| Issue | #7 |
| Published | April 1941 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Joe Simon |
| Notes | DARING MYSTERY COMICS published monthly by Timely Comics, Inc., Meriden Conn. Entry as second class matter pending at the post office, Meriden, Conn. Entire contents copyright 1941 by Timely Comics, Inc., 330 W. 42nd St., N. Y., N. Y. Vol. 2, No 7, Apr. 1941. Yearly subscription $1.00. Printed in U. S. A. For advertising write Marvel Group. Credits from or confirmed by the Masterworks reprint unless otherwise noted. |
| Characters | The Thunderer [Jerry Carstairs]; The Fin [Peter Noble]; The Challenger [Bill Waring]; Blue Diamond [Elton Morrow]; Captain Daring |
| Pencils | Joe Simon |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Notes | The red and blue colors of the Thunderer's costume are reversed on this cover. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes] |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover. |
| Characters | The Thunderer [Jerry Carstairs] (introduction); Eileen Conroy (introduction); Nazis (villains) |
| Synopsis | Jerry Carstairs uses his radio skills to intercept Nazi messages and construct the booming voice he uses as the Thunderer. While discouraging his friend Eileen from reporting on the fifth columnists for her own safety by day, by night he protects her and fights against the Nazis as the Thunderer. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | John Compton (signed) |
| Pencils | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Inks | Carl Burgos ? |
| Notes | On the Timely-Atlas list, Dr. Michael J. Vassallo indicated that there might be a different inker on this story. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | The Fin [Peter Noble] (introduction, origin); Sub-Ruler Ikor of Neptunia (villain, introduction, death) |
| Synopsis | Lt. Peter Noble is the sole survivor of a wrecked U.S. Nave submarine. As he escapes the wreck he finds himself unable to float and ends up inside a cavern populated by flying mer-men. After he defeats their leader they hail him as the reincarnation of their hero, the Fin, so he puts together a costume to fit the name. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Blue Diamond [Elton Morrow] (introduction, origin); Graham (introduction); Nazis (villains) |
| Synopsis | Professor Elton Morrow finds an enormous blue diamond on an Antarctic expedition, but it is shattered when Nazis attach his returning ship and the fragments become embedded in his body. Discovering that his whole body has become as hard as a diamond, he thwarts a burglary at his museum and decides to created a costumed identity for fighting crime. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Ben Thompson (signed) |
| Inks | Ben Thompson (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Officer O'Krime; Kokey Flo (villain, introduction) |
| Synopsis | Officer O'Krime can't figure out whom to protect and whom to arrest. |
| Script | Fred Schwab [as Al Weine] (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Schwab [as Al Weine] (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Schwab [as Al Weine] (signed) |
| Letters | Fred Schwab |
| Notes | Previous appearance Red Raven Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-4-26. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | The Silver Scorpion [Betty Barstow] (introduction, origin); Dan Hurley (introduction); Greggs Hansen (introduction); counterfeiters (villains, introduction) |
| Synopsis | Betty Barstow, secretary for private detective Dan Hurley, dresses in a costume to go to a masquerade but ends up foiling a crime at the cemetery with her jiujitsu skills instead. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Harry Sahle [as Jewell] (signed); ? (see notes) |
| Inks | Harry Sahle ?; ? (see notes) |
| Notes | Dr. Michael J. Vassallo notes that this art looks different from the feature in the next issue which Sahle signed under his own name. He speculates the pen name "Jewell" indicated a collaboration with another artist. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | The Challenger [Bill Waring] (introduction, text only) |
| Synopsis | Bill Waring, traveling the world to learn more weapon skills for his life as the Challenger, is captured by a lost Roman civilization and taken to an arena to fight gladiators armed only with a cestus. |
| Script | Ray Gill [as the Challenger] (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Part one of an unfinished story. The Challenger's feature moved to Mystic Comics after this issue, but the second half of this text story did not appear there with it. The bottom half of page 2 features an illustrated ad for Captain America Comics #2. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Mr. Million (introduction); Nickie (introduction); Mr. Wilson (introduction) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Million helps a boy who his trying to pay for his sick mother's medicine, but has to do it indirectly as the boy refuses any money he hasn't worked for. |
| Pencils | Ray Burley |
| Inks | Ray Burley |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Captain Daring (introduction); Susan Parker (introduction); The Undergrounders (villains, introduction); their leader (villain, introduction, death); Frano (villain, introduction) |
| Synopsis | In the far future, Captain Daring and Susan Parker lead the forces of the U.S.A. against attackers from an underground city. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby; ? (splash figure) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ? (see notes) |
| Notes | Harry Mendryk attributes the art to Kirby alone at http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/category/periods/timely/page/3, while others have indicated inking by Simon. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Angel [Tom Hallaway] |
| Synopsis | Illustrated promotional ad for the first issue of the Sub-Mariner, featuring 40 pages of Prince Namor and 20 pages of the Angel, on sale March 1, 1941. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Bill Everett; Paul Gustavson (inset) |
| Inks | Bill Everett; Paul Gustavson (inset) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | The Challenger [Bill Waring] (introduction, origin); Mr. Waring (flashback, introduction, death); Mary (introduction); Mary's father (introduction); Dram (villain, introduction, death) |
| Synopsis | After his father was killed trying to alert the authorities to a conspiracy of crooks and politicians, Bill Waring travels the world to learn all fighting forms and weapons. He returns as the Challenger, challenging everyone connected to his father's death. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Charles Wojtkoski [as Nick Karlton] (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Wojtkoski ? |
| Notes | Next appearance in Mystic Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #6. According to notes from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo on the Timely-Atlas list, Wojtkoski may have been assisted by an inker on this story. But contrary to the earlier GCD credit, the inker is not George Klein. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside back cover. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Found on the back cover. |