Marvel Mystery Comics #1

Dec 1999 · Marvel · 3.95 USD; 5.95 CAD

📊 ~19,085 copies sold its debut month

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“The Parrot Strikes Back!”

In "The Parrot Strikes Back!", the Torch teams up with the enigmatic Parrot on a high-stakes journey across the country, escorting him to California to assist a chemist in studying an inactive volcano for vital sulfur deposits—crucial to the nation’s dwindling gunpowder supply. Written, drawn, and inked by Carl Burgos, this 1999 tale blends pulp adventure with early superhero flair, while Alex Schomburg’s dynamic cover captures the tension of the mission.

writer, artist, inker Carl Burgos · cover Alex Schomburg

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Cast · 11 characters

Captain America Elizabeth Barstow Hurricane James Buchanan Barnes Jim Hammond Michael Gray Namor Pluto Silver Scorpion Thomas Halloway Thomas Raymond

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writer, artist, inker Carl Burgos

cover pencils, inks Alex Schomburg

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The Torch accompanies the Parrot on his prison train to California in order to help a chemist who wishes to examine an inactive volcano for sulfur deposits, which are used by the government to make gunpowder, which the U.S. is sorely lacking.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).

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