Glanzman
- Ink: Alex Schomburg, Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, Paul Gustavson, Al Anders, Steve Dahlman, Irwin Hasen, Ben Thompson, Lew Glanzman
- Appearances: The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor], The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
Story 2: "The Human Torch versus the Sub-Mariner: The Battle of the Comic Century!"
Embittered when the police commissioner calls him afraid for not bringing in the Sub-Mariner as he promised, the Torch, with Betty, tracks down Namor and a battle royal begins that ends with the Fiery Fury being captured by Namor in an airless glass tube.
Story 3: "The Mad Doctor of Carlburg"
The Angel becomes involved in a situation in which townspeople believe that a vampire is at work, when all along it is a mad scientist who desires to transplant the brain of a young woman into a gorilla.
Story 4: "The Stagecoach Bandits"
The Raider involves himself in a case wherein gold shipments from a mining camp have been waylaid and then end up being turned into the local assay office for cash payment.
Story 6: "On the Planet Ligra"
Electro and the professor are taken to the planet Ligra, where they are forced to engage in battle against Queen Nara.
Story 7: "The Trouble at Stacey Cleaners"
Ferret must act quickly against a gang of crooks who are waging a vicious campaign against Stacey Cleaners.
Story 8: "The Rescue of Rita Grey"
Ka-Zar helps a young girl make her way back to her father, having to evade attacks by a tribe of wild Wabis on the way.
Story 10: "The Underworld"
This fact featurette features creatures that provide as much drama and adventures as do crooks in the real world, creatures such as the shrimp, long-legged crabs and the octopus.
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