Daring Mystery Comics #6 for Sale - First Appearance of The Marvel Boy - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series)
Issue: #6
Publication date: September 1940
Key date: 1940-09-00
On-sale date: 1940-07-05
Indicia publisher: Timely Publications
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Marvel Boy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Martin Simon Burns - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Dynaman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Lagaro - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Tigerman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Captain Red Ruff - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Dynaman, Martin Simon Burns, The Marvel Boy.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon	Martin Simon Burns First, The Marvel Boy First
1	Red Raven Comics #1	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby	Red Raven; Human Top [Bruce Bravelle]; Eternal Brain; Officer O'Krime; Magar the Mystic; Comet Pierce; Mercury
2	Introducing Marvel Boy	comic story	10	script: Joe Simon; pencils: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon	Martin Simon Burns First, The Marvel Boy First
3	The Legion of the Doomed	comic story	10	script: Joe Simon; pencils: Jack Kirby, Joe Simon; inks: Joe Simon	Dr. Jack Castle, The Fiery Mask
4	-	comic story	6	script: Harry Douglas; pencils: Harry Douglas; inks: Harry Douglas	Stuporman [Marmaduke Snood, Jr.] (introduction); Mike Muskrat (villain, introduction); Professor Plotz
5	The Black Ace	comic story	7	script: Bill O'Connor; pencils: Ben Flinton; inks: Ben Flinton	Captain Red Ruff First
6	Scales of Justice	text story	2	script: John H. Compton; pencils: Harry Ramsey; inks: Harry Ramsey	Sheriff Sam Reynolds; Texas Pete (death); Baldy; Dan Hobart; Giles Norton (villain)
7	The Schustak Case	comic story	7	pencils: L. Bing; inks: L. Bing	Carl Burgess, Falcon
8	The Kidnappers and the Magician	comic story	8	pencils: Larry Antonette; inks: Larry Antonette	Monako
9	The Origin of Dynaman	comic story	8	script: Steve Dahlman; pencils: Steve Dahlman; inks: Steve Dahlman; letters: Steve Dahlman	Dynaman First, Lagaro First
10	The Coming of Tigerman	comic story	6	pencils: Mike Roy; inks: Mike Roy	Tigerman First
11	Mystic Comics #4	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: various; inks: various	Hercules David; Black Widow [Claire Voyant]; Flexo; Dynamic Man [Curt Cowan]; Merzah; Invisible Man [Dr. Gade]; Blue Blaze [Spencer Keen]; Thin Man [Bruce Dickson];

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
1940-1941 ISBN 1-56685-006-3	1997	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-3363-6	2010	On eBay ›
Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-91934-4	2019	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #56 of 8#7 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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