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Golden Age of Marvel #2
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This trade paperback collects a selection of Marvel Comics' earliest stories from the 1940s, featuring the debut adventures of iconic characters like the Human Torch, Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. It is the second volume in a series that reprints the original Golden Age material that laid the foundation for the Marvel Universe.
Contains 16 stories
Origin of the Human Torch
The Human Torch (introduction and origin, an android)Prof. Phineas T. Horton (introduction)Mr. Harris (businessman)Tony Sardo (villain, introduction, death), Red (villain, introduction, death)
The Fantastic Thriller of the Walking Corpses
The Fiery Mask [Dr. Jack Castle] (introduction, origin)Captain Benson (introduction)Zombie Master (a mad doctor, villain, introduction, death)zombies (villains, introduction, death)
The Origin of the Red Raven
Red Raven (introduction, origin)Andreva (introduction)Zeelmo (villain, introduction, death)Ratoga (villain, introduction, death)
Enter: The Vision
The Vision [Aarkus] (introduction, origin) (see also issue #23)Dr. Enoch Mason (introduction)Shiela Mason (his daughter, introduction)Mose (Mason's butler)Markham (scientist)"Brains Borelli" (villain)Queenie (villain)Tony (villain, introduction)Bomber (villain, introduction)
Case No. 1. Meet Captain America
Captain America [Steve Rogers] (introduction, origin)Bucky [Bucky Barnes] (introduction)President Franklin D. RooseveltGeneral Phillips (unnamed, introduction)J. Arthur Grover [J. Edgar Hoover]Agent X-13 [Cynthia Glass] (unnamed, introduction)Professor Reinstein (introduction, dies)Heinz Kruger (unnamed, introduction, dies)
Murder Ltd.
Hurricane [Mike Cury] (introduction)Pluto (villain)Piggy Perroni (villain)
Stories from the Dark Ages
Tuk (introduction, origin)Phaidor (introduction, dies in flashback)Rhaya (introduction, dies in flashback)Tanir (introduction, villain, dies)Goreks (villain, introduction, dies)
The Sub-Mariner Smashes a Nazi Uprising!
Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]Betty DeanLynne HarrisLuther Robinsonun-named U.S. Navy department commanderQueen Jarna (villain)the Nazis (villains, some die)
Origin of the Whizzer
The Whizzer [Bob Frank] (introduction, origin)Dr. Emil Frank [Bob's father] (introduction, death)Granno (villain, introduction)
The Fox's Smuggling Racket
The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]George (dock worker)The Fox [Jasper Whifflegears] (villain)"Red" Larson (villain, 2nd in command)Mike (villain)
Carnival of Fiends
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]ToroInspector RileyMatsu (villain, introduction)Ku-Shi (villain, introduction)
The Case of the Hollow Men
Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky [Bucky Barnes]Sgt. DuffyThe Lord of Death (villain, introduction)The Lord of Death's zombies (villain, introduction)Adolf Hitler (villain)
The Order of the Hood
Black Marvel [Dan Lyons]Pat CaseyMary NashThe Hood (villain, introduction, death)The Order of the Hood (villains, introduction)
Cult of the Shark-god
The Vision [Aarkus]the Zambiji peopleKai-Mak, the Shark-God (villain, death)
The Magic Cutlass
The Fin [Peter Noble]Nazis (villains)
V Battalion
Citizen VNazis (villains)
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↩ Reprints Marvel Comics #1 (1939), Daring Mystery Comics #1 (1940), Red Raven Comics #1 (1940), Marvel Mystery Comics #13 (1940), Captain America Comics #1 (1941), All-Winners Comics #1 (1941), U. S. A. Comics [USA Comics; U.S.A. Comics] #1 (1941), Marvel Mystery Comics #23 (1941), Marvel Mystery Comics #26 (1941), Marvel Mystery Comics #27 (1942), Comedy Comics #9 (1942)
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