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Issue Details

Issue #26
Published March 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details

Characters Human Torch; Toro
Genre superhero
Pencils Dick Ayers ?
Inks Dick Ayers ?
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1

8 page Human Torch story "The Vulture"

Characters Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; The Vulture [Dr. Scarlotti]; Chief Wilson; Betty
Genre superhero
Pencils Carl Burgos
Inks Carl Burgos
Notes Art credits submitted by Rich Donnelly through the GCD Error list, and confirmed by Alter Ego and atlastales.com, April 2008. We formerly had credited Dick Ayers.
Reprinted in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #19 (March 1969); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1

2 page text story "Pursuit"

Letters typeset
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1

7 page Captain America story "Captain America Turns Traitor!"

Characters Captain America; Bucky; Oranoff; Dr. Standish; Sub-Mariner (cameo); Human Torch (cameo); Toro (cameo)
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Romita (signed)
Inks John Romita (signed)
Reprinted in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #15 (July 1968); in Golden Age of Marvel (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn]; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1

8 page Sub-Mariner story "The Alien Invasion That Wasn't"

Characters Sub-Mariner; Betty Dean
Synopsis Namor and Betty foil a plot by communists disguised as extra-terrestrials.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Everett
Pencils Bill Everett (signed)
Inks Bill Everett (signed)
Reprinted in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #19 (March 1969); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1