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Cover: Sam Gilman
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Masked Marvel #1

Sep 1940 · Centaur · 0.10 USD
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The issue features two main stories. In the Masked Marvel story, the hero battles criminals who have stolen a "magnet" and are planning to use it on a model plane, leading to a confrontation involving a red plane, a tramway wreck, and a volcano where the Marvel pursues the villain known as the Hawk across a snowy mountain landscape. In "Doc Doyle: The Scientific Detective," by Maurice Gutwirth, the titular detective investigates the "Case of the R," leaving his headquarters and taking a walk through the neighborhood to track down a Doctor Claney and uncover the mystery.

Contains 8 stories
Untitled Superhero story
10 pp · Superhero
The Masked MarvelBradKullyWingsJordanZRBruntZY
The Hawk
10 pp · Superhero
The HawkThe Masked MarvelZRZYZLThe SingerSlip
Untitled Superhero story
10 pp · Superhero
Pete ScavottiThe Masked MarvelZRZYZLMonkLittle AbeJudge Ryan
Christopher's Coffin
7 pp · Detective-Mystery
Christopher CarllsenSid-Abbis Seto (corpse)McDonaldMikeSpike
Untitled Adventure story
6 pp · Adventure, Historical
Fadeaway FarrJacksonStrike CaineMary Caine [Hope Jackson]

In the isolated mountains of 1940, Fadeaway Farr arrives at the cabin of Hermit Jackson—only to witness him shot dead. Forced to flee, Fadeaway is captured by the ruthless Strike Caine, who demands he guide his men through the treacherous terrain. Amid the danger, he forms an uneasy alliance with Caine’s daughter, Mary, a young woman haunted by her father’s cruelty and secretly trained in medicine. As they escape into the wilderness, pursued by Caine’s men, Fadeaway must rely on instinct and courage to survive—until a broken token reveals a truth buried for eighteen years: Mary is not just a prisoner, but the lost daughter of the very man she once called father.

Gentlemen of Misfortune
6 pp · Adventure
'Skip' SheridanBriggsArcherVivian LesterJimmy LesterErich StrommRedSkeetsHansManos
Case of the Rx
6 pp · Detective-Mystery
"Doc" DoyleJohn ClaneyDan PetersJoe PetersSam
The Quest of the Golden Idol
6 pp · Adventure
Ken MastersTim RobertsPeter Roberts

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $257
CGC 9.4 · 2 in census $6,113*
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $3,299
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $2,522
CGC 8.5 · 2 in census $1,796
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $1,330
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CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $834
CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $722*
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $680*
CGC 5.0 · 2 in census $680
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $493
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $455
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 none in existence
CGC 2.5 none in existence
CGC 2.0 · 2 in census $268
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $179*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Full credits

writer, artist, inker Steve Jussen
cover pencils, inks Sam Gilman

Reprints

↩ Reprints Keen Detective Funnies #10 (1938), Funny Picture Stories #11 (1938), Funny Picture Stories #2 (1939), Amazing Mystery Funnies #6 (1939), Keen Detective Funnies #7 (1939), Keen Detective Funnies #8 (1939), Keen Detective Funnies #10 (1939)

Reprinted in Gwandanaland Comics #1372

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