Marvel Mystery Comics #30
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "March of the Metal Mobsters," a 1942 Marvel Mystery Comics classic, a desperate woman enlists the help of Torch and Toro after her fiancé vanishes—only to discover he’s been transformed into a mind-controlled enforcer of a sinister gang clad in mysterious plastic metal. Written, drawn, and inked by Carl Burgos, the story unfolds with a tense, pulp-inspired urgency as the heroes confront their armored foes and uncover a hidden threat. The striking cover by Al Gabriele captures the moment of peril, a 10-cent comic that pulses with early superhero energy.
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A woman is worried when her fiance disappears so she asks Torch and Toro for help. She tells him that he has developed a plastic metal that may have made him a target for abductors. Torch and Toro encounter men clad in suits made of the stuff and have difficulty subduing them. The woman's fiance turns out to be in one of the suits, but Torch suspects he has been coerced into his actions when he sees welts upon his back. The true villain reveals himself and takes the woman as a hostage to escape. Toro sneaks around behind him and captures him.
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