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Marvel Mystery Comics #38 cover
Cover: Syd Shores

Marvel Mystery Comics #38

Dec 1942 · Marvel · 0.10 USD
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“Crime Marches On”

From the battlefields of 1942, this striking cover by Syd Shores puts the original Human Torch front and center — a blazing, flame-sculpted figure hurling an enemy artillery cannon barrel as explosions and soldiers scatter across a wartime landscape marked with Nazi insignia. It's a vivid snapshot of the era's patriotic fervor rendered with real dynamism and craft. Marvel Mystery Comics #38 is a fine example of Golden Age comics at full intensity.

artist, inker Harry Sahle · cover Syd Shores

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artist, inker Harry Sahle
cover pencils, inks Syd Shores

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Torch and Toro apprehend the business partner of broke firm that turns to crime, and cross-dressing, as Madame Crime.

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